Re: Sami Sauiluma : Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:29 pm  

I honestly think it's a bit of a myth about our forwards getting bullied and steamrolled last season we went into a lot of games with only one proper prop and held our own.The games about more than just having a big pack (Hull will find this out)and our SRs aren't that big but neither are Wigans I think we'll surprise a few people

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:12 pm  

There were times last season when our intensity and desire together with a lot of flair, skill and opportunism delivered the required result.

Cup games against Wigan, Catalans and Warrington spring to mind. In 7 or 8 regular season league games we were half decent too plus away to Widnes in the middle 8s. The rest of the time we were pants, thanks to our beaten pack, some mediocre creativity, some cruel luck with injuries, some lukewarm intensity levels, some schoolboy defense and some really cackamallababshit play execution.

So when we were hot, we were very hot, but when we were cold, we were polar. The reason for such extremes are detailed above. My worry is that we have not addressed these sufficiently as things stand going into the new season.

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:32 pm  

Pickering Red wrote:

There were times last season when our intensity and desire together with a lot of flair, skill and opportunism delivered the required result.

Cup games against Wigan, Catalans and Warrington spring to mind. In 7 or 8 regular season league games we were half decent too plus away to Widnes in the middle 8s. The rest of the time we were pants, thanks to our beaten pack, some mediocre creativity, some cruel luck with injuries, some lukewarm intensity levels, some schoolboy defense and some really cackamallababshit play execution.

So when we were hot, we were very hot, but when we were cold, we were polar. The reason for such extremes are detailed above. My worry is that we have not addressed these sufficiently as things stand going into the new season.

That's been us for the last 10 years capable of beating saints Wigan and leeds and also getting hammered by Wakefield and the like

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:26 am  

Personally, I think that Tilse would be better in the second row, attacking the flanks and being able to offload to his centre with those long arms of his ……As a prop, whose job it is to hit the defensive line as hard as possible and gain valuable metres, he is useless.

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:22 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

I honestly think it's a bit of a myth about our forwards getting bullied and steamrolled last season we went into a lot of games with only one proper prop and held our own.The games about more than just having a big pack (Hull will find this out)and our SRs aren't that big but neither are Wigans I think we'll surprise a few people

I agree with you.

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:40 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

I honestly think it's a bit of a myth about our forwards getting bullied and steamrolled last season we went into a lot of games with only one proper prop and held our own.The games about more than just having a big pack (Hull will find this out)and our SRs aren't that big but neither are Wigans I think we'll surprise a few people

I do agree with you but a lot of our issues is the intensity and attitudes of the players, what we have seen so far in preseason it seems the attitude isn't right, I personally think the coach has lost the dressing room

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:14 pm  

Oafy wrote:

I do agree with you but a lot of our issues is the intensity and attitudes of the players, what we have seen so far in preseason it seems the attitude isn't right, I personally think the coach has lost the dressing room

Yeah I agree the point I was making is that we have a good team on paper but it counts for nothing if you don't have the right attitude

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:27 am  

It's interesting that your last few signings are guys who would have worked with Campese at Canberra.

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:24 am  

roopy wrote:

It's interesting that your last few signings are guys who would have worked with Campese at Canberra.

What about the player though roopy?

Re: Sami Sauiluma : Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:32 pm  

Reading Campo's rfl rant it looks like this poor kid has been royally bummed.
Hope he gets a gig in Aus.