Hull KR

Quote: DHM "Penalty count 12-3? against us. He did JJB for a "flop" first half for finishing a tackle he started, they moved downfield and scored. He then forgot the rule existed as HKR players did it every other tackle. The final insult was Buderus being caught for not being square when he had spent all day being tackled by players who weren't square without penalty. Halibut is as cluless as I've seen from a referee in a life of watching clueless refs. Fred Lindop, Gerry Kershaw, Ronnie Campbell, maybe you weren't that bad after all.
Imagine that penalty count the other way around and how that would have killed any momentum HKR could put together and how it would have gifted Leeds field position. HKR could have crumbled.

Okay, that's the ref, now for Leeds. Shambles, absolute shambles on defence. Yes they missed tackles, as everyone does, but what is absolutely unforgivable is the amount of times they were caught with one marker in the first half. HKR weren't even playing the ball that fast, it was awful organisation and concentration. It killed us. You can't blame the coach for that, it's junior level stuff. There need to be some backsides flogged this week.
Defence in the middle of the pitch was dire, and a big part of that was the marker effort which was rubbish. Webb should ask for the salary of the forwards, because he did their tackling today. And WTF was McShane doing running towards the touchline on our last posession of the 1st half? What was going through his mind that made him think he could (on his own) take on three defenders in a foot of space?
Attack wise, I agree with Harrigan, they came out with the right tactics (good call coach), when they moved the ball wide they caused all sorts of problems, but the loss of Smith and the time he was on the pitch struggling, took Watkins out of the game - which was a shame as he was our most dangerous attacker by a mile. We should have kept throwing it around, at least in a shoot out we showed we may have had the edge.

In honesty that's a team that needs Leuleui and Peacock back solidifying the middle of the park and it needs McGuire making things happen allowing Sinny to concentrate on his defensive position more. Poor display, but again, bashing the coach? I don't know.'"