Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:41 am  

Toulouse was hammered by Sheffield I won't get excited yet. They will win most home games lose away

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:42 am  

Bets'y Bulls wrote:

TBF I thInk Beattie and Toovey know more about coaching than 99%on here so I will go with their thinking. They also manage situation from the bench so again have a better feel for how it is going than spectators

My thoughts too.
I would have liked to see Smith come on; or the bench slot given to a forward instead, but if 2V/Beattie run a different ship and we get a win then that's fine by me. I dont care if they have 4 cheerleaders on the bench if we get a win.

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:44 am  

redeverready wrote:

Jeez classing some one a waste of money after one week.

I think the waste of money sentiment is one of "signing a player and not then playing them is a waste of money". Given the bloated squads of the last two years, I think we can all agree that we don't want to get back into player stockpilling

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 8:34 am  

Let's not kid ourselves here. For all the good play from some players at the moment, Scott Moore is the difference. The quality and speed around the PTB that he's bringing is what's made the difference and picked us up 4 points. As much as we all like Joe Lumb and Sam Hallas did a half decent job too, they're not even close to Moore's quality. Our chances this season may well very rest on his court case.

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:23 am  

HamsterChops wrote:

Let's not kid ourselves here. For all the good play from some players at the moment, Scott Moore is the difference. The quality and speed around the PTB that he's bringing is what's made the difference and picked us up 4 points. As much as we all like Joe Lumb and Sam Hallas did a half decent job too, they're not even close to Moore's quality. Our chances this season may well very rest on his court case.

Can't be sure if he gets a favourable judgement that we won't see SL clubs coming in for him.

[Bullseye]

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:29 am  

Moore has made a huge difference, whether it’s his experience (making the right decisions at the right time) or just making the central defence more solid. When he gathered up that kick off under the noses of the Toulouse defenders I thought that typified what he brings to the team. If we lose him (and it’s highly probable) then I hope we’re looking at bringing in some more experience.

Thought Leon had his best game since he came back. There were some really classy touches, the pass to Oakes for his try especially.

Again, Ryan was superb on the wing, his try was excellent and took a lot of scoring but he’s making a habit of those. The defence was awesome and saved two certain tries.

I thought the forwards did well particularly in the first half. I think we tired a little in the second and this led to more mistakes and indiscipline. That said the second Ryan try that was chalked off looked 100% fine to me. It was a bit of a twitch finish but we got there in the end. Minus 8 now and that’s better than I thought we’d be at this stage.

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:47 am  

hooligan27 wrote:

Toulouse was hammered by Sheffield I won't get excited yet. They will win most home games lose away

The Sheffield match was in some of the worst conditions for a good number of years. The Wakey pitch also had a game instantly before that. Plus Sheffield had dual-reg players, Jamie Acton, Lachlan Burr & Sam Hopkins.

Toulouse showed some quality touches yesterday and i think they will pick up a fair few away wins as well and be in the top 4 IMHO. Especially when the grounds harden up.

[Bulliac]

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:16 am  

debaser wrote:

Lilley was really struggling in the second half, it would have made sense to maybe replace him? Stick Oscar there and Smith to FB?

To be fair, although we didn't use one of the subs, I suspect we did use all 12 interchanges in the forwards. It would have made more sense to have an extra forward though.

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:22 am  

Bulliac wrote:

To be fair, although we didn't use one of the subs, I suspect we did use all 12 interchanges in the forwards. It would have made more sense to have an extra forward though.

It would have done, except he was no doubt there in case of an injury in the backs or halves. No injury happened, so they didn't use him just for the sake of it.

Whilst I tend to agree with the idea of don't use a sub just because he's there, when the interchange could be better used to make sure the forwards don't get tired, I did think Smith could have been brought on in the backs on the right side considering we were starting to get hammered there in the second half. Thankfully it ended up not mattering.

[Bulliac]

Re: Toulouse match thread : Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:47 pm  

As a matter of interest, does being selected but not actually getting on the pitch, actually counts as an official appearance?

Or, in other words, has he made his debut.....or not.