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| Quote: Mr. Zucchini Head "It's never easy to go over there and win, but they don't look like they have hit their straps yet and we don't have the heat to contend with at this time of year, so I'd say it looks a very winnable game. Hopefully a couple of the absentees are back in contention for this one. A bit more size on the bench please.'"
Definitely need Sao back, we look a different team when the heavyweights go off and very fragile, especially on the edges, particularly when teams target Mackintosh, who for me, isn't up to it, I think we can win this one though, I would imagine Smith will still play the same team if the injured guys aren't ready, but he may rotate the team differently, as we all saw what happened at Leeds when they really could have put us to the sword, but luckily for us, weren't clinical.
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| Quote: Rocknrolla69er "I dont get how Ellis cops the blame, surely the players have to be accountable for poor defence as their on the pitch.
Its been pointed out about the upper body grabby technique against Cas , yet lo and behold certain players carried on with it against Leeds.
If players arnt listening to coachs and changing their ways, you generally replace them........
Jordan Lane prime example, needs to buck up or be shipped out.'"
In Smiths post game comments after the Cats game that’s one of the things he spoke about in regards the tackling efforts/techniques [i“It’s really hard to get a foothold, particularly when you’re making as many errors as we were and then poor defence and defensive reads/contacts. Our hit and stick was way off there tonight. Not only did it mean an attempt at tackle, it meant two or three attempts of a tackle in one play and that hurt us”[/i.
The positive is we have an experienced Coach who has been there, seen it and done and won’t accept that from the players and will let them know.
We all know this season is about making the necessary changes to the fabric of the team rather than mounting any sort of challenge. I can see a raft of comings and going’s before the 2024 season starts.
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| Quote: Chris71 "In Smiths post game comments after the Cats game that’s one of the things he spoke about in regards the tackling efforts/techniques [i“It’s really hard to get a foothold, particularly when you’re making as many errors as we were and then poor defence and defensive reads/contacts. Our hit and stick was way off there tonight. Not only did it mean an attempt at tackle, it meant two or three attempts of a tackle in one play and that hurt us”[/i.
The positive is we have an experienced Coach who has been there, seen it and done and won’t accept that from the players and will let them know.
We all know this season is about making the necessary changes to the fabric of the team rather than mounting any sort of challenge. I can see a raft of comings and going’s before the 2024 season starts.'"
He said a few months ago in a radio interview he's not the coach that has a pop at the players
So he won't do that
But he should cause although we're 2 from 3 we wasn't far off losing all 3
And playing likes of mcintosh and lane despite been terrible is a bit of concern
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| Quote: Thetalentboy "He said a few months ago in a radio interview he's not the coach that has a pop at the players
So he won't do that
But he should cause although we're 2 from 3 we wasn't far off losing all 3
And playing likes of mcintosh and lane despite been terrible is a bit of concern'"
Yet he acknowledged he’d said a few things to the players at half time against Cas which he said possibly took some of the wind out their sails. I doubt he isn’t going to address things with the players and hearing from players who’ve played under him have all said although he likes to have fun he tells it as it is.
As for playing Lane & McIntosh who would you suggest he put in instead when already missing the likes of Savelio, Sao, Carlos and injuries to some of the fringe players along with Mitch still recovering. So no real surprise that they’ve stayed in the 17
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| 4th worst defence in the league currently (behind Wakey, cas and Leeds) hopefully smith sorts it out soon!
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| Late to the party, so apologies if its been mentioned, but I have always had my reservations about doing Catalans in a day. Early start, plenty of travel, a hard game to prepare for physically and mentally, and to then catch them on a day when they are red hot, it is always going to be a difficult ask.
Hard to judge a game by just listening on radio, but it sounds that they simply never got going. It's probably the grounding reality check we needed, and hopefully, in the long run, the game we look back later in the year and think 'yeah okay, we learned a lot from that game'.
Saturday is a big game now, both performance and result wise. Savelio has to come in for Lane for me, I think he has been poor, particularly in defence for nearly a year now. I actually think Scott has done well in the first three games, but if Carlos is back to full fitness i think we need him in to protect Mcintosh, otherwise that right edge will just become an easy target to teams. If mitchy is back id have him on the wing, a bigger and stronger right edge all round.
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