Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 9:19 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

The stats speak for themselves 0/12 and already and we're not even halfway through the season, we have the unenviable record of failing to score more times than ANY other side in SL history.
Our "attack" is utter garbage.

We managed to march Hull back up the field reasonably well but, in their 20, just nothing (ok 1 try and 2 drop outs).

It's getting harder and harder to go to home games, the frustration cant be good for anyone's health

The frustrating thing is that now - having dared to watch it - our stats in the 1st half attacking wise were excellent!
......Until we got into their 10....
Reminded me of Dirty Leeds away tbh....
Oh for someone like a Pauli Pauli or Big Dave close to the line.....
I'm pretty sure we'd have score a few tries with someone of their size....
And that would have made the team confidence soar....
But then cue to abject defending......
"After you Claude" as the Hull players jogged over the try line........
Made a note in my diary - simply says Bo**ocks.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 9:33 am  

High fives and laughter on the balcony, high fives etc in the changing rooms, meanwhile, Tony Smith was drilling his instructions into his team.
Embarrassing and an insult to the word amateur. We’ve seen some crap down the years but this takes the biscuit ( or pie and peas).

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

The frustrating thing is that now - having dared to watch it - our stats in the 1st half attacking wise were excellent!
......Until we got into their 10....
Reminded me of Dirty Leeds away tbh....
Oh for someone like a Pauli Pauli or Big Dave close to the line.....
I'm pretty sure we'd have score a few tries with someone of their size....
And that would have made the team confidence soar....
But then cue to abject defending......
"After you Claude" as the Hull players jogged over the try line........
Made a note in my diary - simply says Bo**ocks.

We had Lineham shoot off his wing to tackle Mr Invisible, leaving a stroll in and then 2 tries where players were literally looking at each other, expecting someone else to make a tackle. You tackle him, no, you tackle him and then. Oops they've scored (again)
Lineham is pretty good going forward but, he doesn't have enough desire to defend, just what was he doing for their first try.
He saw something or somebody that wasn't there, it was bizarre.

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Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 10:14 am  

I have to say in Lineham's defense, this was by far his best game for Wakefield.
They targeted him with high balls and he took them all under pressure. There was one attack where he had 3 coming at him at speed and he snuffed it out, with help from Dagger covering.

Dagger's defense kept us in the game for a long time. Much as I like Max, we'd have been 18 nil down without Dagger in the first half.

You can probably say that about a lot of the team for 90% of the game. They just seem to switch off periodically. I honestly don't get it. We attack their line. Make a small error but then sit there crying about it as they storm up field. It's not a one off, it's a consistent thing. No idea why.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 10:29 am  

What I don’t get is our ‘attack’ and game management.
Last night for instance we ran a kickable penalty we had when our chance of crossing their line was remote. Needless to say we fluffed that chance and 2 points we could have had.
We are no threat with ball in hand.
Gaskell and Langi are surely the slowest centres in SL and the Smitg/Lino partnership isn’t good enough.
Dagger pulled off some great tackles but he isn’t the threat in attack that Jowitt is.
All told, roll on September and put us out of our misery.
I can’t watch much more of that rubbish.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 10:53 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

We had Lineham shoot off his wing to tackle Mr Invisible, leaving a stroll in and then 2 tries where players were literally looking at each other, expecting someone else to make a tackle. You tackle him, no, you tackle him and then. Oops they've scored (again)
Lineham is pretty good going forward but, he doesn't have enough desire to defend, just what was he doing for their first try.
He saw something or somebody that wasn't there, it was bizarre.

To be fair wrencat, I saw that player that he was looking to tackle too....
Mind you, I'd had a few by that point....

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 11:23 am  

Manuel wrote:

High fives and laughter on the balcony, high fives etc in the changing rooms, meanwhile, Tony Smith was drilling his instructions into his team.
Embarrassing and an insult to the word amateur. We’ve seen some crap down the years but this takes the biscuit ( or pie and peas).

Yes I noticed the difference in the changing rooms on Sky TV. I hope some of the board do aswell. Pictures such those paint a thousand words about the difference in an experienced SL coach and an inexperienced one.

As a result Trinity start second half sluggish and allowing runs from dummy half whereas Hull are all fired up.

Did Proctor just play first 20 mins then just last 10 mins of match?

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 11:50 am  

asmadasa wrote:

Yes I noticed the difference in the changing rooms on Sky TV. I hope some of the board do aswell. Pictures such those paint a thousand words about the difference in an experienced SL coach and an inexperienced one.

As a result Trinity start second half sluggish and allowing runs from dummy half whereas Hull are all fired up.

Did Proctor just play first 20 mins then just last 10 mins of match?

He just managed 10 minutes in the first half but was blowing after 5 not sure about the second.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 12:27 pm  

so the cats out of the bag no money and championship bound.So no change of coach or new signings. Well thanks for saving us and your legacy will be killing us. Lets hope the stand and field bring in the projected revenue so we can at least pay the loan back. Maybe the football will be the main attraction next season,because the contempt you have shown the rl fans this season serving ths crap up and expecting them blindly to keep shelling out has been disgusting.

Re: It's time now : Fri May 12, 2023 12:49 pm  

I think a lot have been patient due to Mash's reputation with the club but its clear now that we are not well coached. The players absolutely deserve their share of the criticism, but for the most part I think the effort is there. Most games we defend well for long periods, and have good field position. Problem is when we are camped in an opponents 20, we don't look like scoring. No speed, no structure, rarely a decent attacking kick. Squad is obviously not up to scratch, but a decent coach gets more out of this bunch. Not the man to lead us in the championship, if we can get rid now, I would. Ford is also clearly not the answer.

Also... why on earth he still selecting Proctor? Offers nothing, barely on the pitch and when he is constantly looks injured/tired.