Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:15 am  

wow chillout guys - we played well we just dont know how to close out a game! Ask A Hull fan what a bad performance is!

In comparison to where i thought we'd be after a complete clearout last summer im delighted that we can give the 'best team super leagues ever seen' (according to sky) a game

We just need to learn how to close out tight games. Mr Briers step forward - you need to teach our playmakers how to set-up for a drop goal

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:31 am  

On reflection I really don’t think sending somebody home and promoting from the bench will make us anymore creative.
If we had of dropped a goal late on last night and won the game would we be more confident of doing it again in a big semi/final later in the season? A bit happier short term maybe but more confident next time? I’m not so sure. Assuming we stay in the top 4, which we should, we only really need to nail that final play/drop goal once possibly when it really matters.
Has anybody at the club thought of a foil for Roberts in a drop goal situation? Every man and his dog knows it’s going to him! Like Wigan did a couple of weeks ago, giving the ball to Woods as we all ran at Tomkins. Or is everybody else at the club useless at them? Practice then for later in the season.
I also hope everybody is not expecting Austin to start taking the lead for us from day 1 next year. From what I’ve seen of him he looks ok. More of a runner than an organiser, suspect defence like most halves, a 6 not a 7. Just don’t see all our problems being solved straight away with him and Brown/Patton.
Tyrone Roberts may repeat his drop goal attempts from last night next week v Leeds or in a semi-final/Grand final and he will rightly be blasted but somebody else needs to step up and give us another option. Or Roberts could nail it next week. It would be about time! Time will tell.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:37 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Thompson? Very good but given a lesson by Cooper tonight. Saints need walmsley back and quick.

Cooper 19 carries for 124 metres, 24 tackles made 8 tackles missed

Thompson 17 carries for 126 metres, 32 tackles made 1 tackle missed

That is one stern lesson handed out there!

Keep dreaming Sunshine

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:52 am  

I thought it was much more digestible seeing Saints win from a penalty kick than if the ball had have got shipped out to Richardson on 80mins + 1 sec and banged over a DG.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:53 am  

TheOtherOne wrote:

Cooper 19 carries for 124 metres, 24 tackles made 8 tackles missed

Thompson 17 carries for 126 metres, 32 tackles made 1 tackle missed

That is one stern lesson handed out there!

Keep dreaming Sunshine

I would like to add to that. Cooper has yet to make 2000 metres this season whilst Thompson has made over 3000 metres and is the fastest prop in super league.........Fact.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:58 am  

I thought it was a very entertaining match as did the Wests Tigers fan that I took along to see his first English RL game. We should have put more points on them in the first half but our passing is just not crisp enough.
It was difficult to tell from where I was sitting but I thought Brown was not overly involved.
It is easy to blame BMM but I blame Roberts fairly and squarely, that "attempt" at a tackle was shocking, the dg attempt as bad.

I thought our goal line defence was outstanding in the face of overwhelming Saints possession at times.

I have no doubt our attack can improve, but some kudos has to be given that we a competing at this level compared to where we were last year (and with a "marquee" player who is more of a "pop up festival tent".

Saints can crow all they like but it took a last second penalty to beat us not some magnificent attacking play.

Oh, and LMS cockney hardman! That made me chuckle.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:59 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

Still loads of improvements to come. Especially from Roberts.

Duckie what else are we waiting for ?

The grounds have firmed.
He has had time to gel (23 games)
He has cleared his mind with a trip home to look forward to.

I think we just need to accept that he is gash and doesn't give a poop.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:03 am  

Judder Man wrote:

I would like to add to that. Cooper has yet to make 2000 metres this season whilst Thompson has made over 3000 metres and is the fastest prop in super league.........Fact.

The only fact about a stat is that it exists....stats are not fact. They are aggregation of data. Now that is a fact...and Thompson is a great player....that's just an opinion.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:15 am  

there was a guy stood behind me that was screaming for a drop goal from about 16 minutes to go(he'd also not shook properly after having a pee at half time, so not sure about trusting his judgement)

I was terrified at the thought of going for a drop so early, i couldn't imagine us defending a 1 point lead against them for 12/15 minutes.


Its disapointing, we lost that last night, saints didn't win it.

tbh i thought we did well in defence, and shutting them down moving it out wide, we didn't slip off too many tackles when they were stepping, a lot of shirt sleeves and collars were kept hold of instead of falling off.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:26 am  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

there was a guy stood behind me that was screaming for a drop goal from about 16 minutes to go(he'd also not shook properly after having a pee at half time, so not sure about trusting his judgement)

I was terrified at the thought of going for a drop so early, i couldn't imagine us defending a 1 point lead against them for 12/15 minutes.


Its disapointing, we lost that last night, saints didn't win it.

tbh i thought we did well in defence, and shutting them down moving it out wide, we didn't slip off too many tackles when they were stepping, a lot of shirt sleeves and collars were kept hold of instead of falling off.

We'll grow another limb after that. Saints were flat out we have another 2 gears in there somewhere.