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| Simon Grix is a fine back-row forward but is never a centre. I'd prefer Riley on the wing and PJ at No 3 which was the position in which he first made a reputation for himself in his Pie days. Grix can then play back row with Westwood and Harrison and leave the under-achieving Andersons out of it.
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| Quote HJ Bird="HJ Bird"Today I learnt that Rah hasn't got a bad little kick on him!'"
Funny you say this , I remember 2 years ago against CAS away when nearly everybody went off injured we stole the game in the last minit , Rau took charge and ripped them apart !!!
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| I leaned that Smith can create a defensive structure, it actually looked like we'd been coached BUT Johnson and Grix were not at the races and I'm not sure they will be good enough
I learned that Bridge is like a headless chicken much of the time and no-one really knows where he is going. He is not the answer. Does he ever look before he kicks; wide open field, fast winger but kicks the other way every time!!!!!!
Regretfully I concede that Monas is not the answer in attack and has to defend too much for a small half back. For a good team you need at least one great half back. We haven't got one
Penny & King looked very good in defence but didn't get enough attacking chances
I learned that anyone who picks the MOM must be watching a different game to me, get the Andersons to Japan asap as per the League Express story
Too many people leaving early and booing, its frustrating watching Wire, stick with it
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| Quote Ian [77="Ian [77"I think they were tested. On a number of occasions Cas went down that side and, on at least 2 occasions, King and Penny did a great job on plugging in gaps as part of a successful scramble defence. Penny got minimal touches but it's unfair to refer to King in that context. It's not as if King got lots of ball and refused to pass to him.
I'm enjoying watching King's confidence improve and his performances accordingly. I always enjoyed Penny's enuthasism for his team mates.'"
They did do alright once or twice but I did see signs of the old King goes wandering Penny is left 3 on 1 which if noted by the opposition could have been disastrous.
I just can't help thinking that Cas weren't aware Penny was going to play (neither was I) but if they were they would've peppered him and it would've been a whole lot worse.
However, I finally saw the sliding defence creeping in in that first half, so hopefully Smith is concentrating on defence for now and those individual errors will be cancelled out by the lovely attacking rugby we're gonna learn soon.
Whatever happens, I just want to see a planned move that actually works.
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| A couple of positional changes IMO will make a big difference.
Move Hicks from fb back to the wing. With Riley at FB, we return the kick at a much higher pace, and often start a set of six on a high. Under Hicks, we allow their defence to gt up in his face and get set.
This will allow Johnson at 3, and then suddenly our three quarters look a little more dangerous - Hicks, Johnson, King and Penny. There is some pace and strength in that.
Halves. Now this is a big issue, but I would take Monas out whether Briers is fit or not. Grix could cover there with Bridge, as I think Grix is being wasted at the moment. He can;t do any worse IMO at 6/7.
I would leave the forwards as they are.
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| Quote Betty Ford Clinic="Betty Ford Clinic"i learnt today that yes "i wanna drink" but sadly the urban / bassline music is not my cup of tea and that i will not be purchasing anything by Platnum or N-Dubz in the near future'"
 Them two was on when we came in the ground. didn't have a clue what it was
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| Quote Jesus Of Suburbia="Jesus Of Suburbia":lol:
Them two was on when we came in the ground. didn't have a clue what it was'"
Certainly was different.
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| Quote Dave T="Dave T"A couple of positional changes IMO will make a big difference.
Move Hicks from fb back to the wing. With Riley at FB, we return the kick at a much higher pace, and often start a set of six on a high. Under Hicks, we allow their defence to gt up in his face and get set.
This will allow Johnson at 3, and then suddenly our three quarters look a little more dangerous - Hicks, Johnson, King and Penny. There is some pace and strength in that.
Halves. Now this is a big issue, but I would take Monas out whether Briers is fit or not. Grix could cover there with Bridge, as I think Grix is being wasted at the moment. He can;t do any worse IMO at 6/7.
I would leave the forwards as they are.'"
I Agree about trying Grix at halves Dave, but I would not drop Monas. I would have him interchanging with Higham instead of Clarke.
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| Quote Dave T="Dave T"A couple of positional changes IMO will make a big difference.
Move Hicks from fb back to the wing. With Riley at FB, we return the kick at a much higher pace, and often start a set of six on a high. Under Hicks, we allow their defence to gt up in his face and get set.
This will allow Johnson at 3, and then suddenly our three quarters look a little more dangerous - Hicks, Johnson, King and Penny. There is some pace and strength in that.
Halves. Now this is a big issue, but I would take Monas out whether Briers is fit or not. Grix could cover there with Bridge, as I think Grix is being wasted at the moment. He can;t do any worse IMO at 6/7.
I would leave the forwards as they are.'"
Spot on.
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| Quote Chris McKean="Chris McKean"I Agree about trying Grix at halves Dave, but I would not drop Monas. I would have him interchanging with Higham instead of Clarke.'" I disagree. Monas does already slip into the 9 spot at times now, and he is still poor IMO. His decision making on the 2nd phase of play is shocking.
He never knows whether to put his head down and run, or throw a long pass and get the ball moving.
Monas and Higham are too similar in style for me to use them both, and Higham defo gets the nod over Monas at 9.
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| i quite enoyed watching cas attack, whereas warrington had perhaps a couple of little plays between 2 or 3 players that came off in isolated parts of the game, cas were attacking with all their players working on and off the ball and had a brilliant shape to them
also thought cas had a great defence, which is perhaps why warrington's attack, in my opinion, was absolutely awful, although i don't think we gave them a particularly stern test
our defence was haphazard, which got lucky at times but more often than not was, again in my opinion, poor
to be fair i thought cas looked like a really good team and there is no shame in being beaten by them (questionable though at home), but i thought warrington were absolutely miles behind them and was gutted when i left, not because of scoreline but because of how dire i thought we were
i do however have total faith in the manager to turn us around and also in most of the players who are already in the squad to get back to good performances
i reckon our fans need to forget about where we think we should be and get ready to travel a long road to challenging mid-table and then on towards the top after that
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| Quote Betty Ford Clinic="Betty Ford Clinic"i learnt today that yes "i wanna drink" but sadly the urban / bassline music is not my cup of tea and that i will not be purchasing anything by Platnum or N-Dubz in the near future'"
Certainly was 'urban.' And by 'urban', I mean a bit rubbish. I wasn't quite as vocal about it as the old fart stood next to me. 'It's just noise, that!'
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