Re: EXILES GAME : Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:19 pm  

I really enjoyed the game and hope they continue with the fixture.

I thought Sia had a great game today. He put in some great tackles and also was pretty good with ball in hand.

Re: EXILES GAME : Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:35 pm  

3 game series next year games at kc stadium, saints new stadia and the stoop?

Re: EXILES GAME : Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:07 pm  

Good game, dispite the bad timing of the game.

I'm going to give Macca some credit, he campaigned to get this game and should get some credit for giving the SL a high intensity fixture that will give international players some more game time.

Also the defence was pretty solid, we lacked attacking qualities and that is Macca's problem with his selection at halfback.
But better selection may give better results.

I'm not saying we are world beaters, and I think Macca could have selected better, but I reckon he will be in charge come the 4 nations.

Re: EXILES GAME : Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:39 pm  

saint billy wrote:

I thought all our lads did well.

Wilkin was arguably Englands best player, definatley one of them.

Apart from Shenton who unfortunately made some bad errors to mar an otherwise decent display.

Peacock is finished on that performance. I thought the same last week against us, but thought stupidly he was just rusty.
Shirley running around like the proverbial headless chicken offers nothing in attack. Wilkin played well as did Benny. Jammer was OK most of the time but worryingly looked knackered at times.

Could anyone tell me why Crabtree wasn't selected?

Sia and Meli looked really good for the other side.

Re: EXILES GAME : Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:53 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

Apart from Shenton who unfortunately made some bad errors to mar an otherwise decent display.

Peacock is finished on that performance. I thought the same last week against us, but thought stupidly he was just rusty.
Shirley running around like the proverbial headless chicken offers nothing in attack. Wilkin played well as did Benny. Jammer was OK most of the time but worryingly looked knackered at times.

Could anyone tell me why Crabtree wasn't selected?

Sia and Meli looked really good for the other side.

Graham looked knackered because he put some effort in to bust tackles. He played to win and leaves it all out there. When Wilkin broke the line he was the closest player chasing at 1 point.

Re: EXILES GAME : Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:09 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

Graham looked knackered because he put some effort in to bust tackles. He played to win and leaves it all out there. When Wilkin broke the line he was the closest player chasing at 1 point.

He also made the tackle on George Carmont tracking back after Richards and Hodgson broke free.

Shenton played well but made a couple of bad mistakes. He's made some like that in the past, hopefully it won't become a feature of his game.

Graham was superb, looked like one of the only players with a chance of breaking the line.

Wilkin put in a good account of himself, justified his selection and put his name in the hat for the 4 nations.

Soliola played well at centre and showed he has decent hands which I thought were non existent.

Meli also played well, no bad errors from him as we're used to seeing on the wing, he even cleaned up Wilkin's grubber through early on. Took his try well and showed good pace tracking back on Shenton.

Puletua had an average game for me, as usual it took a few men to take him down but he didn't make many metres in the process. He made a couple of fantastic offloads but didn't see much else from him unfortunately.

Re: EXILES GAME : Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:57 am  

BackrowSaint wrote:

He also made the tackle on George Carmont tracking back after Richards and Hodgson broke free.

Shenton played well but made a couple of bad mistakes. He's made some like that in the past, hopefully it won't become a feature of his game.

Graham was superb, looked like one of the only players with a chance of breaking the line.

Wilkin put in a good account of himself, justified his selection and put his name in the hat for the 4 nations.

Soliola played well at centre and showed he has decent hands which I thought were non existent.

Meli also played well, no bad errors from him as we're used to seeing on the wing, he even cleaned up Wilkin's grubber through early on. Took his try well and showed good pace tracking back on Shenton.

Puletua had an average game for me, as usual it took a few men to take him down but he didn't make many metres in the process. He made a couple of fantastic offloads but didn't see much else from him unfortunately.

A fair assesment of our boys.

Re: EXILES GAME : Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:57 am  

Maybe Tony was saving his energy for Sunday, or maybe it was just a tougher game than than the standard SL game with defences on top, meaning big TP couldn't just run through at will.

Re: EXILES GAME : Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:34 am  

No halfbacks,no chance!
I actually felt sorry for Sinfield last night,he went Into the game In the poorest form of his life and playing In a position that he aint comfortable with.
Despite that Ill give him credit that he didnt go hiding even though what he was doing wasnt particulary working out.
On the other hand his half back partner was more than happy to walk round the pitch with has hands In his pocket and let everyone else try to create.
Its actualy quite hard to judge the backs because they didnt get any decent ball it was just simply shifting It across the line.
I hope Peacock can get back to something like because were going to need that at the end of the year.
At this level Carvell Is just an out and out plodder,he must pick Crabtree ahead of him next time in fact Mason should be given a go before Carvell again.
Hopefully that was Mickymacs last ever England appearance, back to Ireland.
Curlytop was another non performer, J Tomkins has all the skills to be a good thirteen doesn't he?
I thought Robinson went well again,him and Roby at the end of the year.
Another Giant needs to be looked at IMO and thats Mgillvery(spell) he's a lot more dynamic than Hall.
Brough and Widdop at halves should at least give the backs something to work with.

Re: EXILES GAME : Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:01 am  

Im glad we lost that game really,had we won then Mcnamara would of been spouting on how far England had progrssed and the RL would of been lapping it up.The international game needs a shake up thats something we all agree on.First and foremost though we need to find a good coach for the England job,players need to be picked in their right possitions and also picked on for and not past glories.