Celebrating 25 years service to the Rugby League Community! |
| Quote: nantwichexile "As for Sinfield at stand off (Andy) ....undoubtedly a place has to be found for the incontrovertible inspirational skipper, but nobody can convince me that he is nothing other than an adequate in the role. I still see him as a better LF.'" Just in case you hadn't noticed - he doesn't do too much differently whichever position he plays. I'd say a 2 Grand Final winning, international stand off is more than adequate. At the very least I'd take him over Smith and Hardaker there!
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Quote: Juan Cornetto "Another great performance from Buderus. But he has had many other great performances this season when not on for the full 80. (as has JP, JJB. RB etc) Not for the first time Nantwich that you have under estimated our Champion coach Brian McDermott and his tactics Firstly the hooker is the most physically demanding position on the field and most teams including St Helens and Warrington rest their first choice at some stage in the game. As Buderus is coming to end of his outstanding career it is a good idea to also allow him a rest for most normal league games. Not being on for the full 80 has not diminished his performances for Leeds. Secondly it is only in the last few games that McGuire has regained some speed, fitness and form. Until this happened Sinfield had to continue to play at 6. Therefore Burrow had to be used as an impact player coming on at 9 and only reverting to 7 when Buderus returned to the field later in the games. This also allowed McGuire to regain some game time at 6 late in the latter games. As McGuire came back to form as the end of the season approached Macca then had the option to bring on Burrow at 7 and move McGuire to 6 with some extra confidence. As we came to the final two games of his Leeds career Buderus could play the full 80 with less risk of burning out a key player. This fine player wanted to go out on a high and being the professional that he is rose to the occasion. Why can you not see that the coach was being tactically astute in using his resources in this manner?'" Resting him for mere "normal league games" was undoubtedly a contributory reason for the final league positioning. Are you really suggesting McDermott planned that ? It was a tactical decison to reach the GF and win by finishing in such a lowly position ??
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Toulouse | 26 | 765 | 388 | 377 | 37 | ||
Bradford | 28 | 723 | 420 | 303 | 36 | ||
York | 29 | 695 | 501 | 194 | 32 | ||
Widnes | 27 | 561 | 502 | 59 | 29 | ||
Featherstone | 27 | 634 | 525 | 109 | 28 | ||
Sheffield | 26 | 626 | 526 | 100 | 28 | ||
Doncaster | 26 | 498 | 619 | -121 | 25 | ||
Halifax | 26 | 509 | 650 | -141 | 22 | ||
Batley | 26 | 422 | 591 | -169 | 22 | ||
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