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| I dont normally slate the team club or coach but enough is enough. We look clueless every game. Its getting harder to watch. I agree that tonights result didnt matter but now is the time were we need to start getting abit of momentum. If we dont improve or shake things uo then we will be a championship team next year.
Jukes out for me is the only way to go. It seems he has taken the team no where. We have gone from a side playing freeflowing and attractive rugby to this. I agree that the style of rugby we played last year and previous wasnt the smartest game managent wise amd perhaps wouldnt have got us promoted. I feel it was our time last year and a mix between SL teams having a woeful M8s and us playing on sheer emotion got us up. This year we will be on the other end of that emotion and we will have all to lose rather than gain. It will be hard with the mentality we have got of falling apart if another team gets infront. If we get infront we drop off get beat. We need to want it more for us fans that pay money and travel all over the place to watch the boys. Its getting harder to watch.
We blame referees, other clubs, unlucky calls, injuries and we need to look at ourselves and not the uncontrolables. We need rid of jukes and get abit of change around the club. I cant even think of who we could get in as i dont think anyone is available.
Like i say i usually dont like calling the team and coaching staff as nobody goes out there to loose. But tonight was embarassing! First time ive thought about the wigan walk. I couldnt bring myself to do it but i thought about that aas bad enough
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| Quote: Alan "I for one, approved of 'resting' Drinkwater' last night. Now I know we need him - in the (totally baffling) absence of Ridyard, he is the only half back who is capable of organising/playmaking. It's unfair to judge the two new boys, after being thrown in so soon. Mortimer upped his game in the second half, but doesn't seem a playmaker. (who was it on here, who said he appeared to have slowed play down?) Langi showed nice touches, but an awful lot of Wire traffic went down his side.
I think we miss McNally on attack. I wasn't a fan of his defence, but Brown had a nightmare last night. At least McNally knows how/when to link up - how many times did Reynolds have to wait for Brown to arrive in attack, last night?
And Hampshire has to be in there somewhere, if he's fit. At least he has a bit of pace - which we are still desperately lacking.
And please can someone on our coaching staff teach someone - anyone - how to kick out of hand?!?! 10-20 yards on penalty kicks isn't good enough and I long to see the opposition running the ball out from their tryline, and not the 20/30 metre lines!
I'm afraid a huge improvement is needed - even just to be able to beat Featherstone and Toulouse/Halifax - never mind the rest of them!
Greg McNally came to fore as a Halfback and Id like to see him at Standoff and Hampshire at Scrumhalf ! We would certainly have some pace and skill at halfback ![Thumbs up icon_thumb.gif](images/smilies//icon_thumb.gif)
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| Quote: atomic "Not quite sure what people mean by experimenting! Forced positional changes due to brainfarts the previous week isn't experimenting.
Mortimer needs game time with his new team,Reynolds is on fire correct half back pairing.
Brown defensively is better than McNally we where playing a top 4 team albeit on paper this season on their very emotional patch last night.
Could we have played better? Yes. But how where we experimenting?'"
In his post match interview, Neil Jukes stated that the intention of the coaching team is to give everyone match time to have a fully fit squad for the '8's'. That's why Higham, and the two new boys played last Friday. He mentioned that Hock (especially) and Clare will be getting a lot of game time against Huddersfield and Salford. Presumably Rawsthorne will figure too? And how about McNally and Hampshire?
I can see the point, but am not sure what it will do for getting a settled team.
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| Quote: Alan "In his post match interview, Neil Jukes stated that the intention of the coaching team is to give everyone match time to have a fully fit squad for the '8's'. That's why Higham, and the two new boys played last Friday. He mentioned that Hock (especially) and Clare will be getting a lot of game time against Huddersfield and Salford. Presumably Rawsthorne will figure too? And how about McNally and Hampshire?
I can see the point, but am not sure what it will do for getting a settled team.'"
Alan, So would the results be academic? ![Wink icon_wink.gif](images/smilies//icon_wink.gif)
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| Quote: Cokey "Alan, So would the results be academic?
In that we will finish 10th or 11th, yes. But surely, every professional sports team goes out to win matches? The benefits to confidence, and laying down a marker to other teams, can't be under-estimated.
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