Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:14 pm  

Big Dave T wrote:

I dont disagree. Is the reason therefore Agar's poor rotation of players? Still expects to use Tickle, Manu and Fitz for large chunks of the game and doesnt play Moa enough.

Which games do you think we have lost due to poor rotation out of interest?

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:16 pm  

knocker norton wrote:

Which games do you think we have lost due to poor rotation out of interest?

The Salford game due to not resting players like Fitz. That then had the knock on effect for me of having 2 huge games over easter with fatigued players.

Even some of the games we won at home i'd have liked to have seen more rotation. Not always meaning subs, mean squad selection too.

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:27 pm  

Big Dave T wrote:

The Salford game due to not resting players like Fitz. That then had the knock on effect for me of having 2 huge games over easter with fatigued players.

Even some of the games we won at home i'd have liked to have seen more rotation. Not always meaning subs, mean squad selection too.

Nathan Brown took a Giants team to Salford and rested key players...

I do agree about the rotation in general though but it is a case of damned if you do and vice versa sometimes.

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:43 pm  

knocker norton wrote:

Nathan Brown took a Giants team to Salford and rested key players...

I do agree about the rotation in general though but it is a case of damned if you do and vice versa sometimes.

Agree. Problem for Agar is that he didnt rest the key players, we lost anyway and then didnt have then for the following game that we needed them. I'd rather he took the chance and maybe lost like Brown did but then for the benefit of the following games.

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:50 pm  

Big Dave T wrote:

Agree. Problem for Agar is that he didnt rest the key players, we lost anyway and then didnt have then for the following game that we needed them. I'd rather he took the chance and maybe lost like Brown did but then for the benefit of the following games.

I reckon Fitz and Tickle could have played away at Leeds if needed. Looking at our next batch of fixtures maybe the last 2 games rest will help?

Wakey, Quins, Catalans and Cas follow the cup game.

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:52 pm  

knocker norton wrote:

I reckon Fitz and Tickle could have played away at Leeds if needed. Looking at our next batch of fixtures maybe the last 2 games rest will help?

Wakey, Quins, Catalans and Cas follow the cup game.

See Tronc has been released by Wakey. I'd like to see Burnett figure in at least one of the Wakey or Quins game.

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:57 pm  

Big Dave T wrote:

See Tronc has been released by Wakey. I'd like to see Burnett figure in at least one of the Wakey or Quins game.

I would just like to see a settled backline and a bit of consistency!

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:02 pm  

knocker norton wrote:

I would just like to see a settled backline and a bit of consistency!

So would i. I'm not advocating rotating a fit backline!!

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:56 pm  

Forever FC wrote:

Tansey is starting to stand out I can see a rep call up this season.

The nearest he will get to a rep is when the betterware woman calls at his house for the magazine mate!!

Re: Backs 2011 : Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:00 pm  

monkeyshoes wrote:

Craig Hall ....will this guy get much better with age? attacking-wise he fits the bill but defensively we have a bit of a problem

i would like to think that he'll learn to improve his defence,and not only that but maybe if he bulks up (naturally with age?) then that will help him to actually hold onto an attacker and complete a tackle more convincingly

i'm not talking about his line positioning - rather his tackling

at the moment he is lanky/skinny/light weight. i've met him on a night out and i reckon i could knock him over

is he always going to be built like a whippet or does anyone think he should/would bulk up over the next couple of seasons?!

Exactly the same build to what Steve Evans was, very rangey and slight but tackled like a mule kick!! however at Halls level it should be a basic level of skill for him to be able to tackle which he cannot!!
Where he goes wrong time after time is he goes for the upper body shot and as Leeds showed at the weekend he hasnt got the muscle for upper body shots so back to basics Craig and take em by the legs, but he leems scared to go in below and never does for some reason !!
Maybe its just a lack of bottle issue???