Chris71 wrote:
Blimey O’Reilly how did we manage to come away with that other than thanks to Cootes pretty poor kicking and a dubious call by the VR (though technically could be considered a knock on as lost control and seemed to hit Longstaffs hand.
Thought Walker and Longstaff were great today and Simm showed up well along with Laidlaw who didn’t look out of place at all.
Defence very ropey but to be fair was going to be iffy with so many debutants and such a short time to prep with them. That’s said still come up with basic and unforced errors and were our own worst enemy.
Still I’ll take the win and hopefully much improvement next week but need to stop gifting opposition a way back into games.
I echo your comments Chris ..
Thought from the get go, our mindset was not good, I felt KR were mentally better than us. this was highlighted by poor defensive effort, especially on our tryline..
The exuberance from the new blokes just got us over the line.
Apart from Satae & Gale, the rest of the experienced first teamers were average at best. Houghton's dummy half work was below average, Peats is streets ahead of him.
Griffin's scruffy play the ball ,yet again .. and poor defense, Taylor's stamina.. etc etc
Walker & Simms I'd look to add them permanently, they look very pacey, & good ball in hand as well.
A much needed victory, but.. question marks still remain.. IMO..
