: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:57 pm  

i dunno why ppl bring up the cas game as a poor loss..we lost by one point...how many times in the 5 previous games did danny tickle miss a conversion??? not many...we lost that game due to danny having 1 bad kicking game..if he had converted the tries would we have won...i`d like to bet the answer would be yes.ok i understand that maybe they didnt play as well as everyone expected them to against cas but thats sport and life..everyone has there off days...i dont get why ppl are pointing the finger at richard agar for 1 poor second half out of 7 games????

Re: Acid test : Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:42 pm  

libbysdad wrote:

Much has been published on this forum about us going down the pan this early on in the season.Players ability,skill and fitness brought into question.I think the start we got 5 from 5 has got peoples juices going and expectations started running high.Personally I think we are still smarting from last season and possibly the season before that.Our confidence still seems a little fragile and we struggle to play with any flair or expance and have gone back to a siege mentality.The knock on effect that this has is the young talent we have like, Briscoe, Houghton and Burnett who have a future, is this could damage any prospect of International hounors . This weekend is an ideal opportunity for the lads to put things right,a convincing win over Salford will hopefully set the tone for the rest of the season.

Blame the short turnaround for defeat in the Derby , the excuses have started already !

Re: Acid test : Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:09 am  

cofr_rockin_robin wrote:

Blame the short turnaround for defeat in the Derby , the excuses have started already !

Who mentioned the derby.....................

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:43 pm  

knocker norton wrote:

Spot on.

Althought the Thorman pass to Briscoe was a set move practised all week on the back of right winger Dixon taking the kick off and Evans the right centre flying in. Had Briscoe taken the pass we may have been 12v0 up in under 5 mins. I dont mind Hull taking risks to some extent, it is all about balance.

The Quins simply played the strong wind advantage to perfection with their long kicks dead and forty twenty effort. We needed a lead at half time and should have ran the penalty IMO.

I think most of the negativity is because last year is still fairly fresh in the memory and any signs of a repeat gets people thinking the worst!

I think people are getting overly concerned with people being critical of our approach and confusing this with negativity!

[Kosh]

Re: Acid test : Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:49 pm  

libbysdad wrote:

Who mentioned the derby.....................

Ignore him. His avatar is a self portrait.

: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:32 pm  

because Salford are obviously going to lie down and take a beating...
this is their CC final....