Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:32 am  

Myler is truly horrendous. The quicker he's replaced the better

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:05 am  

Garbutt 192m, more than both of your starting props combined. Outstanding decision to let him go

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:21 am  

Yep. Utterly ridiculous

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:23 am  

I’m going to stick up for Myler here. I’m not saying he wasn’t awful, he was. But he looked totally lacking in confidence. He’s had some good games for us, he’s better than the player that turned out last night.

With a proper 9 starting (Lunt), hopefully the forwards will be able to set more of a platform for the halves and back line. The kicks on the last should also improve.

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:35 am  

Or you could argue he's only turned up when the rest of the team has played well and maybe he should be dropped? Any halfback can look good when all's well - quality ones drag their side up.

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:38 am  

I wonder when Furner left if they considered asking Tony Smith to step in if only to end of season ?

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 6:55 am  

Garbutts been one of the best props in superleague since he got here, no suprise he's doing great for KR, always plenty of hitups and good meters per carry, he was class last night. I like Ava but none of our props seem to take many hit ups, I dont know if its by design or because we'v got headless chickens in our spine, or if they arnt putting there hand up, but we rarly have more than one prop in double figures in hit ups. For me, both starting props should be well into double figures more often than not.

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:32 am  

christopher wrote:

Yes of course but if were talking other factors our run of away games against top teams at the start will have affected our standing, I don’t think they will be above us st the end of the year

Ok put another way, name a position where leeds are stronger than KR? Best I can come up with is 13, though his discipline was a real let down last night.

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:51 am  

For me the game was lost through poor mental preparation and discipline in the first 20 minutes.

We sorted it out towards the end of the first half, but lapsed again in the second. HKR wanted it more than us and TS managed to get their players to channel this in a positive direction, whereas Leeds' indiscipline and panic play stopped us building any pressure.

For these reasons I don't think there's much point in blaming individuals. That said I'm worried about Newman - he hasn't shown us much in attack since Watkins left and is being exposed in defence. Sure he's going to make mistakes as a kid but in this pressure relegation battle I hope his confidence isn't permanently damaged because we have no cover for this position.

Re: RD 22 | Hull Kingston Rovers (H) : Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:30 am  

lionarmour87 wrote:

I wonder when Furner left if they considered asking Tony Smith to step in if only to end of season ?

He contacted KR to say he was interested in getting back into RL, so I'm sure he did the same with Leeds.