Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:01 am  

I think the drop goal was typical of the difference. We shut down Sinfield from the marker, but he just shuffled it to the next man (maguire) who could also take a drop goal.

I thought if it got to drop goals we were going to struggle as Leeds have 3 people who could take a pop, we would struggle to have one.

Proud of the effort. That effort with better execution will see us go a lot better next year.

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:17 am  

Dux wrote:

I thought that was a tremendously brave performance all round, but Lance didn't look anything like a 6 to me tonight. I thought he was much better when he went to hooker, though.

Lance has played pretty well at hooker over recent weeks. He's pretty dangerous from acting half and teams back off him creating more space.

If we do keep lance, I think the only role he can play is coming off the bench to spell Robes. If there the case then IMO wello can't be in the 17 at all as we no way can have both them on the bench.

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:29 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

I think the drop goal was typical of the difference. We shut down Sinfield from the marker, but he just shuffled it to the next man (maguire) who could also take a drop goal.

I thought if it got to drop goals we were going to struggle as Leeds have 3 people who could take a pop, we would struggle to have one.

Proud of the effort. That effort with better execution will see us go a lot better next year.

I guess the benefit of playing with 2 halfbacks ......

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:33 am  

St pete wrote:

Lance has played pretty well at hooker over recent weeks. He's pretty dangerous from acting half and teams back off him creating more space.

If we do keep lance, I think the only role he can play is coming off the bench to spell Robes. If there the case then IMO wello can't be in the 17 at all as we no way can have both them on the bench.

We just have to hope we can find a 6 from somewhere or Wheeler pays a visit to Lourdes

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:37 am  

In a way although we lost, that game has rescued our season. When you think back of the first 4 games against our last couple of games, we should be in good shape for next year.

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:47 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

:thumb: We just have to hope we can find a 6 from somewhere or Wheeler pays a visit to Lourdes

Just got to find a 6.

I've got a feeling that Walsh is going to be like holdsworth at hull for us. If he plays well we will win just like Holdsworth at hull but when he plays poor we need someone to step up which is pretty similar to what's happened at hull.

We can't just rely on Walsh to lead us around the park, be creative, have a good kicking game and also be our goal kicker. That's a lot of pressure for a player who's already said he plays better without pressure.

The signings of Amor, Maose, Beaumont in the pack to play alongside Lms, walmsley, Roby, sia, Manu and Wilkin should give us a platform but I just hope we don't depend on Walsh to much.

It's no surprise Briers has become a better player under smith as he took that extra pressure off briers. He took the goal kicks off him and brought in Myler which had had a positive impact on the wolves and lee.

So basically, I just hope we don't put the to much on Luke Walshs shoulders!

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:51 am  

St pete wrote:

Lance has played pretty well at hooker over recent weeks. He's pretty dangerous from acting half and teams back off him creating more space.

If we do keep lance, I think the only role he can play is coming off the bench to spell Robes. If there the case then IMO wello can't be in the 17 at all as we no way can have both them on the bench.

This 100%.

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:36 am  

I think we are in with a good shout of winning SL next season if Walsh and Masoe bed in.

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:46 am  

That's how the Play-Off's should be. An excellent game where either team could truly have won it right up until the end buzzer. I'm not going to lie, as a Leeds fan I went into the game quietly confident that we'd win, based off past results between us at Old Trafford and the fact we seem to be stronger at this time in the season.

I'm also going to admit that I underestimated you greatly, and had the players done what I did we'd have been spiraling out of that game and this season. Saints shocked me completely last night, your defence was key to everything and you seemed to have an answer for most of what we tried to do. I was on the edge of my seat assuming we'd lose, especially after Manu(?) scored that 2nd try.

Another 5 minutes, who knows what would have happened. Great, great game. Definitely a force to reckon with next season. You seem to be coming out of your 'Transition period' whereas I think Leeds will be entering into one in the next couple of years so the tables may well be turned.

Re: Now that was a playoff game! : Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:03 am  

Tremendous effort defensively. Leeds were struggling to break us down with long spells on our line. I find that when Leeds struggle to break a team down, Rob Burrow starts to run side to side a lot. I was pleased we were only 4-0 down at ht.

With the ball we weren't great. A load of unforced errors. Lot of passes were intercepted and some really daft mistakes like Turner losing the ball when he was trying to play it.

Getting to within a point was cruel, but I knew that when Wilkin missed that drop goal (he wouldn't have had a better chance to do so) I knew they'd walk up the other end and put it over.

I think there is a lot to be excited about next season. Brown has done a great job. Roll on 2014