Re: magic : Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:20 pm  

gazzagiant wrote:

Agree with Cocker ref poor performances think the all round standard has been poor for the last couple of seasons, but at least most teams tried to play some expansive rugby and this is the most disappointing from us as we seem to be under instruction not to move the ball and just keep turning it back inside. Fully aware we have had a lot of injuries- again - and Watson has sidelined some to work with the ones he feels will work best with him, but overall I've not been impressed with the style of rugby and today was a glaring example of how poor we are to watch most of the time - granted there has been the occasional more entertaining performance but few and far between. We have some talented attacking players but we see more of them driving the ball away from our own line and generally starved of the ball otherwise.

Yeah I think that’s the thing. I’ve watched us lose far more often than right now. But the style we are playing means it’s just awful to watch. At least when we had Reilly, Rocky, Russell, lomax, coops you knew you were going to get some action!
Trundling it up to the line 5 or 6 times then a kick is not going to get anyone enthused- compare that to the two games today that came after and regardless of the final blow out score against Leigh at least they dare to pass in their own half!

Re: magic : Mon Sep 06, 2021 2:50 pm  

jools wrote:

That was a truly awful performance from two poor sides. Not a good advert for the game at all. Slow pace and little skill.
Compare to the speed and intensity of the games on Saturday and the wigan wire game and just no comparison.
Poorest performance at magic by a hudds side too. Massively disappointed to lose our magic magic to a poor wakey side.

We were good but I agree you were poor, take it on the chin and show some humility for once in your life

Re: magic : Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:01 pm  

vastman wrote:

We were good but I agree you were poor, take it on the chin and show some humility for once in your life

Almost every team that played Saturday would have put a bigger score on us. The pace of the wakey Hudds game compared to the one that came after was snail like. You were much better than us on the day- but compared to the other games were way off. .

Re: magic : Mon Sep 06, 2021 7:34 pm  

You have to wonder what level of defensive intensity was employed by either side in the cats saints game, when both leaked 30+ points.
I'm trying not to conflate intensity of play with the tense atmosphere of close leeds codhead golden point game or the drama of a golden point end to saints pathetic 6 min completely devoid of intensity, capitulation.
I think the lack of intensity perceived in the Wakey Shudds game is the least of their worries tbh.

Re: magic : Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:38 pm  

jools wrote:

Almost every team that played Saturday would have put a bigger score on us. The pace of the wakey Hudds game compared to the one that came after was snail like. You were much better than us on the day- but compared to the other games were way off. .

Not true, you're just creating a narrative to suit your tragic agenda. If you'd have won you wouldn't say a word, stop being pathetic.

PS: That includes Leigh and Salford does it

Re: magic : Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:50 pm  

vastman wrote:

Not true, you're just creating a narrative to suit your tragic agenda. If you'd have won you wouldn't say a word, stop being pathetic.

PS: That includes Leigh and Salford does it

Get a dictionary- look up almost.....