Quote: mickyb1234 "Jim thank you for that very insightful input to a thread about a game against Haven.'"
He's 12,000 miles away on the other side of the world, how could he comment on a team he never watches?
Quote: mickyb1234 "My view of the game basically 2 good 20 minute halves balanced out by 2 very poor 20 minute halves, luckily haven could not exploit the poor 20 mins as well as they could.
We tried extremely hard to lose this. Negatives first, we missed a leader out there again, not sure how to finish a set especially close to the line. Haven targeted Oscar in defence and for good reason. Again to many Penalties and dropped ball, we seem to be unable to play basic rugby.
Positives, when we did click for the 20 mins each half it looked good, ptb was quick and we dominated the ruck in defence. Individually I thought ray nasso actually had a really good game, Barthue looks good, OT was inventive going forward.
The pack looked pretty good overall making good mtrs in the tackle especially thackers.
Not pretty and a bit frustrating but in the end a win.'"
Finally, at long last, we have a reasonable team, but they seem to forget how to play basics. Those 20 minute periods where they were losing the plot it just needed 3 drives, wide for 2, kick for position, and bide their time. The opportunities will come.
I grant you that against the high flyers like Leigh you've got to chance your arm. But against a lot of sides in this division they just need to be patient.
