Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:54 pm  

Obviously the first half a dozen games were a run in the park. Everything was going in Saints favour and KC was riding the wave.

A horrendous injury list (again) and three defeats on the bounce sees our coaching team with a bit of work to do.

It's amazing how quickly we can go from looking unbeatable to getting turned over at home by arguably one of the most underachieving teams in the comp.

I'm sure KC, Longy and Jamal can turn it around but they do have their work cut out. It's the first real challenge of their coaching tenure and it will be interesting to see what response we get from the players next week.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:57 pm  

we need a halfback out there badly. We can only score if we are 1m off the line. Nobody to create anything or anyone who can make something of nothing.

Felt sorry for young Bailey today. Hull picked him out in the first half and looked like his confidence went.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:58 pm  

A lot of the things that are going wrong are out of their hands though. You can't really legislate for having so many players missing at once.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:00 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

A lot of the things that are going wrong are out of their hands though. You can't really legislate for having so many players missing at once.

That team was good enough to beat a out of form poor hull side. Hull had players missing also.

Westerman, pryce, minnichelo and pae really did at job on us today.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:13 pm  

We can,t really do a lot to improve the situation, its noted that our last 3 games we have produced a poor kicking game so this needs to be addressed first.
Lance was not so good today on the creativity front which means Roby had to come with something, but generally I thought Hull got there tails up when we struggled to get enough position after each set.

Hopefully our cavalary will arrive sooner that later with Walsh, Burns, Wilkin and Percival. Luckily lots of teams dropped points today and it looks as though Warrington are in freefall.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:15 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

We can,t really do a lot to improve the situation, its noted that our last 3 games we have produced a poor kicking game so this needs to be addressed first.
Lance was not so good today on the creativity front which means Roby had to come with something, but generally I thought Hull got there tails up when we struggled to get enough position after each set.

Hopefully our cavalary will arrive sooner that later with Walsh, Burns, Wilkin and Percival. Luckily lots of teams dropped points today and it looks as though Warrington are in freefall.

That's all we can hope for. We need them back ASAP now. It's a worry that we could pick up more injuries with the luck we having.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:19 pm  

St pete wrote:

we need a halfback out there badly. We can only score if we are 1m off the line. Nobody to create anything or anyone who can make something of nothing.

Felt sorry for young Bailey today. Hull picked him out in the first half and looked like his confidence went.

Hope it doesn't affect him in the long term as it's clear he's rated highly by KC.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:21 pm  

SecondRowSaint wrote:

Hope it doesn't affect him in the long term as it's clear he's rated highly by KC.

Me too, it got to the point where he was just letting the ball bounce as he'd lost confidence.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:23 pm  

St pete wrote:

Me too, it got to the point where he was just letting the ball bounce as he'd lost confidence.

It happened with that Murphy lad at Wigan didn't it against Leeds a few seasons back in the play offs. Don't think he's been played since then.

Re: Real coaching test : Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:31 pm  

Regarding Bailey I thought a few senior players were as much to blame. Makinson in the first and quite a few other players in the second incident.