: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:01 pm  

thought he was outstanding and if donald had of been outside him we could easily have scored a couple more with his pace. hall is stronger but doesn't have donalds explosive pace

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:20 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

thought he was outstanding and if donald had of been outside him we could easily have scored a couple more with his pace. hall is stronger but doesn't have donalds explosive pace

Couldn’t have said it better myself mate - just watched the game again (for the third time now) and the contribution that senior made to the game far out-weighed the couple of errors he made.

And when he broke the line it might have helped if Hall had been behind him a pace or two and not alongside him – as said before, with Donald outside him I’m sure we’d have scored a couple more.

That said with Ablett and Hall on the other side we’d have conceded a bucket-load.

Re: Keith Senior : Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:21 pm  

ComeOnYouLeeds wrote:

Is it only me that thought he had a shocking game today? made way to many mistakes

i thought he could of been our man of the match? so IMO i think its only you

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:34 am  

LS16_Rhino wrote:

Couldn’t have said it better myself mate - just watched the game again (for the third time now) and the contribution that senior made to the game far out-weighed the couple of errors he made.

And when he broke the line it might have helped if Hall had been behind him a pace or two and not alongside him – as said before, with Donald outside him I’m sure we’d have scored a couple more.

That said with Ablett and Hall on the other side we’d have conceded a bucket-load.

As I've mentioned elsewhere....why does Ablett (who I do like ...BUT in the back row) seem to be again commanding that bl**dy right centre spot - twice now this season already - over the likes of Gibson ??!!? Get Scotty back on left wing and move Senior over periodically during the game to right centre (which was effective last season) if Gibson is out of favour for whatever reason. ..OR sign somebody....PLEASE

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:51 am  

tad rhino wrote:

thought he was outstanding and if donald had of been outside him we could easily have scored a couple more with his pace. hall is stronger but doesn't have donalds explosive pace

This was mentioned in the pub last night that there was at least one occasion when Hall was put out away by senior that had it been Donald a try would have resulted.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:40 pm  

nantwichexile wrote:

As I've mentioned elsewhere....why does Ablett (who I do like ...BUT in the back row) seem to be again commanding that bl**dy right centre spot - twice now this season already - over the likes of Gibson ??!!? Get Scotty back on left wing and move Senior over periodically during the game to right centre (which was effective last season) if Gibson is out of favour for whatever reason. ..OR sign somebody....PLEASE

Some would point out that we won last years GF because of Abletts performance at right centre, while others would say we won despite his place at right centre.

The reason Ablett is there now is because the young players are not ready, gibson being the pick of them spent most of last year injured and needs to be allowed as much time as he needs to get back to where he was. I'd have given him more game time up to now though. Add to the fact management dropped a clanger by not bringing in an established pro then quite simply we have no one else to play week in week out other than second row Ablett. With little production coming from our right teams can simply focus more on handling senior much more effectively in pre game preparations.

Hopefully over the next 8 months somone will be good enough to stake that position for themselves.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:58 pm  

Couldnt be arsed to read all the bitching, so apologies if its already been said, but I thought Senior played very well and was probably our 2nd best player behind Sinfield who I thought should have been Man of the Match.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:00 pm  

LeedsPokerGuru wrote:

Some would point out that we won last years GF because of Abletts performance at right centre, while others would say we won despite his place at right centre.

The reason Ablett is there now is because the young players are not ready, gibson being the pick of them spent most of last year injured and needs to be allowed as much time as he needs to get back to where he was. I'd have given him more game time up to now though. Add to the fact management dropped a clanger by not bringing in an established pro then quite simply we have no one else to play week in week out other than second row Ablett. With little production coming from our right teams can simply focus more on handling senior much more effectively in pre game preparations.

Hopefully over the next 8 months somone will be good enough to stake that position for themselves.

Didn't Ablett and Senior switch sides during the game?

Re: Keith Senior : Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:02 pm  

G1 wrote:

Nail on head. Senior must've made more metres than any other centre out their.

He was excellent.

Spot on with this.

: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:47 pm  

LeedsPokerGuru wrote:

Some would point out that we won last years GF because of Abletts performance at right centre, while others would say we won despite his place at right centre.

The reason Ablett is there now is because the young players are not ready, gibson being the pick of them spent most of last year injured and needs to be allowed as much time as he needs to get back to where he was. I'd have given him more game time up to now though. Add to the fact management dropped a clanger by not bringing in an established pro then quite simply we have no one else to play week in week out other than second row Ablett. With little production coming from our right teams can simply focus more on handling senior much more effectively in pre game preparations.

Hopefully over the next 8 months somone will be good enough to stake that position for themselves.

I agree with all of that except the need to bring someone in in the meantime.

Those bagging Ablett should remember he is being played out of position and asked to do a difficult job for the team. Its' certainly not aiding his game. It reminds me of JJB playing prop in 2005. JJB got loads of stick from 95% of the fekkwitts on here back then in similar circumstances. Now he's a hero.

God, I am sage like.