Quote: Damienc "At the start I will be honest I thought we were going to get taken to the cleaners.
To me the players were thinking "Run to the line, then I will look for someone to tell me how to cross that barrier because I don't know how to".
Then eventually we managed to get some points but again it wasn't down to the "Team" it was again "Individual Spark" there was no one on the Field who was taking control and calling out plays and getting the attack going for the whole game.
Even though we got the win, it was a really poor team performance and only down to some "Individual Sparks" that we managed to get that win.
Catalan looked really good at the start, but then I think the heat and the size of the players caused them to hit a wall at around the 35 minutes and from there it was downhill for them they just didn't to me look like they were going to get back in to the game fully.
I honestly think there is something going on behind the scenes because that bunch of players should be playing 100% better than they are, it feels to me like they are intentionally playing poor to get Price out sooner than the end of the season, I just don't think any of them have any interest in playing whilst he is there other than Mamo, Ashton, Thewlis, King and Davis. The rest just look like they are turning up to play the minutes to get paid and don't care what happens win or lose they are getting paid.
I don't have much hope for the HKR game, I honestly think it is going to be a HKR win by 18 to 6.'"
Really disagree with your analysis of the game yesterday.
Catalans are a good team, you do know that don't you? You're suggesting we had a poor team performance and yet kept Catalans (in an away fixture) to a penalty and a very fortunate try off the back of an individual error by one of our team?
Even when we weren't particularly coherent at the start of the match you could tell by the chase of kicks and the line speed that the lads were trying hard, the effort was there right through, we settled down after we got the score from some Clark magic and we controlled it well. I thought our control of territory, set completion, work in defence, carries on our own set by our pack were all brilliant. As well as the reads to put pressure on the Catalans attack, such as the Mamo interception. Although the early power plays didn't work for those particular sets they did show a varied play and give the opposition wingers something to think about rather than them pushing deep to cover a high bomb, which in turn left the fullback covering more ground giving Ratchford a bigger target on the final set kicks. 5 drives and a bomb makes it very, very easy for the opposition defence.
The lads you mentioned played well for sure but Mulhern, Widdop and Darryl Clark were our best yesterday and Ratchford and Currie deserve a mention too.
I've been critical as much as anyone and felt the season is a write off if we kept price, credit where its due that was a top performance yesterday from 55 minutes onwards. If we pay like that for the rest of the season (I'm not holding my breath) then there is cause for optimism.