Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:42 pm  

Well atleast we only got beat 12 - 4 in the second half! Our performances once we gain a lead are shocking but still it's 2 points in the bag! Welldone lads.

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:48 pm  

why oh why do they let the other team make a comeback every week?
surley simmons can see it......with a big lead they shoul'd be putting the other teams to bed.
...(never satisfied even when we win )

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:55 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

:lol: which pass was that referring to?

Not sure, I was making a brew at the time with the sound down (son in bed and his room is right above), just caught him saying it and gut laughed

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:55 pm  

I'm inclined to agree, the fact that we let the other team score 2 or 3 tries at the death when we're winning needs to be addressed. Last year 4 points was the difference between 2nd and 3rd, who's to say that won't be the case again this year.

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:24 pm  

RIGSBY wrote:

surley simmons can see it......with a big lead they shoul'd be putting the other teams to bed.

He can. He said so in his pre-match comment on the Saints site. He also said in his post match comment that he told them at halftime to respect the opposition. But they didn't. They got casual again.

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:05 pm  

Guys 2nd in the league??????

Are we turning into the Whino's on here??

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:53 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

Guys 2nd in the league??????

Are we turning into the Whino's on here??

We want to be a championship winning side. You don't become one of those by putting your cue on the rack when things are looking good. You become one of those by killing off your opposition. We have adopted a casual attitude which is a bad habit that is proving hard to break.

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:37 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

We want to be a championship winning side. You don't become one of those by putting your cue on the rack when things are looking good. You become one of those by killing off your opposition. We have adopted a casual attitude which is a bad habit that is proving hard to break.

Thankfully that is our only realy gripe at the moment and they must be doing a lot right if we are complaining about things when our team is winning games in one half, things could be a lot worse.

But I agree it is something that has got to go from our game before it costs us in our final position or worse a knockout match, its casual rather than just lazy but it is a bad habit than can be hard to stop.

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:51 am  

Chris Saint wrote:

Thankfully that is our only realy gripe at the moment and they must be doing a lot right if we are complaining about things when our team is winning games in one half, things could be a lot worse.

Oh yeah, I agree with all that. In some ways, though, that makes the second half attitude worse to take! Knowing what the team can now do, having a hint of what it has the potential to do, only to watch them put it under threat in the second half is very frustrating!

But I agree it is something that has got to go from our game before it costs us in our final position or worse a knockout match, its casual rather than just lazy but it is a bad habit than can be hard to stop.

Yep. Exactly.

Re: Crusaders Match Thread : Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:07 am  

The bigger tests are still to come, if we can put on an 80 minute perfomance against Wigan in 2 weeks time, I will be happy. Mentally, being totally focussed for 80 minutes, week in, week out, is draining, doing enough to win, and then raising the bar for the big games is a better option.