Re: What a difference a week makes : Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:39 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Quality performance and boy was it needed after last week. Lets not get carried away though as Sheffield will be near the bottom of the table come the end of the season but its a good and much needed win. AOB showed we have not been spoilt in the hooker department for a long time and he will be a quality addition to the team this season. The 2 Salford lads played a part and both look handy. I thought Salty had a great game as well and our 2 young lads Morris and JWH had very good games as well. Nice as well to see RM figuring what most fans knew about our half back pairings half way through last season.

Just about sums up my thoughts.Boyle impressed me for first time too abeit against a powderpuff seagulls pack.

Re: What a difference a week makes : Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:56 am  

Dbvada wrote:

I went to the game expecting us to loose and I was totally wrong.

A simple game plan and three different players helped but the lack of errors and simple rugby was exactly what was needed...and it worked well. AOB just moved us around the park at speed and with accuracy.

I think it shows again how a few players can change fortunes at this level and how sad it is we spent to much last year.

Finding the quality is not easy. AOB is a Super league hooker and we are fortunate to have him for a month.

Re: What a difference a week makes : Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:30 am  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

I'm confused.... is dual reg good or bad this week?

Dual reg is always bad.

Re: What a difference a week makes : Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:27 pm  

also a lot better conditions than the week before.

Re: What a difference a week makes : Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:55 pm  

chazzerboy wrote:

Finding the quality is not easy. AOB is a Super league hooker and we are fortunate to have him for a month.

You are certainly right about how difficult it is to find quality. I'm not sure if AOB is a Super League hooker (although he was superb for us and also against us last year) as the Giants don't class him in their top "two" and I'm told they were looking to loan him out for a year.

Re: What a difference a week makes : Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:45 pm  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

Only joshin after the incessant fev rhinos comments 2 weeks ago....
I really don't want to accept it...its sheeite!!!!
But it needs every club to make that stand. Cos it only takes one club to seek such an advantage and every other club will attempt the same....

Sad but true.

Re: What a difference a week makes : Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:47 pm  

Distribute the TV, Sponsorship and International cash for the good of the game as a whole, DR might then go away.
Alas Turkeys don't vote for xmas and the power will stay with free loaders at Red Hall, TV Companies and SL CEO's.
Wilkinson went better this week, and the other lad too, a good old loan deal was the difference though, makes us realise we have been starved of an influential hooker since the Penky/Bob and Gleeson days, they take a lot of pressure off the pack and halves when they can shoot from dummy half, distribute and keep the opposition guessing.

Re: What a difference a week makes : Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:23 pm  

As has been said above, Ryan B had a much better game and looked up for it, probably more so in the first half. One of the big differences for me was the speed at which the ball was distributed from dummy half. Pinging it across the field at speed makes a big difference as it brings into play opposition players who aren't expecting to need to get into the tackle quite so soon. As such, it contributes to their fatigue factor as they all have more work to do.

The other difference was the weather. We seem to be a team that does far better in good conditions. I guess that's the same for most teams, but we don't seem able to grind it out when conditions are poor.