Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:56 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

you'll see this more and more.
some clubs only play once a week.
some choose when and who they play.
teams like us that want to bring some integrity to the league and play lots of games in short periods end up totally shattered after so long. no criticism from me. its tiredness

Yep, and lets be honest losing to Catalan at their home ground isn’t much to be ashamed of.

However our discipline has been shocking I think Agar wont be happy

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:57 pm  

jarol wrote:

Averaging 0.66 points per second half over last 3 games!

Strange, it’s almost like were tiring for some reason?

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:59 pm  

Too big and too powerful becoming a theme against fhe catalans

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:59 pm  

Carbon copy of last week first half we moved ball well and scrambled well in defence as well T.Briscoe & Hurrell with 2 very good try savers, our off the cuff attack was fun to watch first half and that's as good as it got 2nd half we had no energy and we're fatigued and had poor discipline at times, Thaler was whistle happy all night not just pens but set restarts and wasn't really consistent with them either. Tbf we had no chance with the forward pack we were forced to go with really due to Injuries, Suspension & Covid, that must have been our lightest pack in history! Newman looked very sharp and played well for a player just coming back from a double leg break after 10 months. It was always going to be a up hill task like I said last week if we can get a break with Injuries & Covid we'll be there or there abouts at end of season big game against Salford next week at Headingley!

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:59 pm  

Carbon copy of last week first half we moved ball well and scrambled well in defence as well T.Briscoe & Hurrell with 2 very good try savers, our off the cuff attack was fun to watch first half and that's as good as it got 2nd half we had no energy and we're fatigued and had poor discipline at times, Thaler was whistle happy all night not just pens but set restarts and wasn't really consistent with them either. Tbf we had no chance with the forward pack we were forced to go with really due to Injuries, Suspension & Covid, that must have been our lightest pack in history! Newman looked very sharp and played well for a player just coming back from a double leg break after 10 months. It was always going to be a up hill task like I said last week if we can get a break with Injuries & Covid we'll be there or there abouts at end of season big game against Salford next week at Headingley!

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:59 pm  

Carbon copy of last week first half we moved ball well and scrambled well in defence as well T.Briscoe & Hurrell with 2 very good try savers, our off the cuff attack was fun to watch first half and that's as good as it got 2nd half we had no energy and we're fatigued and had poor discipline at times, Thaler was whistle happy all night not just pens but set restarts and wasn't really consistent with them either. Tbf we had no chance with the forward pack we were forced to go with really due to Injuries, Suspension & Covid, that must have been our lightest pack in history! Newman looked very sharp and played well for a player just coming back from a double leg break after 10 months. It was always going to be a up hill task like I said last week if we can get a break with Injuries & Covid we'll be there or there abouts at end of season big game against Salford next week at Headingley!

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:00 pm  

Teams knackered missing big bodies in hot weather. Move on

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:02 pm  

Losing the game over there is almost predictable, it’s the manner of the defeat that’s disappointing. Got absolutely smashed down the middle in the second half with a mass of penalties and errors.

First half was very good, and clearly we put everything we had into it hoping to hang on

It’s clear some players are knackered, and hopefully they don’t play next week as we need some fit healthy bodies in the coming weeks.

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:03 pm  

Jon wells is an absolute bell

Re: RD 10 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:04 pm  

Lots of stuff we can't do much about but on field leadership needs sorting. That aspect's very poor