Saint from Prestwich wrote:
Our defence is appalling.
Graham is a spent force who just gives penalties away(please take Flannery with you on the plane to Aus)
Eastmond-why do we pick the little nice person in the 17
Foster-turnstile in defence,can't catch to save his life
Perry-slower than Darren Brit
Oh come on, did you not enjoy that game? Our defense was probably the best it's been all season tonight. Graham isn't a spent force, he was just knackered after an hour and should have been spelled, but hey ho we don't have a proper squad with enough forwards so he couldn't be.
Eastmond? Apart from being Kyle Eastmond what did he do wrong? I thought he looked more in control and more dangerous in his 8 or so minutes than the other two did for 72 minutes.
Foster. No one is going to beat King to that. We need to smarten up on kick defense. Pressuring the kick for once is the first thing, then as soon as the kicks goes up, Meli AND Foster should bump into each other right in front of King and stop him. Just put your body in his way and accept the consequences. If penalised fine, it's better than a try. The dropped ball from him tonight wasn't good to see, but he's a young winger. We saw Meli do it last week. Until the club can sign some proper outside backs he's the best we've got and is more than capable of playing wing at a top SL club.
Perry. Did okay I thought. Tackled well and trundled a few in. You have to wonder about his fitness but if we could get him into the side on a prolonged basis he looks as though he could be a good player. I feel sorry for all the boys in the pack as we're one short and have been for about four years.
A true synopsis is this. A bloody fantastic effort by all of them ruined by a lack of composure when it mattered. We didn't respect the ball or field position and knocked on first tackle in the Wire 20 about four times. Wire never do that. It's down to composure, our halves panic when it gets tough. It's because they are young and inexperienced. You change Briers and Myler for Gaskell and Lomax tonight and we win the game, simple as that. Throw Leon Pryce into that side and we win the game. Such a frustrating season as there is clearly potential there, but just about everything that could go against us does.
