Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 10:03 am  

It would be just our luck for Chisholm to be out for months now.
But if we play with that intensity against Dewsbury, with Keyes/Lilley in the halves and hopefully Oakes back in the centres then we should be able to come away with the win.

We need Sheffield and Batley to both do us huge favours today and beat Swinton/Dewsbury.

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 11:03 am  

[quote="thepimp007"]That's the thing after next week they could all be gone. Also thought sam hallas did a very good job never stood out but quietly gets on with it[/quote]

I thought Hallas was absolutely outstanding, would love to see his stats, never stopped all game. Very impressed with him last night.

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 12:23 pm  

I'd echo a lot of the positive thoughts on here. Especially about the likes of Chisholm, Lilley & Hallas. Just all round a totally different performance and pleasing to see even with the result.

The one negative I will say is that Oscar Thomas was to blame for that result. I know it sounds harsh to pick out one player, and he did some good stuff in attack, but three crucial mistakes in his own half were massively costly. If he doesn't make those mistakes, we win that match. Sure others made mistakes too (Bentley not passing to Macani for example), but you can't excuse THREE. Unfortunately Thomas is clearly a confidence player and as soon as he makes the first one, his head goes down and he makes more.

He's better than I'd have give him credit for earlier in the season, but unless he cuts out those mistakes, he's always going to be a bit of a liability.

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 12:24 pm  

Probably your best performance of the season so far. One of our worst from an attacking point of view although not helped by the conditions.

Demonstrated flaw in the system being able to import players that will not be available in the longer term. Helps in individual matches but cannot see how it helps you or others build a team to develop your club.

It should not be long before you points are in the black. Good luck for rest of the season

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 12:49 pm  

But we all know that the key to our season is somehow being able to field a competitive pack every week, we have the speed, we have the youthful enthusiasm, we have a refreshingly adventurous style of attacking play, but we need a pack every week that can hold its own and when we don't we are flogged. No pack Plan B is the elephant in the room. Yesterday's pack playing like it played would give anybody a contest.

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 1:05 pm  

Absolutely cracking performance. Chisholm and Lilley were immense in the halves. Chisholm is such an x-factor type of player and some of his game reads and decisions he makes are incredible. Fingers and toes firmly crossed that he isn't too badly injured as he will win us some games on his own throughout the rest of the season.

The Leeds players that we are lucky to have at the moment are class and I felt that our own pack players like Magrin, Kirk and Davies all looked a lot better having other big players around them rather than young academy lads.

Lots to be positive about and I really can't wait for the Dewsbury game next week now.

It would have been the perfect evening if we could have hit zero in such a big game on a big stage but I'm sure everyone will still have come away proud and happy with the performance the lads put in.

Fingers crossed Leeds Salford and Cas have an injury free bank holiday. If we could get the four Leeds lads for a longer period and get Murray and Larroyer back things would be looking very good.

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 1:32 pm  

A disaster of a result avoided with Swinton losing to Sheffield

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 1:36 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

Probably your best performance of the season so far. One of our worst from an attacking point of view although not helped by the conditions.

Demonstrated flaw in the system being able to import players that will not be available in the longer term. Helps in individual matches but cannot see how it helps you or others build a team to develop your club.

It should not be long before you points are in the black. Good luck for rest of the season

Unfortunately the sorry state of affairs our club was left in (squad decimated, still in liquidation 2 weeks before start of season) has meant that we've had little option this season but to use loan players. For whatever reason clubs weren't willing to grant us season long loans like Ellis and Abdull for you. But 4 loan players for us against 2 loan players for you isn't exactly a colossal difference.
For us this season is simply about the short term goal of avoiding relegation. If it takes loan players and dual reg to achieve that then so be it.

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 1:39 pm  

psychostring wrote:

Fingers crossed Leeds Salford and Cas have an injury free bank holiday. If we could get the four Leeds lads for a longer period and get Murray and Larroyer back things would be looking very good.

We can't have all of them playing. You can only have 5 loan/dual reg guys in your 17 at any time.
If we're having to choose then I'd take Murray back over Larroyer but Beattie wasn't too confident that we'd see Murray again this season (even though Murray isn't making the Salford 19 anymore AND they've just signed a new prop).

Re: Hull KR - Summer Bashed : Sun May 28, 2017 3:40 pm  

If Chisholm made such a difference why didn't we cough up the transfer fee Sheffield clearly wanted a month ago!