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| Was he wrong on Pauli though?
When he first signed he really looked the part but towards the back end he was pathetic. I’ve watched him closely 2 or 3 times since for Salford and despite some saying watch his Ian Watson and Salford will transform him he’s still the same overweight, lazy, heartless, under achieving player he was for us.
Also think he’s handled the Fifita thing the best he can...Dave is obviously a fantastic player when on song but with that will come a difficult person to manage and handle and I honestly think in his time overall Chester has handled him really well...we don’t all see what he’s like to manage day in day out.
Yes, the performances of late haven’t been good. Huddersfield was a poor result but I’ve a theory behind it and it’s something that’s blatantly obvious to most people what changes ‘on the field’ need to be made. Chester knows this himself and said as much in his interview after the game.
1) We need a midfield general.
Some use the Kear factor, some blame assistants, conditioners etc...but it’s plain to see where our biggest problem lies. Finn, though at the twilight of his career was a great signing for us and managed us through games...I’d also add Grix into that...not because I thought he was the greatest individually but as an experienced older head in a crucial position he was massive.
Finn obviously couldn’t go on forever and we needed to replace him...Brough looked a perfect replacement (even if arguably a few years past his best) but working with restricted budgets, unfortunately those are the type of players we end up with.
To begin with it worked...despite fans saying we’ve been garbage since those two good 5th place finishes and since Kear left etc...with Brough and Miller playing well together we were sat 3rd in the league after 14 rounds and had chalked up some excellent wins playing some fracking stuff...the injuries then hit and in truth we haven’t recovered. I did think Brough did have an impact towards the back end in saving us though, playing and kicking well in crucial wins over Huddersfield/HKR and London.
The fact is we haven’t replaced got a Finn/Brough type player and it’s killing us...it could not have been made any clearer in the loss at Huddersfield where the clear and plain difference between the two teams was Sezer for Huddersfield. The forwards actually worked pretty hard and as a whole defended pretty well overall...there was 5 or 6 players who made over 100 metres in carries and a couple just short so in terms of field position we had plenty just no execution or smartness on last plays and that’s what’s killing us.
2) The forwards...
Another thing we can all see and CC has said it himself...prelockdown overall the performances and results weren’t too bad...since coming back though we are certainly one of the teams who has really seemed to struggle with the new quicker game and the set restarts etc...
When looking into it though ask yourself this...we make our pack up of predominantly ‘past it’ players or loan signings that very few other teams want...maybe pre lockdown these players and us as a team maybe benefitted from slowing rucks down but now everything has quickened up it has caught quite a few players out...I’ve heard CC mention this a few times about what’s now needed from forwards...maybe he knows what changes need to be made? Like when he first took over he identified quickly that we were getting bullied a bit so went and signed big players...that worked back then but now it doesn’t and changes have to be made.
For all the criticism of the forwards just go look at the tackling stats from the game...
It’s blatantly clear where the weak links were defensively...bit of an eye opener...
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| Quote: Teltry "Maybe we could get in touch with JD in oz and see if he knows of any good southern hemisphere scrum halves that have slipped under the radar.'"
I think MC said we are not going to bring in any players from overseas.
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| Quote: charlie "I think MC said we are not going to bring in any players from overseas.'"
Same old mediocre end to sets then, that is on those rare occasions we complete a set
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| Looking back through this seasons results and teams it reads well for giving Max Jowitt the 7 shirt for the rest of the season...
He’s started there three times...
Pre lockdown in the away win at Salford and the golden point loss at home to Hull...and after the restart against Wigan where we lost by a point...so technically a win a draw and a 1 point loss to a very good side who have the current man of steel as their number 7...
Jowitt to 7 and either Hampshire or Gigot to full back seems the way to go...or until Miller comes back Gigot to 6 Jowitt 7 and Hampshire FB...
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| Bought too many players in the same position, instead of prioritising.
Doesn't help when you give the open play kicking duties to a loan player.
Having said that, maybe he's the only one willing to take responsibility for this and if that's the case, it's not good.
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| Quote: MOPSEY LIVES ON "Let me ask you a question, if a team or a player isn’t going forwards, which direction are they going in? People are not Chester haters as you put it they see when we can only manage 5 wins from 28 that our performances are rotten to the core. They need some instructions, some guidance and above all some support not from someone who as chucked them under a bus. If you were coming fourth in the 400 meters every time you run would you still continue to train the same way or change things, things need changing in structure, in style of play and in personal, something Chester is incapable of doing. Also if it goes on and carter doesn’t pull the trigger then he solely will be held responsible and not Chester, he needs to grow a pair and do the deed'"
I still await your response pop tart
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