Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:23 pm  

scarrie wrote:

Did I blame Child for those things?

I simply said he was rubbish which I think even Leeds fans would agree with.

Our discipline has been terrible lately and that can't soley be down to bad refereeing I agree.

Ultimately what lost us the game was terrible goal line defence. Once again the game was largely over as a contest by half time.

Our lack of a second hooker is hurting atm. I reckon Connor would have done a spell off the bench today if Talanoa hadn't gone off early.

Our lack of a first hooker is hurting, Washbrook work hard, but his passing is so slow and we miss Hoightons quick thinking.

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:26 pm  

What was wrong with Talanoa?

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:29 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Our lack of a first hooker is hurting, Washbrook work hard, but his passing is so slow and we miss Hoightons quick thinking.

However you want to phrase it.
Not having a replacement is problematic. I don't think Washy ran from dummy half once today.
Houghtons kicking from dummy half is also an asset we miss.

Don't know why we can't defend all of a sudden though.

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:29 pm  

Wilde 3 wrote:

What was wrong with Talanoa?

Hamstring. We seem to be getting a lot of soft tissue and muscle pulls/tears which we didn;t have last year

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:31 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

It's your fault we're in this mess. We miss the easy 6 points

leeds and saints wont be complaining, what the hell has gone wrong, thought this would be your year with Kelly aboard.

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:39 pm  

rover 2000 wrote:

leeds and saints wont be complaining, what the hell has gone wrong, thought this would be your year with Kelly aboard.

Still might be (although doesn't look good) as we had a similar spell last year, it's how we react and get out of this bad spell.

Just watched the try's again and it's even worst than I thought, some of the worst defending I've seen for a few seasons.

Cannot have Kelly, Fonua and Michaels defending the same side.

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:54 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Still might be (although doesn't look good) as we had a similar spell last year, it's how we react and get out of this bad spell.

Just watched the try's again and it's even worst than I thought, some of the worst defending I've seen for a few seasons.

Cannot have Kelly, Fonua and Michaels defending the same side.

although Kelly tackled above his stature he missed a lot, something fc are not used to, I suppose along with fonua does make one side weak. are teams targeting this hence the unusual weak defence?

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:59 pm  

rover 2000 wrote:

although Kelly tackled above his stature he missed a lot, something fc are not used to, I suppose along with fonua does make one side weak. are teams targeting this hence the unusual weak defence?

No, we're weak right across the defensive line. Our line speed, initial contact, one on one tackling and defensive structures have been shambolic in the last 2 games

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:34 pm  

just watched the tries back and your right its worse , mini watts and even manu not exactly covering there selves with glory, I still hope this is a blip and we come back strongly, we have the team imo, time will tell

Re: Good Friday v Leeds : Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:57 pm  

Sleep walking to the Championship. Discipline , Defence and ball movement shocking.
We have been conning ourselves after the Wembley win .
To concede all those points at home is criminal .