I thought Achurch did great in defence for the time he was on. Not sure how many tackles, but wouldn't be surprised to see him in top 3 at all.

I also said yesterday that Walters gets better each week, but thought Ward had a much better game, and really did look the part. Ward for me should be in the team each week on merit.

Aiton 45 tackles 2 misses
Bailey 38, 1miss
Peacock 34, 2 misses
Achurch 33, 1 miss

Catalan were mugged of 2 points yesterday afternoon, for sure. Very fortunate. If it wasn't for Pryce being a tool, I'd feel sorry for him having it taken away after the end of the game. It's a shame he lost movement in his neck after the kick went over, which meant he didn't turn to look at the South Stand at all...

Ok, so a couple of thoughts / reflections...

I was quite frustrated with a few of the tries we scored being right in the corner, when the scorers could probably have got closer to the sticks. It was clear from early on that Sutcliffe was going to miss any kicks from wide but thankfully enough we got out of it in the end. I guess I am thinking mainly of BJB's long run - could he have grounded closer to the posts? I think there was maybe another one as well.

Secondly, does anyone know what happened with the lack of Catalan 'polka jerseys'? I was looking forward to it. In the end it was like a fancy dress party was advertised, but only half of the people then turned up in fancy dress! It would have been really cool to have seen both engaging with (and celebrating) the TdF. Shame.

Not sure if it was ref-related; (ie. they weren't contrasting enough) or if they just didn't play ball; (ie. 'Yeah sure, we will wear the polka jerseys...' [marketing bloke leaves room]... Ok lads; there is the bin - fill it with these tops quick!')

Maybe the next time the TdF starts in Leeds, they will wear the polkas then!

Agree wholeheartedly! Bailey should be nowhere near starting once all members of the squad are fit. Yet again the lump wood was presented with an opportunity to show he can play the part as a prop forward and failed.

You're obsessed. What part did he fail? nearly 40 tackles, what a failure.

Bailey's putting a run together now. No nonsense, just getting on with it. Put a solid shift in, no silly penalties, tackled all over the field and overall over last few weeks has been bumping them off in the drive. There on merit.

Pot calling kettle black re obsession! See you're avatar and stupid comments at the bottom of every post and your continual posts re the ability or lack of it of Kirke(yet again implied in the last line of your previous post)

He made 34 tackles not 40! How many of those were his usual soft cock 3rd in.
No silly penalties. So we should treat that as exceptional should we, that he's not his usual d1ck head self?
Bumping them off in the drive....when? God forbid if he every runs at pace into a defensive line.

There because we're desperate!

Quote: rhinobucs "Pot calling kettle black re obsession! See you're avatar and stupid comments at the bottom of every post and your continual posts re the ability or lack of it of Kirke(yet again implied in the last line of your previous post) He made 34 tackles not 40! How many of those were his usual soft cock 3rd in. No silly penalties. So we should treat that as exceptional should we, that he's not his usual d1ck head self? Bumping them off in the drive....when? God forbid if he every runs at pace into a defensive line. There because we're desperate!'" Apparently he made 38 tackles, so yes 'nearly 40' superleague.co.uk/report/10019 The 2nd highest tackler. I like him steaming in as 3rd man and rattling someone. It's called rugby. also made 2 tackle busts as well, so must be hitting the line at decent speed. But they probably slipped or something, to suit your agenda. Post about something that's not related to Bailey, it's yet to be seen. Did the big nasty man twist your nipple at some point?

Quote: rhinobucs "Pot calling kettle black re obsession! See you're avatar and stupid comments at the bottom of every post and your continual posts re the ability or lack of it of Kirke(yet again implied in the last line of your previous post) He made 34 tackles not 40! How many of those were his usual soft cock 3rd in. No silly penalties. So we should treat that as exceptional should we, that he's not his usual d1ck head self? Bumping them off in the drive....when? God forbid if he every runs at pace into a defensive line. There because we're desperate!'" Apparently he made 38 tackles, so yes 'nearly 40' superleague.co.uk/report/10019 The 2nd highest tackler. I like him steaming in as 3rd man and rattling someone. It's called rugby. also made 2 tackle busts as well, so must be hitting the line at decent speed. But they probably slipped or something, to suit your agenda. Post about something that's not related to Bailey, it's yet to be seen. Did the big nasty man twist your nipple at some point?

I thought he fell off at least two simple tackles for two of their tries.

Glad I only bought the kids that yellow top now because some players looked quite big in it to say the least

I think he was the player wasn't he that slipped off the players legs for the try at the start of the second half? but the other two in front should still have stopped that, so I would put their efforts as worse.

Yes, that was a bad miss. It was his tackle to make. There was also some lazy work on an inside ball for a try in the 1st half and the try Pryce created after getting it from the Southstand was built on a quick play the ball where he laid on the floor after being dominated by the runner.

The guy's coming back from injury and like bloodbath says he's better with more game time but I wouldn't call what he did yesterday as great defence, not that he was alone in that category.

A lot fewer missed tackles than usual recorded by Opts despite us appearing to miss more tackles than usual. It seems different stat compilers have different definitions of what constitutes a missed tackle. As usual, the stats can either be taken with a pinch of salt or according to agenda.

You may recall Kirke and Kirke alone put us in a 12 point deficit in that game. Bailey didn't do that.

Baliey aint no great shakes but he is a million miles better player than Kirke.

They both have their bad days equally IMO and I cannot see clear water between them let alone a million miles. Like I said they are both past their prime and neither are as reliable on defence as they once were. They are both benchmen fighting for the same spot in my view but no one has shown enough yet to take that place from them. Yates could be fit soon and he should get a chance.