Re: same again! : Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:01 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

I do hope in coming weeks if we are not as fluent in attack, some of our more extreme posters can take into account that the team is playing without 4 play makers.

We all like attacking Rugby but if we play it up the jumper style and less expansive we should not come on here and berate the team for not playing like the harlem globetrotters.

Wins are all that matter now regardless of scorelines.

Walsh, Hohaia, lomax and Wilkin being out shouldn't effect our ability to tackle. I can live with playing a more conservitive style of rugby but I'll not accept poor defense.

Re: same again! : Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:28 am  

Rommel wrote:

It's no excuse but when you stuffing a team so convincingly it must be hard to keep going full on? (unless it's Wigan 75-0)

Exactly, the game these days is about battling for momentum over long periods, we can't do it for 80 mins and try and nil every team we meet.
Its about winning the game from now on and as mentioned we,ve lost 4 pivotal players so it will be more of a struggle to win momentum which means we will do have to do more predicted defence.
The come backs from the opposition over the last couple of games has been partly due to re organising the team due to injury and that needs to be factored in, the Widnes comeback only lasted 5 mins and we responded to it with a quicker defensive line.
Our strength now is in the pack, so we dominate in the middle to gain momentum up the field.