Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:16 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

I couldn't go through illness - I feel even sicker now!

It was like watching a car crash in slow motion. We had warning of this letting in 36 points last week by a team like HKR. We were weak around the margins of the ruck area which then spread to the ruck area itself. Foster hasn't a clue how to defend.

Back to the drawing board for defense.

I know, as if we put 36 points on ya! So Catalans are worse than us then? And they beat you haha!

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:19 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

Exactly as the title says, a complete joke. We let tries in that a u11's side would be ashamed of.

That second half was a joke

P.S can somebody please explain to me what Flanders offers this season ahead of the excellent Dixon

He is paid more so to justify that he has to play, plus he is Australian so that automatically means he is better !

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:20 pm  

Being honest and I'm pinching another poster on here's words but we looked poorly coached tonight, clueless in defence especially. When things were going belly up what did Royce do? well nothing , he left the Lance substitution till way too late and then he took the wrong person off, it should have been Wello.

We need to pick our best 17 and for me Wello, flanders and at the moment Foster wouldnt be in it.

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:21 pm  

ScottHKR wrote:

I know, as if we put 36 points on ya! So Catalans are worse than us then? And they beat you haha!

feck off back to your council estate/fishing boat you boring little troll

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:22 pm  

The thread title says it all. Catalans did well but some of them attempts at defence were awful.

No1 Saint wrote:

P.S can somebody please explain to me what Flanders offers this season ahead of the excellent Dixon

I have been impressed with Dixon from what I've seen of him this season, not been impressed with Flanders

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:25 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

Exactly as the title says, a complete joke.

It wasn't that good.

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:30 pm  

Could not get across the hills in time tonight. So had to listen in. At about 50 mins the radio 5 commentators where saying that Catalan's forwards where out on their feet.

But Some how they came back into it and ended up making progress down the field, I had 2 thoughts. Before the comeback I was thinking if Catalan are out on their feet surely Lance will come on to run them ragged our fastest man with a pair of fresh legs.

After the comeback, my thoughts came to the great debate we always have which is the back on the bench. People who back Royce on this tend to say point out when it does not work. Which is hard to do.

But if the catalan forwards were out on their feet from 30 mins to 50 mins. Then surely part of the explanation for our drop off in defence is our 16 gaining fatigue.

Like I said I did not see it and yes it maybe just adding 1 and 1 and getting 3, but bringing Lance on with 5 minutes to go seamed to be nothing more than just ticking off the usual substitution timing.

Another matter is if the comments are true and fosters side got battered. then can we pin poor defence on meli every match or is there more too it.

In the end hopefully we have been beaten by a top side, but they were there for the taking tonight, sounded great for the neutral but a worry for a Saint that we have had large leads go 2 weeks running.

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:32 pm  

Your defence wasn't the best at times. That missed tackle from LMS was poor... but Catalans are a damn good side on their day too. We play them at home next weekend and I see them as a big threat.

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:33 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

It was like watching a car crash in slow motion. We had warning of this letting in 36 points last week by a team like HKR. We were weak around the margins of the ruck area which then spread to the ruck area itself.

It's called a great big fat Jammer hole.

Re: Utterly Pathetic defence : Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:33 pm  

For 50 mins our defence was good.

However we wilted visibly in the pack. I really think the none return of Puletua killed us, as it messed up the squad rotation and against a big pack with fast mobile backs and great halves you are then going to get destroyed.

I also think the 5 day turnaround isnt ideal preparation. At Knowsley road, i remember it being the short rotation games where we tended to come a cropper.