: Sun May 17, 2009 6:18 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Worrincy did well running some good angles when he came on, we need other players to run as intelligently then we'd give the halfs more options.

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Sorry, yes your right and he did some good work in defence

: Sun May 17, 2009 6:21 pm  

What a shame, because of a train booking mishap, I missed the game. What a shame!

I'd have applauded the Celtic players anyway, well done to them. Just seems like a season of false dawns and giant disappointments... roll on 2010!

: Sun May 17, 2009 6:21 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Deacon's ... did take a couple of heavy knocks today which didn't help.

Most teams will spend hours working on how to target the opposition's half baccks in defence. We handed them it on a plate - whose idea was it to land every single kick off on the prop directy in front of Deacon allowing an unrivalled opportunity for one of their biggest players a 20m sprint directly into our smallest. He looked like he'd been knocked out twice but we persevered with it regardless...

: Sun May 17, 2009 6:22 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Worrincy did well running some good angles when he came on, we need other players to run as intelligently then we'd give the halfs more options.

Simply shipping the ball down the line is pants and far to easy to defend against.

What else do you expect from the legend?

: Sun May 17, 2009 7:29 pm  

Block5Bull wrote:

Most teams will spend hours working on how to target the opposition's half baccks in defence. We handed them it on a plate - whose idea was it to land every single kick off on the prop directy in front of Deacon allowing an unrivalled opportunity for one of their biggest players a 20m sprint directly into our smallest. He looked like he'd been knocked out twice but we persevered with it regardless...

Yes, that was a very obvious failing on our part. It was clear from the off that they were targetting Deacs with and without the ball but we didn't respond to it and by the second half Deacs looked punch drunk to me. Their game plan seemed to be do the simple things correctly, run hard, tackle hard, take no risks in your own half, win the kicking game and stop Deacon... and it worked to a treat, the best team won.

: Sun May 17, 2009 7:31 pm  

Duckman wrote:

Yes, that was a very obvious failing on our part. It was clear from the off that they were targetting Deacs with and without the ball but we didn't respond to it and by the second half Deacs looked punch drunk to me. Their game plan seemed to be do the simple things correctly, run hard, tackle hard, take no risks in your own half, win the kicking game and stop Deacon... and it worked to a treat, the best team won.

Shouldn't that have been our game plan too.

: Sun May 17, 2009 7:32 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Shouldn't that have been our game plan too.

It may well have been but they stopped whatever our game plan was.

: Sun May 17, 2009 7:37 pm  

redeverready wrote:

Shouldn't that have been our game plan too.

You would have thought that was on the agenda during training this week at some stage wouldn't you!

So the question is why has that all too often, like today, not been put onto the pitch? Rugby League is not a tricky game really if you do the basics, Celtic proved that today and proved it well.

: Sun May 17, 2009 7:40 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

It may well have been but they stopped whatever our game plan was.

No they didn't we didn't have a structured game plan from the first minute. All we do is feed it up and down the line and hope someone makes a tackle bust.

: Sun May 17, 2009 7:42 pm  

Duckman wrote:

You would have thought that was on the agenda during training this week at some stage wouldn't you!

So the question is why has that all too often, like today, not been put onto the pitch? Rugby League is not a tricky game really if you do the basics, Celtic proved that today and proved it well.

Thats a perfectly legitimate question which needs serious considering by the powers that be at the club.