After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:03 pm  

I think we know we are a mid table team. No better. Cannot compete with Bradford, Leigh, Sheffield, Featherstone and London. Crowds will drop of to the die hards and the Directors business networking prawn sarnie brigade with 3 figure crowds for the middle eights.

Time for Tangata & Brown to go, absolute liabilities. Rant over

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:23 pm  

Brewster just wrote on Twitter:
"We are a Karl Harrison team trying to play Matt Calland rugby".

Bang on.

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:52 pm  

Yup. Hate to say it, but I think I would prefer 5 drives and a kick at the moment until we learn how to play proper rugby.

Not missed many games, but am shocked at how many brainfarts our team make in a game. Throwing a pass when it clearly isn't on. Constant knock-ons, silly penalties. The standard has been pretty poor and it won't be bringing any fairweathers at £20 a pop down to the Shay any time soon.

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:21 pm  

I'm gonna stick up for the lads here, I predicted a 40-10 loss, and while people thought that I was being negative, Sheffield are an excellent side, and the game went as I expected.
Our pack more than held its own, but a back line with QLT, Yere, Taulapapa and Rob Worrincy was always going to give our makeshift back line a torrid time if we didn't get the rub of the green or play mistake free Rugby.
The referee was also poor, I've seen worse, but we needed parity and consistency today to have any chance and we got nothing, I did notice he gave us some soft penalties at the end, when the game was done,
I wonder if that will even the penalty count enough for Red Hall not to question his ability

Keep calm Jeff, this is the start of our journey, we are where I expected us to be, 4th is not impossible from here, the top three look a good distance better than the rest of the competition.

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:47 pm  

Catch 22 for me. RM is clearly talented and wants to play with style but this isn't a squad set up for that. Will we have the cash to sort it for next season? Not with crowds dropping. Can we possibly afford another season as part time - not if we don't want to drop further back. But we can't afford full time.

As I've said before, I hope the ambition of the club matches that of our good young coach and we get to see a squad that he builds playing in his way.

I have no solutions to the problem, other than someone with a few quid buying into the club or some really clever marketing....

Blowing second place last season has certainly weakened our position

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:48 pm  

The first 40 Sheffield played some great rugby, much too clever for us. Once again left side defence suspect but some of the plays Eagles worked would open up any side. Then second 40 they showed how to close a game. A top four side without doubt. Someone near me said why didnt we play like we did against Wakey. Wakey attacked with Super League skills but their defence was woeful , just cant compare the two games. Plenty of season left i just hope the squad can keep enthuasiasm up. Some decisions went against us but you get that when you under the cosh.

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:52 pm  

Worst performance of the season today against a good team very disappointing, pack did well but our backs were well beat we played some dumb rugby today lets move on.

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:07 pm  

First game I have ever left early.

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:24 pm  

We are were we should be in the league. this eagles team has been together for years, we have a brand new half back pairing and a couple of players that normally wouldn't make the team.. Am afraid it's a case of waiting patiently till next year there will be plenty more games like this to come. Just hope the better parts of the team (mitch, salty, kaye) are still around next year. Same goes for Marshall, just think how bad this year would have been with Harrison!

Re: After Today.... : Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:29 pm  

jeffvickers wrote:

I think we know we are a mid table team. No better. Cannot compete with Bradford, Leigh, Sheffield, Featherstone and London. Crowds will drop of to the die hards and the Directors business networking prawn sarnie brigade with 3 figure crowds for the middle eights.

Time for Tangata & Brown to go, absolute liabilities. Rant over

sheff, leigh and Bradford are a class above wasn't expecting to compete with these. We CAN beat Fev and London there the teams to focus on we might as well pack up now if we think otherwise