Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 8:57 pm  

Hasbag wrote:

I do like that none of them still gave up. A good few try savers in that 2nd half.

Agree we were not very good, but there was a time when we would of got fifty plus on us. Bad day at the office, looking for a big improvement next week.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 8:57 pm  

B0NES wrote:

I don't think it will change much next week either , Other than the Salford game , I've not been impressed with our attack and last plays . Same errors and stupid penalties week after week are killing us . We cant expect our defence to bail us out and tonight it finally cracked .

Spot on there
and since that game our discipline has been getting worse every game

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 8:59 pm  

World of Redboy wrote:

In some ways I’d like to try Reynolds at scrum half and put Connor back at stand off. Put swift at full back and use someone else on his wing.

I'm not a massive Sneyd fan (particularly with his form the last two years) but thought he did ok tonight.

I think hooker is a massive problem for us or at least or acting half passing, the last few minutes, Fonua caught the ball and Walmskey hit him straight away, I thought he must be offside, but on the reply he wasnt, just a terrible pass.

I dont why our hookers dont run from acting halfback then pass more.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:00 pm  

It's painfully obvious we need another prop too. We've been bullied a few too many times this season especially tonight.

Thought Brown showed why he probably hasn't been selected as much as we would like. Silly pens and errors, bit I'm sure he will come good (he wasn't the only one tonight).

Never got going and Saints didn't have to do anything special to topple us. If we are struggling for yardage on our exit sets, we should maybe look to be a bit more expensive but our ball control can be shocking at times.

The few times we ended up in Saints 20 we posted points, we just needed to get up there more often.

The two quick six agains at the end of the first half made me chuckle, keep the numbers even...

We go again next week. It's never easy supporting Hull, that's all part of the 'fun'

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:02 pm  

World of Redboy wrote:

So, what exactly as Stand Off does Reynolds bring to the party?

We've defended for 3 games and you come out with that.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:03 pm  

World of Redboy wrote:

In some ways I’d like to try Reynolds at scrum half and put Connor back at stand off. Put swift at full back and use someone else on his wing.

"Someone else"?

Connor is our full back, Reynolds is our stand off and Sneyd is our scrum half. No need to completely change the dynamics of the team.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:03 pm  

DiggerHFC wrote:

obviously disappointed with the result, however Savellio was clearly missed. Possession of 70/30 didn't give us a chance. Impressed with the effort though, thought Sneyd had a real dig and we deserved more points.

Saints are a machine though, LMS is a great player, (hoping) that some of those hamstring tweaks bare fruit for us next week, different prospect with the Faithful in the ground, my prediction FC win and Reynolds MOM

Agree on the Savelio comment. We were at sea on that half of the pitch, especially in the 1st half. All the trust seemed to be gone

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:04 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

I'm not a massive Sneyd fan (particularly with his form the last two years) but thought he did ok tonight.

I think hooker is a massive problem for us or at least or acting half passing, the last few minutes, Fonua caught the ball and Walmskey hit him straight away, I thought he must be offside, but on the reply he wasnt, just a terrible pass.

I dont why our hookers dont run from acting halfback then pass more.

If you watch the Cup match against Wigan Houghton was doing exactly that

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:04 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

"Someone else"?

Connor is our full back, Reynolds is our stand off and Sneyd is our scrum half. No need to completely change the dynamics of the team.

Has to be Lee Radford or Gary Schofield.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:06 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

I'm not a massive Sneyd fan (particularly with his form the last two years) but thought he did ok tonight.

I think hooker is a massive problem for us or at least or acting half passing, the last few minutes, Fonua caught the ball and Walmskey hit him straight away, I thought he must be offside, but on the reply he wasnt, just a terrible pass.

I dont why our hookers dont run from acting halfback then pass more.

Johnstone cheesed me off immensely in that second half.

He was at fault for the Batchelor try, he switched off at marker allowing Knowles to make the break. Then the set after we score he chucks himself over while playing the ball....