one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:58 pm  

Its rubbish to watch and totally ineffectual

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:02 pm  

well 2 man rugby... Ambler and Barlow the rest have been utter sheeite..

where is the push and deception? There is no work off the ball.

Also when we normally offload everyone comes alive but not in this game...

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:14 pm  

Agreed, barlow and ambler did well, the rest were crap, no moves, no fluid passing, no off the ball running, no halfbacks, for teh last month or so we havent looked a good team at all.

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:17 pm  

I just dont understand it. Even at amateur level, we teach teams to have 2 or 3 runners and running angles and not just straight! As usual Barlow and Ambler set a good platform but the creative side is missing. Thackray is a waste and Handforth apart from his kicking game also offers little. Its often left to Penky to provide the spark. The team play boring Rugby and dont seem to be any better than under Calland.
In defence there is NO line speed as we just seem to jog up to make a tackle while Fev sprinted to make the tackles. Where is the enthuiasm and speed to smash the attackers? In attack we are woeful and the backline is just not used properly. Worrincy and White are just wasted for me. They used to score loads of tries but I believe Thackray is our top try scorer which says it all. At Dewsbury we played in 1st gear and this week was not much better. I know we have injuries but that does not mean we have to be so boring and so slow about things. Come on Fax waken up or we will be out the cup next week and be struggling to make the grand final.

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:19 pm  

Nevermind you be in Superleague soon.

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:38 pm  

Question..... Would you rather lose 50-10 under calland playing "exciting rugby" or lose 24-4 under harrison playing "boring rugby"?

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:48 pm  

Sitting through that desperately poor performance was embarrassing, no arguments from me fev were quicker of the line in defence, more creative (although that's not hard), faster, stronger and simply better. Rating the players is tough to think of anyone above 6/7:

Fieldhouse - 5
Worrincy - 3
Tyrer - 2 (only for his kick offs apart from that was pointless)
Paterson - 2
Reittie - 3
Handforth - 1 desperately poor, jones was more creative and he wasn't creative but handforth can supposedly 'control' a game, absolutely atrocious even more so when compared to Holroyd, Branighan
Thackery - 0 one trick pony ? is he even that
Hesketh - 2
Penky - 4 our only attacking, creative player and if he's not having a 8,9/10 game then we're a mid table side
Ambler - 6
Manning - 3 ok first half awful second
Robinson - 5
Barlow - 6
Ashall - 2 been awful for a month or so now, perhaps started to believe his own hype
Aizue 4/5 lifted the team with his presence
Bowman 2 when are we going to give up on this lad hasn't progressed as a player, will never be a top championship player won't
Gannon - 3 you know what gannon gives; no yards and good defence, is it enough ?

We've been average since we beat Fev really and some people are quite blinded to our lack of creativity in the halves due to penky's flair and generally creating enough for the team to win games. we could do with a few loanees or i could see us struggling to be competitive in the play offs v. leigh, batley, fev

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:51 pm  

I think you have been harsh on Ambler and Barlow and kind on the rest

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:51 pm  

Everytime Featherstone put a tackle in tonight, they made us feel it! Where was our aggression..
We've been playing dreadful for weeks and Fev really proved it tonight.
No idea's in attack. Players getting smashed due to flat passes.

It will be interesting to see who Harrison picks next week as it's a must win game.

Re: one man rugby : Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:54 pm  

sir HaRoLd FaCey wrote:

Question..... Would you rather lose 50-10 under calland playing "exciting rugby" or lose 24-4 under harrison playing "boring rugby"?

I like open rugby so would rather lose 50-10. Even when we lost under Calland you never knew what to expect and always felt we could score tries. Thius season I have been disappointed that we just look so predictable and it just doesnt excite me at all. And makes losing worse especially after a dour game tonight. I know as a player I loved to play in teams who would try something different instead of just playing one man rugby.