Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:48 am  

Rhinoshaund III wrote:

Im a firm Friday nightist.

Theres nothing better than finishing work for Friday nights under the lights at Headingley for me. Great start to the weekend and leaves the rest of it free for other pursuits.

Yep. I am not a Rhino, but you can't beat a stroll up Otley Road in the Friday evening sunshine, calling at Arcadia for some good beers & chat, chips at Brett's, a good game of RL. Heaven.

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:16 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

I agree, but point is we could easily have won those games and been right near the top mid way through the season.

It has been an awful season don't get me wrong, but even though we finished 2nd and won the comp last year i didn't think we were that much better than first half of this season, we just got the right side of the close games.

We also had a big injury handicap for most of the year and for the first third struggles to get any of our big props on the field. Had we done so we would have been not far of top four and our performances would have been better.

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Sat Nov 10, 2018 5:26 am  

nowhere near top 4. mid table possibly. continually picking a half back who wasn't interested and was hiding didn't help either

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:23 am  

We would have been firmly in the top four and fighting for 2nd. 7 close games that we lost by 1/2 pts or drew. As bad as a season we have had we werent that far off.

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Sat Nov 10, 2018 10:53 am  

Rhinoshaund III wrote:

We would have been firmly in the top four and fighting for 2nd. 7 close games that we lost by 1/2 pts or drew. As bad as a season we have had we werent that far off.

This on top of a shocking injury crisis.

One more marquee signing, or two decent signings could see us lifting silverware in 2019.

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:31 pm  

Wish i could share the optimism.

As it stands our back line looks ok with the addition of Hurrell but losing Hall is going to impact us. Jury is out on the two new halves, not as if they come in with great pedigree but they could work out well, hopefully.

As it stands the pack is still not good enough, especially up front. Our pack is inferior to Saints,Wigan,Cas,Warrington and Catalans without doubt imo.

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Sat Nov 10, 2018 2:17 pm  

table doesn't lie. unless it only lies when are in the bottom 4 of course.
when it suits I guess

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:21 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

table doesn't lie. unless it only lies when are in the bottom 4 of course.
when it suits I guess

I agree the table doesn’t lie. We were the 9th best team in 2018. However the table also shows we only needed 6 additional points to achieve 5th place. Which, when you consider we lost 5 games by a max of 3 points and drew another, shows we weren’t far off competing for the top 4.

We weren’t good enough and need new players but if a few games had gone slightly differently, especially early in the season, I think our season would have had a different feel to it.

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:30 pm  

it's and buts. you could say that about all sides.

Re: 2019 | Fixtures : Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:38 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

it's and buts. you could say that about all sides.

Yep. Afew posters really scraping the barrell here. Embarrassingly.