Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 1:41 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

He was handed a walk in by Walsh (which he did his best to drop) and should have laid on about 4 tries if he had half a brain. He was terrible.

You forgot about the try he made. How are you going to spin that negatively?

He was one of the few players last night actually alert to Walsh. Most of them were snoozing on their feet, especially in the second half.

And Hohaia was fundamental to setting up what was the try of the season for us IMO in the last minute of the game against Leeds at LP but let's forget about that and all the other positives he has brought to our side this season just so that you and a few others can have a stupid dig.

Walsh and Hohaia need to be allowed to build their partnership rather than messed about every bloody week by the tinkerman.

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 1:45 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

You forgot about the try he made. How are you going to spin that negatively?

He was one of the few players last night actually alert to Walsh. Most of them were snoozing on their feet, especially in the second half.

And Hohaia was fundamental to setting up what was the try of the season for us IMO in the last minute of the game against Leeds at LP but let's forget about that and all the other positives he has brought to our side this season just so that you and a few others can have a stupid dig.

Walsh and Hohaia need to be allowed to build their partnership rather than messed about every bloody week by the tinkerman.

Walsh and whoever Brown feels should be the 6 need to play together. We can't keep swapping it between lance, wheeler, Wilkin and wello.

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 1:46 pm  

Should never have let Leon Pryce go.

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 1:47 pm  

St pete wrote:

Walsh and whoever Brown feels should be the 6 need to play together. We can't keep swapping it between lance, wheeler, Wilkin and wello.

Walsh and Masoe

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 1:49 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

He was handed a walk in by Walsh (which he did his best to drop) and should have laid on about 4 tries if he had half a brain. He was terrible.

one in the first half was terrible. we had a 3 man overlap on the last tackel, all of whom would have scored but he chose to drive it in himself.

He is now in his 3rd season and you can count his good games on 1 hand, and his pieces of individual brilliance on less than 1 finger

People on other threads are talking about Masoe being an overpaid holiday maker, but Lance (our marquee signing) probably earns twice as much as him.

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 2:06 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

You forgot about the try he made. How are you going to spin that negatively?

I don't need to spin it at all - he did indeed lay on a try, which makes his conversion rate of blatant opportunities very poor.

I want to see him making the right decisions under pressure (which he has failed to do in the past). The fact he can't make those decisions in what was effectively a training session worries me.

SaintsFan wrote:

And Hohaia was fundamental to setting up what was the try of the season for us IMO in the last minute of the game against Leeds at LP but let's forget about that and all the other positives he has brought to our side this season just so that you and a few others can have a stupid dig.

I'm not forgetting it, it was a decent chip kick and I gave him credit for it at the time. Problem is that it's not about one or two moments every half a season, it's about making the basic decisions and making them correctly more often than not, which he doesn't do.

SaintsFan wrote:

Walsh and Hohaia need to be allowed to build their partnership rather than messed about every bloody week by the tinkerman.

I agree that Walsh needs a settled partner by Septemeber, but if there is any blessing in being out of the cup it's that we have the opportunity to really try to work out who that someone is - it is far from clear that it should be Lance, but it may well be.

What I am advocating is using this dead space in the season to see if Lance is the answer. Lance could put together a string of good games and claim the shirt (which we would all be happy to see). Or he could continue to make schoolboy decisions that butcher opportunities and find himself under (legitimate) pressure.

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 2:14 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Walsh and Masoe

Better than Walsh and turner.

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 3:58 pm  

Assuming Wheeler will never be fit again....

I'd go Charnock, allowing Lance to rotate at hooker.
Then I'd go Hohaia
Then I'd go Wilkin
Then I'd go Wellens
Then I'd go Lomax

But, to reiterate, the most important thing is that he picks someone and sticks.

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 6:09 pm  

I don't like lance as a six.

However. Wheeler is just never fit. So lance is our best six. He should play every week. If turner needs a new position let him come on at nine and allow roby. Ten minutes each half.

Re: Is it time . . . : Fri May 02, 2014 6:12 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I don't like lance as a six.

However. Wheeler is just never fit. So lance is our best six. He should play every week. If turner needs a new position let him come on at nine and allow roby. Ten minutes each half.

That thought is intriguing and horrifying in equal measure!