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Typical it would happen last carry of game for us. Hope he?s okay. He went through some pain defending last few tackles running and limping to plug gaps in the line. Hope Smith is okay too. I think Nikotemo probably will be a few weeks if it?s his ribs. |
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Crazy game. We are just full of mistakes and it?s killing us. When I saw the team sheet I thought we were just going to try blow them away through the middle and complete high. But I think this is the first time Powell got his selection completely wrong, and was disappointed not to hear him mention that in his presser after the game. He said he was disappointed to hear the fans booing at half time because the lads were trying, but I think most were booing his choices.
Cam Scott was obviously put on the wing to make yards in our own end - which he did to an extent - but there?s so much more wingers are trained to do. Defending kicks, holding shape out wide, and finishing obviously. Scott couldn?t do any of that. I was also really disappointed with his non-attempt to close Hoy down for their first try.
Then picking such a big bench gave us no option to rejig at half time. If he doesn?t play Walmsley next week it?ll be a show of stubbornness.
I also think Griffin was a bad pick. He carries well but he?s so lazy - often shirks his responsibilities as third man in the tackle, and he?s quite easy to get around these days. But with Nikotemo now out again it looks likely he?ll keep his place. I?d be tempted to out Croft back in, and Vagana obviously.
And of course we need a half. Lino prefers playing down that right channel, and we all but ignored our left edge in good ball, which included our three biggest strike weapons against two of the worst defenders in SL. Again, for me that?s poor coaching. I?d like to see Max back at 6, with Rourke at 1. Otherwise, I?d like to see Stevenson get a shot, if he is ready.
But there were positives. Uele was good again, Nikotemo too, and Faatili completely changed the game. It was relief more than anything.
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I've been meaning to post exactly that.
For all the criticism of team selection, he actually got the important bit right.
And on the other bits it was a no win situation.
If he picked Max at 6 and played Rourke, he would have had to play Pitts at 13 and lost Cossa who had a great game
Some say picking Scott on the wing was wrong but he caught every high ball except the one he let bounce into touch and made some key tackles when QQ could have broken easy.
The tries weren't because of him. The first was a breakaway where Griffin missed the key tackle, second was a kick to Hall and third was a kick when everyone was defending too tight.
Walmsley might have got back for the first but I'm not that sure.
I don't think Hall was that great but he's the only one and I assume there because he could give us speed next to Scott's power play.
Also everyone wanted Max back in but he put two awful passes out when we had a chance on Scott's wing. One into touch and one to ground.
So how could Powell have foreseen that.
We weren't terrible across the park. We had some great breaks and made ground in the forwards, we just kept stuffing up the last plays.
We have every chance in France but we have to improve on those plays.
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We were very lucky , we scored two try's against a team with one of the worst defences in S L .We have at present two many forwards on the park and very little skill or speed were it should be. . ,I know we got injuries but we should stop looking for excuses for two shocking performances over the first 60 minutes of the last two games ,and agree that Mr Powell over the last two games as made some bad calls .We have got Catalan, Cas, Wires, and Salford in the next 4 games , they should show were we are as a team
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We were very lucky , we scored two try's against a team with one of the worst defences in S L .We have at present two many forwards on the park and very little skill or speed were it should be. . ,I know we got injuries but we should stop looking for excuses for two shocking performances over the first 60 minutes of the last two games ,and agree that Mr Powell over the last two games as made some bad calls .We have got Catalan, Cas, Wires, and Salford in the next 4 games , they should show were we are as a team
I agree with all of that.We have one of the best wingers in SL and it's criminal that we cannot find a way to use him. I can count on one hand the number of genuine passes he's had all season. Our half back situation Is well documented and it doesn't help. I don't know what the answer is, but Jay Pitts isn't. He's tried, but he lacks the speed and that's not helping. I'm glad I'm not the coach. Serms to me we need a genuine no 6 as back up to Trueman. |
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Max is the one giving passes to Tom, not the 6.
Pitts isn't stopping that.
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Max is the one giving passes to Tom, not the 6.
Pitts isn't stopping that.
No, I appreciate that, and I'm not being critical of DP, he's the coach and he does what he thinks is best picking JP at no6. You mention Max being the one to pass to Tom and that situation has been there, as you know, a long time. It's fine, but it's not enough. He needs the ball more, and half backs and centre should be getting it to him, besides the full back. We all know what Tom can do but he gets more passes to drive the ball up, rather than half a scoring chance. JP at no6 was an option. IMO it didn't work. I'd rather see Harvey smith at sh and Lino at 6 Anyway, the sooner it's sorted the better because at the moment we have a team.of grafters but lack quality guile at hb. |
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Max is the one giving passes to Tom, not the 6.
Pitts isn't stopping that.
And here lies the issue. If our Fullback is the only player feeding our winger than how easy is that defend. Should be the whole responsibility of our spine/pivot players to set up and create platforms for him and others to score. Whether that be pass, kick etc. |
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Got to disagree about Scott. He messed a kick up, dropped a ball cold from a half break, was positionally all over the place (not his fault) and due to his lack of pace could never get round the first man on kivk returns. He was better in the second half though
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I agree with both comments. We need more from 6.
Especially the kicking.
Considering how easily Tom gets the ball on drop outs, we need to play to both him and Roarke who is actually even better in the air.
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We were very lucky , we scored two try's against a team with one of the worst defences in S L .We have at present two many forwards on the park and very little skill or speed were it should be. . ,I know we got injuries but we should stop looking for excuses for two shocking performances over the first 60 minutes of the last two games ,and agree that Mr Powell over the last two games as made some bad calls .We have got Catalan, Cas, Wires, and Salford in the next 4 games , they should show were we are as a team
I agree with all of that.We have one of the best wingers in SL and it's criminal that we cannot find a way to use him. I can count on one hand the number of genuine passes he's had all season. Our half back situation Is well documented and it doesn't help. I don't know what the answer is, but Jay Pitts isn't. He's tried, but he lacks the speed and that's not helping. I'm glad I'm not the coach. Serms to me we need a genuine no 6 as back up to Trueman. Agree about T J still got the legs to go some distance , would he have scored from the break he made near is own line a few year ago who knows but think you got to give credit to Hoy for chasing him down ( if Jowitt had done some thing like that we would have been raving about it ) Pity we have not got the same skill and pace on the other wing. |
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