: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:17 pm  

Thought both sides were poor. Toulouse out wide in defence, especially in the 2nd half were woeful reminded me of us under McCormack. Barrow constantly had a man over.

Convinced we will see a completley different Barrow next week. We have only just appeared to have turned the corner so will have to be at our best next week to win i'm sure. However if our forwards get in top of theirs like we did against Fev and at times againt Halifax then we will win, Its not going to be easy though.

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:01 pm  

Fingerposts Finest wrote:

they didn't beat us, we beat ourselves, especially the home league game where we couldn't string 2 passes together.

Spot on

: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:17 pm  

StuH wrote:

Thought both sides were poor. Toulouse out wide in defence, especially in the 2nd half were woeful reminded me of us under McCormack. Barrow constantly had a man over.

Convinced we will see a completley different Barrow next week. We have only just appeared to have turned the corner so will have to be at our best next week to win i'm sure. However if our forwards get in top of theirs like we did against Fev and at times againt Halifax then we will win, Its not going to be easy though.

Remember Stanks interview on sky before the game saying the same thing, then we embarrased em out wide time after time...

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:11 am  

nes2002 wrote:

Remember Stanks interview on sky before the game saying the same thing, then we embarrased em out wide time after time...

Also the wide players seem to have handling issues. It would appear that whether its with ball in hand or off the boot, out wide is where to go.

Not really sure what you would say Barrow's weakness is. They gave loads of possession away through dropped balls and also gave loads of penalties away - not sure they'll be so sloppy in the final. I reckon they will go for the safe approach against us - play mainly down the middle and try to wear us out. They'll probably give very few penalties away and also rely on their tight defence. Having said that Liam Campbell is out for the season, from what the commentators said, Catic will almost certainly be banned, Holt is also currently out injured, Brocklehurst has been sacked and Rooney wont be elligible to play in the final.

Certainly won't be easy and I'm not sure why we're favourites, but with our new recruits (since the last Barrow game), players that have returned from inury, training sorted out, performances on the up, Barrow having several players missing - our chances are certainly a lot better than what they were a few months or even weeks ago.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:37 am  

nes2002 wrote:

Remember Stanks interview on sky before the game saying the same thing, then we embarrased em out wide time after time...

Penned by Cyndi Lauper and fantastically covered by Eva Cassidy. In fact, one of her best covers...

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:10 am  

Behave Fingerpost, you senile old git.

We're going to be in a massive battle next week against Barrow.

: Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:46 pm  

richardviking wrote:

Behave Fingerpost, you senile old git.

We're going to be in a massive battle next week against Barrow.

cast your mind back two short years, everyone who thought they were an authority on the game were tipping haven to beat us in the final. trust me youngster, we will win and win well.

: Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:12 am  

I dont mean to sound negative but if harrison gets a lot of possession he could cause us A LOT of problems
espically with our backs maybe not being the best in defence

: Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:19 am  

Fingerposts Finest wrote:

cast your mind back two short years, everyone who thought they were an authority on the game were tipping haven to beat us in the final. trust me youngster, we will win and win well.

Who?

: Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:15 am  

danavvo wrote:

I dont mean to sound negative but if harrison gets a lot of possession he could cause us A LOT of problems
espically with our backs maybe not being the best in defence

Let's hope that Toa is marking him then, he'll pummel his head into the turf.