Quote: rhinoms "On the face of it losing by 12pts v Wire in a grind isn't a crisis and to be fair what went wrong can be turned around quite easily.
However saying that when you dig deeper into the performance i think there are reasons for concern going forward.
Sinfield again was awful ,Mcguire was just as bad and this going on your own against a set defence is sh## so i hope & think he should be told as such in no uncertain terms.
Kylie was a passenger and Jjb was again blowing out of his arris but kept on long enough to again concede dumb penalties.
JP just can't carry this pack on his own anymore and whilst it's fair to question some of Cuthbos offloads we know 90% of the time he has that intent so why no support runners or even worse twice i saw players turn their back on him.
Seeing that team make so many dumb decisions and even worse imo panic when there's so much experience on the pitch says to me that perhaps there should be one or two changes.
Again i think it's criminal how little quality ball our back line gets off the HB's even when allowing for the grind we were sucked into the lack of creativity or nous to try something different was poor and again highlighted the shortcomings within the Coaching department.
Yes we were unlucky with some calls but we never looked like winning that game imo and that's poor tbf.
Hopefully we turn it around and it doesn't become a rut but i think the time has come to start rotating and preparing for the departures of the old guard.'"
Yep, pretty much how I saw the game. A lazy performance from too many rather than out and out shoite. His conversions apart. Sinny's tactical kicking leaves a lot to be desired lately, and I think he had more brain farts last night than in the entire previous season. Our pack frightens nobody, Danny Mac is yards slower, both in attack and defence, but we have known that for a while as well, and young Ward looks like picking up JJB's mantle of penalty machine.
Our try was excellently worked, but 30 seconds of magic is a poor return for 80 minutes of fairly bland RL, which included too much of the headless chicken variety. Golding showed promise, and is well worth an outing in the future.
A meh sort of a match. No need to be cutting wrists just yet.....
