Re: monday night v Leigh : Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:54 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Just in that regard, Tangata has been done for incorrect play the balls multiple times this season to which Grix has acknowledged so to me that is a coaching issue. I don't see any lack of effort though like you mention, I just think its a case of been outclassed.

I don't think we were outclassed, beaten by the better team on the night yes, but not hammered. I look forward to the play offs.

Re: monday night v Leigh : Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:58 pm  

no mention of ashworth and mason Out of both ashworth stood out for me and would have him back in the team.
I enjoyed the game some of the players seemed dissapointed to come up short but the effort was there. I predict we will win 9 out of the next 10 games. Optimistic yes but think some one could be on the recieving end of thrashing hope its this sunday

Re: monday night v Leigh : Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:44 pm  

We came up short again. Thought we had narrowed the gap with the signings . On this evidence we have some catching up to do. Didn't think the lads from Huddersfield improved our side. Morris and Co know the calls and are familiar with our plays.
Think Leigh could of gone up a gear if needed. There forwards really got on top .
On this evidence will be happy to finish 6.

Re: monday night v Leigh : Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:44 pm  

chazzerboy wrote:

We came up short again. Thought we had narrowed the gap with the signings . On this evidence we have some catching up to do. Didn't think the lads from Huddersfield improved our side. Morris and Co know the calls and are familiar with our plays.
Think Leigh could of gone up a gear if needed. There forwards really got on top .
On this evidence will be happy to finish 6.

Agreed until the last sentence.

Re: monday night v Leigh : Wed Mar 23, 2022 4:03 pm  

When all is said and done i will still be at workington on sunday supporting the club. The point i am making is by not having the players to go through sides up the middle which simon as made the decision not to we are limiting our ways of beating the opposition. This was not just a issue against leigh it as been one for some time which i think should of been addressed by now. By playing the way we are even in dry conditions we will make a fair few errors which i don't mind as long as we are winning. It is not a straight choice between 5 drives and a kick or throwing the ball about its about having a well balanced attack which will make us harder to beat but i don't see that happening.

Re: monday night v Leigh : Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:30 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

I think a lot of the negativitity is probably down to the realisation that we are further away this season than we were last season despite bringing a load of players in. Im still very confident that we will get 3rd or 4th but does it matter? Grix's interview had me thinking that it probably would not even be worth turning up last night, surely fans need to hear that going in to a game like last night you expect the players to be up for it and to raise their game playing one of the best in the division. He really did not give off that impression.

With regards the promotion race I had Fev as favs but the last games we have played I might just have Leigh edging it which I actually think would be a shame as Leigh will go up and have a complete rebuild and likely come back down where as I think Fev have the better chance of actually staying up. The thing that will worry Leigh though and was very much the case in the Bradford game as well and I think PH mentions it, Leigh totally dominated the game last night but only managed to win by 12 points, if Mcdonald picked up an injury or their pack has an off day they are really going to struggle to score points as they have very little flair and its all brute force at the moment. It is working though and they will have time to address those issues before they play in the final.

That's a weird point, how do you work that out?

Re: monday night v Leigh : Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:19 am  

Cokey wrote:

That's a weird point, how do you work that out?

How many quota players you got? How many of the ones that perform well will you be able to keep? Aren't most of your players on 1 year contracts? Fev have a pretty settled squad, Leigh don't have that benefit so in my opinion you will have more mercinaries just out to get the biggest pay check they can get without very little affiliation to Leigh.

Re: monday night v Leigh : Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:57 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

How many quota players you got? How many of the ones that perform well will you be able to keep? Aren't most of your players on 1 year contracts? Fev have a pretty settled squad, Leigh don't have that benefit so in my opinion you will have more mercinaries just out to get the biggest pay check they can get without very little affiliation to Leigh.

If Fev get promoted, they will have to recruit heavily too in order to compete, hence they will become unsettled just the same.

Re: monday night v Leigh : Thu Mar 24, 2022 2:39 pm  

Cokey wrote:

If Fev get promoted, they will have to recruit heavily too in order to compete, hence they will become unsettled just the same.

I reckon Fev will probably only need about 6 or 7 players to have a chance of not finishing last. I think at the moment they could compete with the lower half of SL as I suspect Leigh could but Leigh simply wont keep a lot of the players they have, well I guess they may do but its unlikely.

Re: monday night v Leigh : Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:25 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

I reckon Fev will probably only need about 6 or 7 players to have a chance of not finishing last. I think at the moment they could compete with the lower half of SL as I suspect Leigh could but Leigh simply wont keep a lot of the players they have, well I guess they may do but its unlikely.

To be fair Greg, I don't think either Leigh or Fev could compete in SL atm. Leigh will also keep the best of their overseas players who will have already settled in. Leigh are in a better position than Fev but, that doesn't mean we will be promoted. Also, we haven't really hit any kind of good form yet. BTW - We are interested in Blake Ferguson. Anyway, Best of luck for the Panthers for the rest of the season.