Re: SILVERWOOD ********* US : Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:58 pm  

Haywire wrote:

Nowt to do with the chargedown attempt from your man then?

it happened twice, only once was there a legitimate chargedown

: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:50 pm  

vastman wrote:

I agree with what you say - however I must point out that you did actually play against a very weak Trinity pack. Front line props Sculthorpe, Stosic and Bibey (who pre injury form was quite exceptional for him) were all missing whilst Moore was playing his first match back from his well documented illnes.

Now it's all if's and but's and there is no guarantee that any of the players missing from either side would have made a difference. However I have no doubt that part of your comeback in the second half was due to the fact that your bigger pack was winning the arm wrestle in the middle which may not have been the case had we had some bigger more seasoned players available. It's just a detail but it's worth noteing.

I know. I'd hoped no-one would point that out! Moore coming on lifted your lot for sure, though. But, and in fairness, had your big guys been out on the park, I think our guys were still so depleted after Friday that you could well have ground us down and run riot in the last quarter. Kear has done wonders with taking seemingly "problem" props and turning them into cracking players. In the case of Bibey and Moore, I suspect they owe him a debt that extends far beyond the rugby field.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:14 am  

Couldn't fault the team for effort, and playing two games in short order (both teams, even if we had the harder one) it was never going to be pretty, but McNamara said "It is criminal the amount or errors we made" and he is right. It is very frustrating to come away froma match like that, a narrow 2 point defeat, when it is clear we basically gave the game away through the cumulative result of a procession of silly mistakes. fsck knows what we do about it - you can't legislate for a regular flow of basic dumb mistakes, giving the opposition hundreds of metres of territory and many minutes of possession.

Still, if we win our game in hand we are halfway up the table, and we've only lost 2 games more than Leeds, who are in 3rd, so things don't look so bad for our patched up transitional squad, and but for the odd missed goal kick here and there we would be nearer still.

I hear that there is no chance at all that we will have 17 fit men for Friday, so we'll start the game with some busted. Such is life.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:35 am  

Bullseye wrote:

. Solomona was a bit of a disaster though, again tried too hard to get the ball away and made costly errors.

5 carries resulting in 4 turnovers wasnt it? Why on earth does he think that in his first game for a long while he can instantly start making killer offloads? Its hard to feel any sympathy for him when he's so clearly overweight.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:43 am  

paulwalker71 wrote:

On the positive side Kopczak looked eager and made some good inpact runs, Newton had his best game of the season, Menzies was good and Halley did very little wrong.

Agree.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:49 am  

The usual Craven report BUT...check out the last paragraph!!! Hmm!!!??

The usual Craven report BUT...check out the last paragraph!!! Hmm!!!??

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:54 am  

Adeybull wrote: The usual Craven report BUT...check out the last paragraph!!! Hmm!!!?? would we really want rinaldi?

Adeybull wrote: The usual Craven report BUT...check out the last paragraph!!! Hmm!!!?? would we really want rinaldi?

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:15 am  

phillgee wrote:

would we really want rinaldi?

No, blows hot and cold very inconsistent. Just like too many of our players. Recruit erratic players, get erratic performances.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:47 am  

We have tracked him for a while now maybe Deacons problem is bigger than the club has let on .

And before the idiots comment I know he plays a different position but I believe he does kick well which is an area where we are struggling without deacs.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:51 am  

there must be someone better than rinaldi we can sign? If not then surely look to next season to replace him?