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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:58 pm  
We should have known better than expecting as promised that the pitch widening and the new posts provided by the RL would materialise. Tossers!!
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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:58 am  
We looked exposed yesterday without Brough's organisational play and without SL loan back ups. It shows how paper thin our squad is.

I was pleased to see Jowett get a shot and to say he played with a broken hand for 50mins did himself credit, especially playing behind a beaten pack. His flat balls and cut out passes were the only creativity shown today.

Hallas needs to be discounted as a hooker option. Cameron Berry must be wondering what he has to do to get a shot. Time and time again, we play people out of position and it keeps backfiring.
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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:45 pm  
I didn't go yesterday but the end result was quite predictable. At least Doyle will be back by the time we play Batley.

It'll be interesting to see how we utilise Keyes and Lilley. Keyes must be short of match practice.
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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:27 pm  
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We looked exposed yesterday without Brough's organisational play and without SL loan back ups. It shows how paper thin our squad is.

I was pleased to see Jowett get a shot and to say he played with a broken hand for 50mins did himself credit, especially playing behind a beaten pack. His flat balls and cut out passes were the only creativity shown today.

Hallas needs to be discounted as a hooker option. Cameron Berry must be wondering what he has to do to get a shot. Time and time again, we play people out of position and it keeps backfiring.


Wasn't HAllas actually signed as a hooker and we moved him to loose forward?.

Wonder if we're going to get any news about whats actually happening to fix the pitch size?. Usual suspects on t'other forum are having a field day putting boot into Bulls over it, When AFAIK its the RFL responsibility to resolve it. Wood has openly said as much in an interview and RFL haven't said anything to the contrary which you would expect them to if it was our responsibility.
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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:39 pm  
I thought we were better 2nd half when Jowett got involved and we created a bit of that shape that Brough brings. Oakes has to take that pass and score. Murphy and Oakes on the left edge gave the kid very little. Hamlett looked better than Brown. Those 2 chances were on the far side so hard to say. Has Hamlett been dropped twice after hammerings by Fev? I was in line with Hallas' pass to Walker and it looked flat.

Smith was the MOM by a bit but his back line and edge forwards gave him a lot more to work with. Whilst the lads up front had a real go, including Gallagher who was much improved, our back line moved in treacle.
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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:52 pm  
Hallas is very much a stop gap hooker as it's been shown as far back as League 1 that he wasn't quick enough for it. Berry should be the option if Doyle is out but I believe Flanagan isn't far off returning after his lengthy ban is he?
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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:01 pm  
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I thought we were better 2nd half when Jowett got involved and we created a bit of that shape that Brough brings. Oakes has to take that pass and score. Murphy and Oakes on the left edge gave the kid very little. Hamlett looked better than Brown. Those 2 chances were on the far side so hard to say. Has Hamlett been dropped twice after hammerings by Fev? I was in line with Hallas' pass to Walker and it looked flat.

Smith was the MOM by a bit but his back line and edge forwards gave him a lot more to work with. Whilst the lads up front had a real go, including Gallagher who was much improved, our back line moved in treacle.

I disagree with Murphy he ran some decent lines I thought
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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:01 pm  
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Hallas is very much a stop gap hooker as it's been shown as far back as League 1 that he wasn't quick enough for it. Berry should be the option if Doyle is out but I believe Flanagan isn't far off returning after his lengthy ban is he?

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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 2:37 pm  
Well, that was pretty awful wasn't it.

I truly despair sometimes. If we can't defend down the middle on a postage stamp then let's hope no-one makes the pitch any wider or we'll get murdered. Our attack looked stunted for all the reasons - losing our main playmaker, narrow field and whatever anyone else can come up with but there is no excuse for the sloppy defence. No-one should be running through the middle on a pitch of that size. We made Widnes look like the "cup kings" of the seventies.

I'm not cribbing the effort. Just the application. I think I said before that we needed to get straight back on the horse after the Featherstone debacle, to be honest I think we needed to get over that earlier - we looked liked we were still suffering the hangover.
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Re: Widnes Vikings (H) : Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:38 pm  
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I disagree with Murphy he ran some decent lines I thought


He took his time about it - fair enough we all see different things but he's rooted to the spot for Laughton's try.

Also agree with Bulliac. If Pickersgill can't defend better than he did for their first try, there's serious question marks about his future.
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