Quote Bull Mania="Bull Mania"Think that's a bit strong. I didn't see the first two tries, so can't comment if they were soft but after that we defended brilliantly. Was more a concentration thing or trying too hard that led to the errors. It certainly wasn't lack of effort. As Northus said, we didn't look that cohesive but that was because we didn't have the ball for any sustained amount of time. Was always going to be a tricky game and Newcastle threw the kitchen sink at us and we've come away with the win. Was impressed by Newcastle, good line speed and very aggressive. Another win ticked off.'"
Agreed, though the one thing we failed to defend all match was the off-load and a better side would have killed us last night. If I remember correctly Newcastle have a strong record at home, so any win there is something to be pleased with, even though we certainly never showed the sort of fluency we'd maybe hoped for. That said,it's difficult when teams are coming in 'hell for leather' and whilst I don't think Thunder were an outstanding team they have some solid individual players, are well coached and certainly didn't die wondering.
Thought we had a number of good, gritty rather than classy, performances and, of course, a wins always win, and no doubt, we'll have many more teams like Newcastle to beat so we'll need to be on our mettle. Onwards and upwards.
