: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:48 pm  

ksm1701 wrote:

Just looked back at your posts. Can't see it myself.

When we scored in the second half I was convinced we would kick on and win this game but as the clock ticked down you could just sense Hudds scoring late on to snatch it at the death...........no suprise there then

I don't think we played that badly just too many errors but i'm so used to that now that it now means I'm only p1ssed off Friday night not all weeked like I was in the past .

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:03 am  

Pugsley Snr wrote:

When we scored in the second half I was convinced we would kick on and win this game but as the clock ticked down you could just sense Hudds scoring late on to snatch it at the death...........no suprise there then

I thought so too. The two tries at the end came as no surprise to me at all.

The scoreline flatters Hudds somewhat but make no mistake, the best team (and the best coach) won on the night.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:15 am  

jonh wrote:

"Whilst I take responsibility for what we do, I thought we didn't kick as well as we could have, I thought we were physically dominant for most of that game and didn't quite get the just rewards. Our execution was not as good at times as it should have been, neither was our patience. They got to the end of the field and just kicked a bit better than us. We were a whole lot closer than the score suggests, I thought at 8-10 we would have gone on and won it but a couple of things went against us."


Is this the ultimate deflection?

Remove "whilst" and it sounds genuine, include "whilst" and again he seems to be diverting the blame. Or is that just me?

I agree 100% with what Noble says there (must be a first ). Our kicking game was rubbish tonight, but on the whole I didn't think it was all that bad. It was a good arm-wrestle. Fielden's reaction after their first try would suggest it wasn't grounded, it looked very dubious on the replay. I'm still amazed that their 2nd try was given, looked a blatant knock on to me

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:04 am  

"Whilst I take responsibility for what we do" - Good lets hope IL see's it like that and sacks him.

"We need to be going a bit better." - master of understatements.

[DaveO]

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:18 am  

ksm1701 wrote:

I think we already are a second tier club, it's just taking a long time to sink in with us fans. Once we accept this and move on things will get a lot better for us 'cos we won't have such high expectations of our team and thus being disappointed every other week or so won't come as much of a surprise.

How on earth does that equate to things getting better? What is wrong with the fans of one of the best supported clubs having high expectations?

Dave

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:43 am  

The high expectations we all have are no longer being achieved by what is a very average side.

If we lower our expectation then we won't be disappointed after results like last nights.

Simple, no?

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:09 am  

The thread title nicely sums up most of the posts I have read on this thread so far.

Out of interest, what were the excuses last season when Huddersfield put 30+ points on you?

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:24 am  

jonh wrote:

Hudds do not use those tactics every week.

I've seen them 3 times now. They use exactly those tactics each week.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:02 pm  

AJ wrote:

I've seen them 3 times now. They use exactly those tactics each week.

3 times in how many years?

Clearly you werent watching agaisnt Quins, or Cas, or Bradford, or Castleford, or Catalans, or Hull, or Saints

Try watching how Wigan play sometime, you might be surprised at the amount of laying on, offsides, obstructions etc that go on.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:15 pm  

Code13 wrote:

3 times in how many years?

Clearly you werent watching agaisnt Quins, or Cas, or Bradford, or Castleford, or Catalans, or Hull, or Saints

Try watching how Wigan play sometime, you might be surprised at the amount of laying on, offsides, obstructions etc that go on.

Clearly this season shag. Against Hull & Castleford, they applied the exact same tactics as last night. Ask Terry Matterson if he agrees with the way Hudds play.