Re: Away v Hull : Sat May 28, 2016 4:54 pm  

According to the commentary we didn't seem to be getting the rub of the green especially the penalty count which I think ended up 11-2 in Hulls favour. Sounded as though despite the points against we put in a reasonable good shift on defence but came up with sloppy plays in attack.
I suppose the Walsh injury scuppered some of our attacking plays, we were well in the game for a win until Houghton put in a 40-20 kick and then scored off the back of it. Jack Ashworth and Jordan Turner seemed to put in a good performance, LMS put in a lot of effort and then ruined it all with that dumb tackle towards the end.
Didn't expect a win but at least we battled away, commentary mentioned a poor quality game with lots of errors giving it some entertainment value.

Re: Away v Hull : Sat May 28, 2016 4:59 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

According to the commentary we didn't seem to be getting the rub of the green especially the penalty count which I think ended up 11-2 in Hulls favour. Sounded as though despite the points against we put in a reasonable good shift on defence but came up with sloppy plays in attack.
I suppose the Walsh injury scuppered some of our attacking plays, we were well in the game for a win until Houghton put in a 40-20 kick and then scored off the back of it. Jack Ashworth and Jordan Turner seemed to put in a good performance, LMS put in a lot of effort and then ruined it all with that dumb tackle towards the end.
Didn't expect a win but at least we battled away, commentary mentioned a poor quality game with lots of errors giving it some entertainment value.

didnt get the rub of the green in the penalty count? you were lucky you weren't penalised more! from minute 1 to 80 saints tactics were to slow the ptb at every opportunity, encroach the 10, which hewer did correctly pin you for two or three times

as for your 3rd try, you should be thanking hewer for allowing it, saints player passes it forwards, snyed knocks it back, (vea?) scores.

fwiw we messed up with the 40/20 scrum, thompson knocked on at the line, it was the set before we scored

Re: Away v Hull : Sat May 28, 2016 5:26 pm  

What was the injury to Walsh?

Re: Away v Hull : Sat May 28, 2016 6:13 pm  

infamous grouse wrote:

What was the injury to Walsh?

Ankle injury and not looking good apparently.

Re: Away v Hull : Sat May 28, 2016 6:36 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

According to the commentary we didn't seem to be getting the rub of the green especially the penalty count which I think ended up 11-2 in Hulls favour. Sounded as though despite the points against we put in a reasonable good shift on defence but came up with sloppy plays in attack.
I suppose the Walsh injury scuppered some of our attacking plays, we were well in the game for a win until Houghton put in a 40-20 kick and then scored off the back of it. Jack Ashworth and Jordan Turner seemed to put in a good performance, LMS put in a lot of effort and then ruined it all with that dumb tackle towards the end.
Didn't expect a win but at least we battled away, commentary mentioned a poor quality game with lots of errors giving it some entertainment value.

The ref was dire, honestly. I quite like Saints, as I think did the ref, he couldn`t recognise off side if it bit his ass.

Re: Away v Hull : Sun May 29, 2016 10:03 am  

it was a tough game as expected our forward rotation got us home in the last 20 mins we conceded some soft trys which we haven't done of late so something for us to work on, your problem is your forwards Amore was blowing like a tug in the last quarter it was 2 tackles into the set before he was even back in your line and the big guy Wormsley does not play enough minutes which puts pressure on your other forwards to play longer.

The walsh injury was very unlucky for you but you was dominated for field position so weather he would of really mattered who knows you made the most of your chances anyway you was only on our line 3 times in first half and you scored every time luck forward to meeting you in the top 8 play offs for another good game best of luck for the rest of the season hope the injury to walsh is not serious hate to see that

Re: Away v Hull : Sun May 29, 2016 10:22 am  

It's a good job I came on here. I thought the game was today?! Shows how interested I am at the minute.

Re: Away v Hull : Sun May 29, 2016 11:40 am  

Our defence was a shambles at times. Certain individuals are dropping off 1 on 1 tackles that should be bread and butter for them. It's really letting the team down as a whole. The last Hull try in particular was incredibly disappointing. Turner had him wrapped up but then falls off him for an easy try.

Re: Away v Hull : Sun May 29, 2016 12:37 pm  

I thought your boys did okay yesterday actually. We had to dig very deep to grind a win out. I think after the last time we met you obviously came with a plan to get off the line quick, get lots of men in the tackle, and slow our ptb as much as possible. For the most part it worked pretty well, but if the ref wants a quick game it's hard to play like that without conceding penalties, and that's what happened. It was a very committed performance though, and you definitely troubled is when you had the ball. It's the best I've seen you play since Warrington (I haven't seen every game obviously). On another day with a more lenient ref you might have got something.

Re: Away v Hull : Sun May 29, 2016 12:38 pm  

Thought it was good game. FC looked like we might run away with it at 12 - 0 as we were looking pretty good and bombed 3 tries after this. But then our boys forgot the game plan, got a bit loose trying to force it and we lost it for a while.

I thought Saints did well in coming back with 3 unanswered tries, you looked the part and from then on it was a good contest.

Your right, our penalty count was low. But this has become a feature of our play this season under Radford. The penalties we give away are at an absolute minimum and it really is making a difference.
Giving way 10 penalties is the kick distance + lets say 4 tackles =approx 80metres x 10 = 800 metres.

Our boys are getting away from the PTB quick and its really paying dividends.

Ok Saints this season arn't the force you were, but your still on the fringe and no-one has the devine right to be top dog.
We know that at Hull FC only too well.
This season salary cap is really letting the quality of coaching and youth development have a major influence on the league table.
Anyway 5th place is not the end of the world......like it appears to be last years treble winners.
Saints will be there or thereabouts in the shake up I'm sure of that.