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| Quote: FARTOWNFORLIFE "Hoping to get over to this. If I do it will be straight from work.
I had a good run up until easter with my shifts, opposite now.
Is Jerry back?'"
multi storey car park near the glass museum, go past the stadium on the dual carriageway and turn left immediately after langtree park, under the bridge, to the roundabout, first left,past the museum and the car park is on the left.
come out the car park, turn right and follow the crowd, going under a bridge then over the rugby ball shaped bridge you drove under earlier, walk past tesco and right around the ground for the away stand
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| Plenty of parking near the stadium. (Near depending on you definition of course) car park about 5 minute stroll from the stadium.
Thanks for the link
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| 18-0 down in the first quarter and your always going to be playing catch up! cant blame the ref for the weak defence, missing tackles down the middle, chan-patrick-kopczak all to the fore...THIS IS WHY LAWRENCE IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR TEAM!!!!.
both teams werent great, very scrappy but saints could afford to be after the flying start.
you just know when a team breaks through that we may aswell not even have a full back, pathetic tackling from grix...sick of it now, give us a full back who as the last line of defence can stop someone
chan awful, robinson awful.... both can be dropped, chan is OOC and his money could be spent on a full back. and we need to start looking for a new partner for brough when robbo is OOC..he is getting past it now and has very poor passing options at times.
on a positive note thought blackmore did well again, 5 tries in 2 games i think now! shame he will probably be leaving but deserves to get another SL club.
wigan up next, hope to see a backlash!
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| Quote: brearley84 "we need to start looking for a new partner for brough when robbo is OOC..'"
Isn't Dobson rumoured to be available? How is Miller getting on in the reserves? Didn't someone suggest Conner could play 1-7? Even Kyle has stood up for a starting spot recently
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| Anderson cant keep telling us the team didn't turn up then still pick the same players get our prop back from Bradford try some u19 the team needs some energy . koopy and the rest of the pack to Blackpool beach
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| Quote: brearley84 "18-0 down in the first quarter and your always going to be playing catch up! cant blame the ref for the weak defence, missing tackles down the middle, chan-patrick-kopczak all to the fore...THIS IS WHY LAWRENCE IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR TEAM!!!!.
both teams werent great, very scrappy but saints could afford to be after the flying start.
you just know when a team breaks through that we may aswell not even have a full back, pathetic tackling from grix...sick of it now, give us a full back who as the last line of defence can stop someone
And Grix missed which tackles? He stopped the man with the ball when faced with that situation. Twice that player managed to pass to supporting players who also had broken through our line. He caught every high ball. He supported the attacking line. Scapegoat time again???
However, I most certainly agree about Bruno.
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| thought grix was one of our better players last night, can't blame him for any of the tries, we were cut apart right through the middle time and time again and grix was left open every time with no supporting defenders around him.
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| Quote: HuddsRL5 "Isn't Dobson rumoured to be available? How is Miller getting on in the reserves? Didn't someone suggest Conner could play 1-7? Even Kyle has stood up for a starting spot recently'"
would love dobson not sure it would work with brough though, miller wont be super league anytime soon.
connor primed for full back, wood no better than robinson
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| Quote: 40 year old giant "Anderson cant keep telling us the team didn't turn up then still pick the same players get our prop back from Bradford try some u19 the team needs some energy . koopy and the rest of the pack to Blackpool beach'"
luckily they turned up last 5 games otherwise we would not have had 10 points!
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| Quote: Ivor C&G Scarf "And Grix missed which tackles? He stopped the man with the ball when faced with that situation. Twice that player managed to pass to supporting players who also had broken through our line. He caught every high ball. He supported the attacking line. Scapegoat time again???
However, I most certainly agree about Bruno.'"
not scapegoating, give any players credit including grix when due but sick of seeing grix fail to stop a break from opposition. not SL standard im afraid. too small to wrap players up-thats why they can offload, half the time they just bump him off or simply go past as he lacks pace too.
yes lawrence sorely missed.
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| How do you stop a break when by the time it gets to the fullback it is usually 3 against 1. If the last man runs at him he has to tackle low in order to bring him to ground. So what chance has he then got of stopping the offload.
I would be more concerned with how many clean breaks the Giants are conceding in the first place.
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| I don't think Grix let us down last night, however I would concur with your general point - how many times when the line is broken does he save the day? I think to Brett Hodgson - how many tries did he prevent as well as create? Granted, there aren't many of Hodgson's ability - but I don't feel the same can be said of Grix. He's full of enthusiasm and organizes the defensive line well, but I would like to see more from our fullback if we are to have serious playoff aspirations. I had thought of Gaskell but on today's showing I'm not sure he'd be much of an improvement - if any.
