Great signs of commitment from squad : Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:43 am  

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/H ... 5431078.jp This is great. Shows good commitment from the boys. Sign em up and add some powerful forwards and a half back!

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/H ... 5431078.jp This is great. Shows good commitment from the boys. Sign em up and add some powerful forwards and a half back!

: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:54 am  

What's an out and out half back going to do that we're not already doing?

: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:09 am  

The Dors wrote:

What's an out and out half back going to do that we're not already doing?

Lead us around the field a bit better and help us to complete sets of sixc and put in a good kick. We sometimes lose field position too easily, making the forwards work harder to gain yards

Re: Great signs of commitiment form squad : Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:27 am  

freddies wig wrote:

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/Haley-We-all-want-to.5431078.jp



This is great. Shows good commitment from the boys. Sign em up and add some powerful forwards and a half back!

Not sure about the half back comment. We play fast rugby with the need of a quick play the ball,, which our hookers penky and gleeson take advantage of. Maybe that type of play is less effective in the last 20 but that's when black comes to the fore and beswics kicking and thought is helping out. I think adding another stand off would actually mean changing the way we play. They can't all have the ball as we found out when Hemmingway came to the team.

Re: Great signs of commitiment form squad : Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:01 am  

billyfax wrote:

They can't all have the ball as we found out when Hemmingway came to the team.

True but to be fair Every time Tom got the ball in his 3 touches against Donny he did something wrong with it. Gaz Moore looked a better proposition than Hemingway did. Reckon we should give AJ Bowman a run out

: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:16 am  

freddies wig wrote:

Lead us around the field a bit better and help us to complete sets of sixc and put in a good kick. We sometimes lose field position too easily, making the forwards work harder to gain yards

We don't need a standoff to do that, plus it's someone for the opposition to target on completing a set. At the minute I've noticed Penky, Black and Big Bad Bob all putting more kicks in which surely is more of threat and keeps the defence guessing?

Re: Great signs of commitiment form squad : Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:23 am  

freddies wig wrote:

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/Haley-We-all-want-to.5431078.jp



This is great. Shows good commitment from the boys. Sign em up and add some powerful forwards and a half back!

Couldnt agree more....three or four signings for next year will do.

Re: Great signs of commitiment form squad : Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:26 am  

billyfax wrote:

Not sure about the half back comment. We play fast rugby with the need of a quick play the ball,, which our hookers penky and gleeson take advantage of. Maybe that type of play is less effective in the last 20 but that's when black comes to the fore and beswics kicking and thought is helping out. I think adding another stand off would actually mean changing the way we play. They can't all have the ball as we found out when Hemmingway came to the team.

See your point but when we have to play it tough we need someone to take us round the park...when its dry and firm we will usually win but when a little heavy and wet i feel we need a kicking game with the current forwards that we have....unless that changes for next season.

: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:33 am  

We play lovely, winning rugby league, agreed, however i feel there's times when we need to put it up our jumpers and kick into the corners. Make the opposition run at us from further down the field and turn them round some more. The more tired they are the more the champagne rugby comes off.

If we are to win silver we need, at times to play "percentage" rugby league and make the opposition work hard to run the ball from near their own line in non threatening positions

: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:39 pm  

The Dors wrote:

We don't need a standoff to do that, plus it's someone for the opposition to target on completing a set. At the minute I've noticed Penky, Black and Big Bad Bob all putting more kicks in which surely is more of threat and keeps the defence guessing?

Our kicking game is not good enough though come on, take the Gateshead game they put in some great kicks first half which killed us, we always seem to rush our kicks and lets be honest its not the best part of Penkys game, he does well occasionally but most are too close to the full back or wingers. Ben Black is a runner of the ball and he too only gets the odd good kick in. I am talking about the relieving pressure kicks like what we needed against Widnes in the NRC seme which we didn't do. Remember how we beat Widnes last season when Holly kept putting them back on their own line time after time.
Its the one area where we are missing Holly.
We do need a good stand off for next season imo