Tony Smith - Master of psychology? : Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:46 pm  

Has he convinced the team that they don't need Briers to play well?

Will the players take more responsibility in his absence? Monaghan obviously has.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:05 pm  

It was strange to watch Monaghan; he looked much happier with the extra responsibility with Briers off the field. He is a crap from hand kicker though.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:09 pm  

mark_m wrote:

It was strange to watch Monaghan; he looked much happier with the extra responsibility with Briers off the field. He is a crap from hand kicker though.

He isn't crap at all. He does tend to get under the ball when kicking it though, which loses direction.

REgardsless, he is the best kicker we have at the moment.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:11 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

He isn't crap at all. He does tend to get under the ball when kicking it though, which loses direction.

REgardsless, he is the best kicker we have at the moment.

So he isn't crap 'but tends to get under the ball and loses direction'. Which sort of confirms my point.

Still seems much more comfortable taking it to the line like a 9.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:21 pm  

I thought our attack was struggling until Briers came on, then suddenly we had options.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:29 pm  

gary numan wrote:

I thought our attack was struggling until Briers came on, then suddenly we had options.

I tend to agree. The much maligned Briers strikes again.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:33 pm  

thought Smith's use of subs was first class and had HKR struggling with our player positional rotation

a hard graft game and a hard worked result, well done the wire !!

hopefully a kick-on next week against Celtic

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:41 pm  

We have a run of very winnable games now

hopefully a good winning run comes from the back of that

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:46 pm  

mark_m wrote:

It was strange to watch Monaghan; he looked much happier with the extra responsibility with Briers off the field. He is a crap from hand kicker though.

Obviously been to the Mike Sullivan Acadamy for crap kickers.

Watch how much time people like Long, Deacon and Sinfield give themselves when kicking and compare to the guys that aimlessly boot the ball downfield, whilst running at full speed - technique is everything !!

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:48 pm  

gary numan wrote:

I thought our attack was struggling until Briers came on, then suddenly we had options.

Is that why we lost the second half.