Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:48 pm  

Dally wrote:

Seems Wasps RU were instrumental. Probably to make RL look daft.

I'd like to think that Wasps had good intentions, they own the ground so need extra income (there are rumours the football team are moving out again) but then they will have encountered RFL organisation which is light years behind the RFU.

We need someone new to do the marketing, sinply emailing the existing RFL list of past customers isn't enough what agency helped the NFL turn one London game a year in to 6 games a year? who got a decent crowd to attend the Wembley semi in the 2013 world cup? The game needs fresh ideas

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:49 pm  

Dally wrote:

So Scotland, like NZ, are targeting Watkins defence - successfully.

Except it was down to Gale misreading and going for the dummy runner......still that's not the pre-determined scapegoat.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:50 pm  

This has the standard and intensity of a super league game of 2016 ie Absolute garbage.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:52 pm  

Hodgson is taking the wrong option every time.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:53 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Except it was down to Gale misreading and going for the dummy runner......still that's not the pre-determined scapegoat.

I was not one of those pre-scapegoating Watkins. But fact is both teams have targeted that side.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:53 pm  

Dally wrote:

Seems Wasps RU were instrumental. Probably to make RL look daft.

Nah wasps are just looking for extra revenue streams. They will bid to host a world cup game in 2021 also.

They even bidded for the magic weekend in 2017

I do think this should have been a double header but should have started earlier on in the afternoon. Problem is that with the Rugby Union tests starting this weekend I highly doubt that the BBC would have wanted to have the Wales vs Australia RU test go head to head go against England vs Scotland Rugby League match.

Now onto the game itself. England have been terrible. Serious lack of intensity!

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:53 pm  

Gale is having a shocker

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:54 pm  

well so far only hill and taylor are playing at a decent level. halves very average, hodgson poor.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:56 pm  

Dally wrote:

I was not one of those pre-scapegoating Watkins. But fact is both teams have targeted that side.

I didn't realise England's right hand side defence solely consisted of Watkins. Considering it was Gale who got done it might be they're targeting him.

Re: Team to face Scotland : Sat Nov 05, 2016 5:59 pm  

Dally wrote:

So Scotland, like NZ, are targeting Watkins defence - successfully.

Now you've done it can't be criticising the chosen one