Re: Catalans game : Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:26 am  

To be honest we need to be rapid out of the blocks, our strongest pack needs to be implemented straight from kickoff,so Flanny needs to start. I'm in favour of starting the match with Evalds at No1. Why. Well i don't think the problem last Sunday was in attack, it was more of an Attitude problem especially in our ''D'' .Evalds didn't have a great game well neither did O'Brien at Hull FC remember and we kept faith in him. Don't get me wrong a fully fit squad O'Brien would be my Fullback however with Lui's injury i feel we should give Niall another shot as it won't do his confidence any good dropping him, the lad needs nurturing and given another shot to make amends. If after 30 minutes we're struggling then change the dynamics back to O'Brien to Fullback, Lee to No6, and Tomkins to No 9. But for me Niall should start to give the lad a decent shot at redeeming himself. Attitude is the main key factor this week for sure. Not who plays Fullback.

Re: Catalans game : Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:30 am  

That's a fair point, Stan, and correct. Regardless of positions if they get the attitude right the rest will fall into place.

Re: Catalans game : Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:47 am  

We all know attacking is not our issue its defence where we need to strengthen. Defence is a big one this week. Catalans a very strong team. There wingers will also cause problems.

Should be a good game and hard to call who will win.

Re: Catalans game : Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:59 pm  

Tatics this weekend should be putting as many bombs up towards Broughton as possible and make sure the kick chase is good.

Re: Catalans game : Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:08 pm  

FFS......,Phil Joseph in the 19 again!!!

Re: Catalans game : Wed Mar 23, 2016 5:04 pm  

to be fair, I'd expect this as we have two games in quick order.

still chuckling about Butcher's remark about like a sofa (I assume you mean settee) as an American name for a two-seater sofa is "love seat".

Re: Catalans game : Wed Mar 23, 2016 5:34 pm  

TheButcher wrote:

I agree with this.

Joseph also needs dropping. It's like watching an old leather sofa in a Salford shirt trundle up the pitch. I'd go so far as saying that the sofa would be quicker and more effective.

Yes but is it a SCS or bright House Sofa ? you'd think with Flanagan in he team we'd be able to get a deal off Arighi Bianchi

Re: Catalans game : Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:31 pm  

poor today we was. dave taylor outstanding for them. josh griffin played well for us linked well with johnson rest were poor. dobbo was shocking today awful kicking from him too. yet again bench not good enough. we need weller and vidot back to strengthen us

Re: Catalans game : Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:02 pm  

How bad was that?
Not sure where to start. In fact the start was the problem. An error from the kick off set the tone,and we didn't see the ball for ages.
Overall the backs were OK,other than O'Brien being unable to handle bombs.
The pack was the problem. Sarsfield looks out of his depth completely. Jones and Flanagan have gone backwards. BMM isn't breaking the line. Phil Joseph did liven things up and I thought that Tomkins did well.
I'd excuse the last try,as it was a final,vain,attempt with the time nearly out. Otherwise,conversions would've kept us in the game.
We need 2 hookers who can play acting half back so when Tomkins went off we were stuffed.
If there were no injury issues I'd play Evalds with O'Brien at stand off.
If Lee and Johnson are injured I'd bring in MCB and Wilkinson.
I couldn't fault the effort but we were outmuscled

Re: Catalans game : Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:26 am  

Bonita Red wrote:

How bad was that?
Not sure where to start. In fact the start was the problem. An error from the kick off set the tone,and we didn't see the ball for ages.
Overall the backs were OK,other than O'Brien being unable to handle bombs.
The pack was the problem. Sarsfield looks out of his depth completely. Jones and Flanagan have gone backwards. BMM isn't breaking the line. Phil Joseph did liven things up and I thought that Tomkins did well.
I'd excuse the last try,as it was a final,vain,attempt with the time nearly out. Otherwise,conversions would've kept us in the game.
We need 2 hookers who can play acting half back so when Tomkins went off we were stuffed.
If there were no injury issues I'd play Evalds with O'Brien at stand off.
If Lee and Johnson are injured I'd bring in MCB and Wilkinson.
I couldn't fault the effort but we were outmuscled

A fair summing up, I quite agree with. With Watto's love affair with Joseph, I expect he, Joseph. will be hooker/ acting half back against Hudds.
Pre season did not Sheens say this season was treading water and our real serious recruitment starts 2017. So there is going to be a lot of staff moving on and we watched a lot of them playing yesterday