Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:23 pm  

jj86 wrote:

Season over and deservedly so after that. Horror show.

For the love of god play a winger though! Smith is too stubborn for his own good.

Backline : Wigan have Gelling and Charnley. We have Evans and Russell. The chasm in class is there for anyone to see.

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:24 pm  

Bobby_Peru wrote:

The wheels fell off when Hill went off for a rest 2nd half. We rely waaaaay too much on that bloke.

I keep hearing how good Sims and King are though and how we don't need to recruit any more forwards.

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:27 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

I'm a supporter of Smith but I am wondering if the shelf life has come to the end. Squad recruitment and selection and inability to get the players to close out tight game. 2013,14,15 and likely 16 without a pot is not what we have come to expect.

Well you can send Clark back to us if he is an example of poor recruitment.
Actually, we'll take Westerman back too.
Chris Hill and Ashton Sims would be useful props too...and we'll have Jack Hughes too if he isn't good enough.

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:34 pm  

After all the doom and gloom I just looked at the table . Can't believe it . Guess who's top with one match to play !!

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:35 pm  

Deserved what we got. Hull have been far the standout team this year and deserve the shield. Same story from us. Decent lead then hang on for 30 mins as we have no kicking game to manage the game and see it out. If you compare us to other top teams, our recruitment has been poor. May as well have been Chris Hill 28 Wigan 35. Had enough of Tony Smith I'm afraid now. Time for a change.

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:36 pm  

Patton anonymous and partnered Russell in the edge of oompalumpas to get battered on!

Why not Russel at FB BECAUSE HE AIN'T A FECKIN WINGER!!!
Ratchford in the halves.
Penny on the wing.

I've had my fill of TS. I honestly don't give a shaat if he gets sacked. His smug face v both the league and CC defeats and again tonight. He smiles as he enjoys his stubborness.

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:39 pm  

richmond wrote:

After all the doom and gloom I just looked at the table . Can't believe it . Guess who's top with one match to play !!

Psychologicaly done though I fear.

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:44 pm  

Always a good laugh coming on here after games like this to see the total over-reaction from some. We're top of the league with a game to play, and people are seriously calling for Smith's head! Bet you weren't saying that after 60 minutes! Two faced doesn't come close.

And love this 'chokers' tag: losing a game from a winnable position doesn't mean you choked.

All credit to Wigan-they went up a lot in my estimations tonight.

Looking like a cracking run in now: I reckon it's pretty much impossible to predict how things are gonna pan out. Whatever the disappoint of tonight, that's gotta be excited for any true RL fans hasn't it? And we're a key player in that drama. Still not enough for some folks. And to think we used to mock 'arrogant' fans of big clubs a few short years ago...

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:45 pm  

Game turned when Currie went off and around that time we had Hill, Clark and (obviously) Currie off the field. Smith got the tactics spot on for me by directing our a paced attack down the middle to turn around their big forwards and we made loads of yards in most sets in that first half and outplayed them.

It was poor defence though for the Tompkins try before half time. We got momentum back after the break but we miss the 3 players mentioned-thought TS should have brought hill back earlier.

We've lost, had just a few naive moments, but played really well. Let's leave the scapegoating out. We've got a great chance still next week, and we're well in the running for the GF

Re: Tonights game. : Fri Sep 16, 2016 9:56 pm  

I don't see the game that way Gaz.
We didn't control the ball and Pies ripped us to pieces on the flanks.