Changes for the Leeds game.. : Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:18 am  

So, after another horror show (the worst ever) what team is Macca gonna pick for fri? (if he's still in a job) For me Platt has gotta pay for that shocker by losing his place and its about time Deacon was dropped, for heavens sake its week after week of bad to average performances from him.
So, my team..

Halley
Tadulala
Sykes
Nero
Sheriffe
Menzies
Jeffries
Scruton
Newton (only cos Godwin is out)
Lynch
Cook
Worrincy (give him some game time)
Langley

Subs: Burgess, Koppy, Deacon (as cover) and Solomona if fit, if not then Donaldson.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:20 am  

i thought deacon's kicking game was pretty good although there were a couple of tackles he should have made.

agree about platt though. that try cost us the match and he was letting balls bounce all over.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:24 am  

phillgee wrote:

...

agree about platt though. that try cost us the match and ...

Ahem . . . us throwing away an unassailable 26 -0 lead is what cost us the match. Pinning the loss on Platt is dumb. He is not the reason for our humiliation.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:26 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

:lol:

Ahem . . . us throwing away an unassailable 26 -0 lead is what cost us the match. Pinning the loss on Platt is dumb. He is not the reason for our humiliation.

True, but heads have to roll after that performance and if not Macca's some players have to pay for their actions.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:27 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

:lol:

Ahem . . . us throwing away an unassailable 26 -0 lead is what cost us the match. Pinning the loss on Platt is dumb. He is not the reason for our humiliation.

Fully agreed.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:29 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

:lol:

Ahem . . . us throwing away an unassailable 26 -0 lead is what cost us the match. Pinning the loss on Platt is dumb. He is not the reason for our humiliation.

ok but he was still a major part in that. how many times did he fail to claim the high ball? his decision making was poor.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:53 am  

The main change I would like to see for the Leeds game is the construction of a high wall around the ptch to block out the view. Even as we speak old French ladies are bringing their knitting with them and leaving their favourite spots close to the guillotine.

[Bullseye]

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:54 am  

phillgee wrote:

ok but he was still a major part in that. how many times did he fail to claim the high ball? his decision making was poor.

How many missed tackles came from Deacon, Langley, Newton and Jeffries?

Do we drop them all or just the usual scapegoat?

There's no easy solutions to this mess.

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:22 am  

phillgee wrote:

ok but he was still a major part in that. how many times did he fail to claim the high ball? his decision making was poor.

Platt is not alone in his guilt for letting go of a 26-0 lead. However, he has been improving his confidence (something that any FB needs) over the last few weeks and I don't think dropping him is the right way to go.

Having Halley on the bench and bringing him on for the last few minutes of both halves might be an improvement over him getting 10 minutes at the end of the game

: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:26 am  

I wouldn't change the team at all unless Sol is fit.

Give them a chance to redeem themselves. Take pride in the shirt.

As I predicted last week we were always gonna find it tough in France but I have a sneaking feeling we will put one on the Rhinos! You read it here first (well second actually if you read my original post).

Leeds looked out of sorts against Saints I reckon Nero could go well against Gibson boy is he small for a centre. Senior still looks a 10 on and off the field though stop him and we will win IMO