Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:17 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Saving yourselves for next week's cup final

I think you mean yours, Rolfie.

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:47 pm  

roversmad wrote:

Symbolic defence? That's a new one.

Exactly right, albeit by accident.

Definition of symbolic defence is - "A new style of Rugby League underperformance as perfected by the Hull KR sides of coach Sandercock and continued by his understudy coach Chester."

The key differentiator between this defensive alignment and those deployed by other SL teams is that it usually allows 3 opposition tries per half minimum without response from the Hull KR attack. This form of defence allows the Hull KR team to assess the speed and intensity of the game, before they begin belatedly to up their game and play to somewhere near their potential.

Not to be confused with shambolic defence, which most commentators and spectators would also associate with the same team.

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:49 pm  

Pickering Red wrote:

Exactly right, albeit by accident.

Definition of symbolic defence is - "A new style of Rugby League underperformance as perfected by the Hull KR sides of coach Sandercock and continued by his understudy coach Chester."

The key differentiator between this defensive alignment and those deployed by other SL teams is that it usually allows 3 opposition tries per half minimum without response from the Hull KR attack. This form of defence allows the Hull KR team to assess the speed and intensity of the game, before they begin belatedly to up their game and play to somewhere near their potential.

Not to be confused with shambolic defence, which most commentators and spectators would also associate with the same team.

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:05 pm  

Pickering Red wrote:

Exactly right, albeit by accident.

Definition of symbolic defence is - "A new style of Rugby League underperformance as perfected by the Hull KR sides of coach Sandercock and continued by his understudy coach Chester."

The key differentiator between this defensive alignment and those deployed by other SL teams is that it usually allows 3 opposition tries per half minimum without response from the Hull KR attack. This form of defence allows the Hull KR team to assess the speed and intensity of the game, before they begin belatedly to up their game and play to somewhere near their potential.

Not to be confused with shambolic defence, which most commentators and spectators would also associate with the same team.

That's a very good description PR. Unfortunately very close to the mark.
This really isn't panic time yet, but boy you can understand why people are. If it was a different form of crap then at least they worked on something new in the off season.
To find the same problems but seemingly even worse this pre-season, fans are understandably worried.

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:01 pm  

got to say looking at your recruits I can not see them improving your defence all good young signings with promise but if they where that good would Leeds have let them go it appears like Peacock giving jobs to the Boys, you seem to lack grunt up front and any real line breaking back rows your half's are quality that's your only real strength interesting that league express predicts you will finish bottom surly its not looking that bleak ?

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:29 pm  

fc-eaststander wrote:

got to say looking at your recruits I can not see them improving your defence all good young signings with promise but if they where that good would Leeds have let them go it appears like Peacock giving jobs to the Boys, you seem to lack grunt up front and any real line breaking back rows your half's are quality that's your only real strength interesting that league express predicts you will finish bottom surly its not looking that bleak ?

Don't worry yourself.

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:37 pm  

roversmad wrote:

Don't worry yourself.

I wont

you can do it for me

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:50 am  

fc-eaststander wrote:

I wont

you can do it for me

Whatever.

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:57 am  

I was very impressed with the Danny Brough show; he dominated the middle of the park and made it look all too easy.

Pity about Larroyers injury he doesn't have much luck in the trials does he.

Plenty to work on but thats why trial games are played, but have to agree with the consensus on here - mickey poor defence is a real concern.

Re: Matchday Thread: Huddersfield (H) pre-season : Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:57 am  

Reading all the threads on hear because were i live i would never go to a friendly I think its down to the coaching staff when we gave Chester the job I thought it was a mistake still do