: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:20 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

Yes, but was about to come on earlier but was held back cos of the sin-binning when we were a man down - pretty sensibly I'd say?

Why is it sensible he had fresh legs.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:22 pm  

I thought both Halley and Scruton had their best games for the Bulls. Sheriffe also.

Burgess, Lynch and Menzies all looked strong and Langley passed the ball for 2 tries!

One thing I quite liked was that there seemed to be a few more structured moves in general play - Menzies and Halley's iterchange from the play the ball in the move that culminated in our lst try being a case in point.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:22 pm  

redeverready wrote:

That's a lie i thought it was 4 minutes and 30 seconds . On a serous note whats the point of him even been on the bench.

I expect he would have been given more time if the game had been in our control earlier. But he has had a little taste of the physicality of SL, hopefully he will get a few more chances this year now.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:26 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

I expect he would have been given more time if the game had been in our control earlier. But he has had a little taste of the physicality of SL, hopefully he will get a few more chances this year now.

Sorry I don't buy that if he's on e of the subs in a game he should be used when the starting players tire not when the games in the bag.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:30 pm  

Northern Lad wrote:

I quite enjoyed the game although i never felt we were really in control (i.e. doing a Cas, Catalans etc) again.

I'll withhold judgement to see if we can kick on from here.

The guys looked up for it and i don't think not trying can be thrown at them, well if the fight was anything to go by

I thought there was a few strange calls from the ref today and I guess it was one of those you can say he was very visible as opposed to not being seen.

A FEW strange calls??? That's an understatement! Maybe the best one was calling half time before the hooter cos Danny Brough (was it?) told him to??

Team was certainly up for it, I'd agree, but thank God Brough missed so many kicks. Still too many dumb penalties and mistakes though (quite apart from the wierd Halibut specials). We looked at times to be doing our best to find a way to chuck it away again, and Deacon was totally outclassed in the kicking in general play department, even if excellent at goal. Rinaldi made a big difference when he was on. Langley looked strong on attack for the first time in ages. Halley had a pretty good game, and Beaver was just class again. We'll have to play a lot better than that in the next few weeks, but quite a few encouraging signs yet again. As you indicate...can we now kick on from here?

Some good tries scored and a good old punch-up...much more enjoyable game than many at Odsal of late.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:31 pm  

I thought we were much improved in the 2nd half, after a few errors in the 1st half costing us valuable position. We still gave away a few unnecessary penalties but it was certainly a lot better.

It was nice to see Langley cutting through the Wakey defence and linking up nicely with Menzies. If he has had a kick up the ass then it seems to have paid off. I still thought Deacon (goal kicking aside) was pretty poor and perhaps on another day against better opposition we would have needed another option in the halves.

In all it wasn't a bad game of Rugby and I enjoyed myself at Odsal this week, something that has been a rarity so far this year. It was also nice to see a few Manly fans in attendance, every little helps.. . Nice to see Menzies taking the time to have a quick chat with them.

We'll need to improve on this performance though to get a result against a much improved Wire side at their place.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:32 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Why is it sensible he had fresh legs.

You'd chuck a rookie in when the game is in the balance still and we are a man down? More to the point surely is why not give him a few mins middle of the match, to spell one of the others and see how he goes and take it from there?

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:34 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Sorry I don't buy that if he's on e of the subs in a game he should be used when the starting players tire not when the games in the bag.

Well I'm sure you've had plenty of experience of blooding young players into SL. Perhaps if we were riding high in a play off spot we could afford to take a few more risks. But the coach has a balancing act of making sure we get the result first of all, whilst giving the young guy his debut.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:35 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

...Very similar to me!

Proves we both went to the game then!

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:36 pm  

Adeybull wrote:

You'd chuck a rookie in when the game is in the balance still and we are a man down? More to the point surely is why not give him a few mins middle of the match, to spell one of the others and see how he goes and take it from there?

Yes and I agree with the second point.