Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:47 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

I also felt Bradford were rather poor, and failed to capitalise on the wind in the second half. I really think their short turnaround will not have helped their preparation. Having played monday night they will have probably spent tuesday in rehab and video analysis, before doing a couple of light sessions on wednesday and thursday to try to go over some moves.

We played on Sunday so only had a day extra to prepare. We also had a tougher game where we did alot of defending.

Bradford have alot of injuries right now and offered very little threat all night. It was a stroll in the park for us. They were as bad as Widnes were when we played them earlier in the year.

Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:48 pm  

808 wrote:

4th in the league is a massive improvement in a short space of time with an unproven coach.

Can we now lose the haters

But as saintsfan says, we ain't improved since Royce was sacked

Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:51 pm  

In the first 15 minutes we didn't look like a team which would put 50 past anyone and we dropped a bit of ball/gave away a few penalties but the Bulls were very poor and didn't offer much resistence. A few of them tried hard but it must have been a miserable night for what was a good turnout from the Bulls fans given the awful weather (thinking of that trip over the M62).

We scored a couple of nice tries; the one created by Makinson was probably most impressive although the one rescued by Jones came a close second. It wasn't a great match to watch as a match, if you see what I mean, as there was very little contest from the Bulls but it was good to see so many tries by us, most of which were converted by Makinson (he did very well given the wind), and the points will certainly do us no harm.

Although Lomax played very well my MoM was Makinson. Not only did he play well on the wing, working hard in defence and scoring a good winger's try, but he impressed for the last ten at fullback and it was good to see a fullback chiming in the line at pace and on BOTH sides of the pitch.

Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:51 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I always seam to pick em, I think the more I stay away the better Lance plays, (well apart from the Leeds game)

Lance was appalling in the first half, the crowd around me were really getting on his back. He has played so many matches in the NRL and at international level, but he plays the game like he started last week. He was throwing hospital passes round, dropping off tackles and giving away utterly stupid penalties time after time. Three times in the first half we had the Bulls trapped in their 20 after a solid set and good kick and he went and gave a penalty away and wasted all that effort. He's really starting to annoy me now.

I was utterly bored at the game tonight, I'll admit that. The game was surreal, absolutely no intensity on the field and no noise at all from the supporters. Langtree Park is turning into a bit of a graveyard in terms of atmosphere, not that the match helped. If I were a Bradford supporter who had travelled down the trail I would be livid with the effort the Bradford players put in tonight, they didn't want to be there at all. That dragged us down to the same level and although we did the basics well and defended superbly we were going through the motions for large spells of the game, just trundling through sets and kicking, with no real intent to do anything.

In terms of who played well it's hard to single players out given how poor and disinterested the opposition was. Lomax looked very lively and was cutting through at will, Perry went well as did Sia and LMS impressed when he came on. Jones did well for his third but the outside backs could have all had a hatful as Bradford weren't sliding or numbering up properly at all. It was good to see Makinson having a rare gallop down the wing for Lomax's try, but still didn't get to see him pin his ears back and go for it as he spent half his run timing the ball inside to J-Lo.

I've had Premier Sports this season so have been watching the NRL. It's the same sport, but it's worlds apart from Super League. I've seen more intensity in an uncontested training match than tonight, several times I had to move position and give myself a slap or I would have fallen asleep.

: Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:51 pm  

Yu know that won't happen. A certain mrs Simmons aka saintsfan will no doubt find some faults to moan about or point out where Royce would have done better ... Just like the last time we played the dulls

Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:51 pm  

St pete wrote:

But as saintsfan says, we ain't improved since Royce was sacked

54 - 0 = pure profit

Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:56 pm  

St pete wrote:

But as saintsfan says, we ain't improved since Royce was sacked

We have beaten the Bulls at home 6 out of the last 7 times and a number of those have been tonkings. Our attack looks just as it has looked all season bar the Leeds game at home. So your point is?

Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:00 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

We have beaten the Bulls at home 6 out of the last 7 times and a number of those have been tonkings. Our attack looks just as it has looked all season bar the Leeds game at ho
me. So your point is?

My point?

Well it's pretty clear really, we have improved since the worst coach we've ever had was sacked.

That's a fact!

Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:01 pm  

It's a fair call that we played on the Sunday, I'd forgotten that so only a days difference. But in reality I think we have been looking pretty solid in defence so could not see Bradford holding us for a full match with their open gate style of defence.

Re: Saint Bradford Post match discussion : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:03 pm  

Josh Jones and Makinson have unreal potential. So excited by these two.