Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Fri May 01, 2015 6:56 pm  

hull2524 wrote:

50-50 really how many teams play with them lol. You haven't got 20 out as you said when more than over 6 or more will play . so stop making figures up and making yourself look silly .

Think about it.

If the 50/50 players didn't play it would be twenty unavailable.

Listening to BBC Humberside's incredibly one-sided match build-up. Saying with certainty (They can't) that it's all a publicity stunt designed to heap pressure on Hull. I'm looking forward to the HT debate about how Koukash causes Chemtrails and will be the first point of contact when our Lizard overlords arrive from the planet Niburu...

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Fri May 01, 2015 8:17 pm  

Hull struggling so far.....GOOD GRIEF !

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Fri May 01, 2015 9:20 pm  

Been a bit critical of salford over the last couple of years, but massive efforts from all of your players tonight, particularly Taylor, Tasi and Fages.

Players looked gone last 15 minutes.

Fans were great also.

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Fri May 01, 2015 9:46 pm  

TheButcher wrote:

Think about it.

If the 50/50 players didn't play it would be twenty unavailable.

Listening to BBC Humberside's incredibly one-sided match build-up. Saying with certainty (They can't) that it's all a publicity stunt designed to heap pressure on Hull. I'm looking forward to the HT debate about how Koukash causes Chemtrails and will be the first point of contact when our Lizard overlords arrive from the planet Niburu...

To be fair if he has quoted 8 players to be 50/50 then odds would say 4 would play and 4 would miss. Great effort again and some of it must go down to pure bad luck.
You badly need Rangi back but it will then be getting a bit tight for the 8 by then. But as long as both hull teams, widnes and wakey continue to fail you could be ok.

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Fri May 01, 2015 11:17 pm  

We should have won that. I would have taken a 4 point loss before the game but having led for 70 ish minutes we should have held on. Too many penalties and a few mistakes cost us. Johnson's offload that led to the ball steal and then 2 stupid penalties when we had pinned them in their half gave them their first 2 tries in the 2nd half and that gave them the impetus to get the winner. Was a massive effort and can't fault them for trying, just not enough experience out there to see the game out. You could see how gutted the players were at the end. Team spirit was there for all to see. Lots of heros but feel like Locke deserves a special mention, was limping all fame but looked dangerous every tine he had the ball and defended strongly throughout
Disappointed at a 4 point loss away at Hull with a virtual 2nd team out is big progress from where we have been

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Sat May 02, 2015 7:06 am  

I must admit to a little disappointment from the last two games. Although I think that it's just my emotional side expressing itself.

The rational side of me is quite pleased at how a thrown together side has kept SL opposition to within two and four points respectively. Okay we're not winning games that, imo, with a decent strength side out we would probably have won, against opposition that we need to be taking two points off. But, we're not getting hammered and to only see a change of -6 in the points difference could be crucial when we start to get bodies back and make a final push before the split. There's still plenty of RL to be played and I'm sure that as the players start coming back we may find ourselves in a stronger position. But time will be tight to make it happen.

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Sat May 02, 2015 10:03 am  

Can't fault the effort, but frustrating that we've now lost two very winnable games due to being so depleted. Its a measure of our improvement that we can go to a team we've not beaten away in a top division game since the early 90s (I think) without a first choice winger, two first choice centres, two first choice half backs, a first choice prop, first choice hooker and two first choice back rows, and with our first choice fullback playing on one leg, and lose to a late score.

Loads of heart of the field but lacking a bit of guile and game sense at times that meant we put ourselves under pressure or failed to capitalise. With all the good work we did it's a shame that Hull's second half tries were so soft (and a shame the ref didn't spot the clear forward pass for their 3rd try of the game) - but fatigue is a factor there, with players being n the pitch linger than they'd normally be expected.

I doubt there's a team in SL who would do much without both first choice half backs, but we're now looking at a couple of tough games and the situation doesn't look like it's going to get better soon enough for them.

Hats off to wheoever came up with the "Griffin, Griffin, run it off" chant after G Griffin was down injured.

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Sat May 02, 2015 11:44 am  

Iain wrote:

I doubt there's a team in SL who would do much without both first choice half backs, but we're now looking at a couple of tough games and the situation doesn't look like it's going to get better soon enough for them.

I agree with the exception of saints. Don't know how they win so many with Wilkin in the halves. But even they have improved since Walsh has come back in. We've seen how Warrington struggled without Myler, Hudds without Brough, Hull KR without Campese last night, Catalans without Carney.
but we've faced 2 teams when we've had neither 1st choice half available and they've had both of their's and only lost by 6 in total. And should really have 2 or 4 points out of it. Definitely a sign of how far we've come, how much more strength in depth we've got and hw Harris has got them playing, especially defensively

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Sat May 02, 2015 12:28 pm  

Id just like to pay tribute to the salford fans. Good numbers and made some noise.
I thought salford were unlucky to lose last night. For me, the better team.
Credit to salford

Re: 19 Man Squad For Friday. : Sat May 02, 2015 2:00 pm  

Good match. Both teams short of players we had a full pack,missing but managed a win. You played a second team goodness get a grip chaps we both had the same number missing through Injuries we just choose to not whine to the press and every man and his dog about it. Glad we got Taylor next year