Up to a few weeks ago we've marveled at Robinson throwing lovely passes from dummy half in the warm-up, only to see Lunt and Wood play hooker. Apparently Robinson is paying the price for being battered in the forwards so why persist with this activity? Surely a better use of his time would be to learn to throw a half decent pass when running with the ball. For a halfback coming through Wigan's junior ranks and played a decade of Super League I can't believe his lack of handling skills. I like to see him take the line on but the choice of passing leaves plenty to be desired. Chan and Ta'ai did not impress last night but outside Robinson they are limited - on too many occasions no sooner do they get the ball than they are tackled by the defenders as the pass has been delayed for too long. A short pass near the defensive line is all well and good for players running onto the ball into gaps, but how many gaps are we making down Robinson's side? He is another whose energy is commendable, but in a key role like 7 we need creativity - Brough is having to shoulder too much.
Kopczak two crucial lapses in defence last night, Chan a real disappointment. Our forwards are not playing with the same intensity as they showed last season. Did the World Cup come at a bad time for us? With the World Cup and injuries, was it not over ten that missed a significant chunk of pre-season? When Kopczak joined the first team at Bradford he looked quite cumbersome, yet last season he did a good job for us - despite his arm injury. This season, however, he has been disappointing. Eorl has done a huge amount of work this season and needs greater support - Huby's stats seem to compare so let's hope those rumours are true.
Too many 'soft' performances last night. We got what we deserved. St Helens weren't fantastic - they didn't need to be - but were far too good for us. Wellens (and I presume Brown) laid the law down last week after the Wire loss and they came out with some fighting spirit. Ours seemed to be either lost in the thick mist over Holmfirth, diluted by the torrential rain in Oldham, or parked on the M60 in the traffic jam.
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| Quote: no fear "I don't think Grix let us down last night, however I would concur with your general point - how many times when the line is broken does he save the day? I think to Brett Hodgson - how many tries did he prevent as well as create? Granted, there aren't many of Hodgson's ability - but I don't feel the same can be said of Grix. He's full of enthusiasm and organizes the defensive line well, but I would like to see more from our fullback if we are to have serious playoff aspirations. I had thought of Gaskell but on today's showing I'm not sure he'd be much of an improvement - if any.
Up to a few weeks ago we've marveled at Robinson throwing lovely passes from dummy half in the warm-up, only to see Lunt and Wood play hooker. Apparently Robinson is paying the price for being battered in the forwards so why persist with this activity? Surely a better use of his time would be to learn to throw a half decent pass when running with the ball. For a halfback coming through Wigan's junior ranks and played a decade of Super League I can't believe his lack of handling skills. I like to see him take the line on but the choice of passing leaves plenty to be desired. Chan and Ta'ai did not impress last night but outside Robinson they are limited - on too many occasions no sooner do they get the ball than they are tackled by the defenders as the pass has been delayed for too long. A short pass near the defensive line is all well and good for players running onto the ball into gaps, but how many gaps are we making down Robinson's side? He is another whose energy is commendable, but in a key role like 7 we need creativity - Brough is having to shoulder too much.
Kopczak two crucial lapses in defence last night, Chan a real disappointment. Our forwards are not playing with the same intensity as they showed last season. Did the World Cup come at a bad time for us? With the World Cup and injuries, was it not over ten that missed a significant chunk of pre-season? When Kopczak joined the first team at Bradford he looked quite cumbersome, yet last season he did a good job for us - despite his arm injury. This season, however, he has been disappointing. Eorl has done a huge amount of work this season and needs greater support - Huby's stats seem to compare so let's hope those rumours are true.
Too many 'soft' performances last night. We got what we deserved. St Helens weren't fantastic - they didn't need to be - but were far too good for us. Wellens (and I presume Brown) laid the law down last week after the Wire loss and they came out with some fighting spirit. Ours seemed to be either lost in the thick mist over Holmfirth, diluted by the torrential rain in Oldham, or parked on the M60 in the traffic jam.'"
brilliant post, someone who see's it how i do
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| The team as a whole don't play like they want/believe. The forwards are really disappointing - there isn't enough aggression. Why? Where's it gone? Maybe it's all part of the master plan for the play-offs..... ah, crap... my tongue just fell out of the side of my face.
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| Quote: Baron Greenback "The team as a whole don't play like they want/believe. The forwards are really disappointing - there isn't enough aggression. Why? Where's it gone? Maybe it's all part of the master plan for the play-offs..... ah, crap... my tongue just fell out of the side of my face.'"
Everytime we look like having someone with a bit of fire we get shut of em. Kafusii farmed out to Bulls, Griffin sold/released to Leeds, Walker sold/released to Hull KR. We are really lacking some aggression and mongrel up front. Need a couple of Stuart Fielden, Luke O'Donnell, Justin Poore, type players to rattle a few bodies. We are too soft and other teams must love a week off when playing us. Backs have no chance playing behind a pack in reverse gear.
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