Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:22 pm  

Last night we allowed Ridyard a couple of very soft tries just allowing him to run at us, we on the other hand made two belting breaks in the right channel during the 2nd half, Casey running onto beautiful passes and hitting the hole but we bombed both. Although I feel we were third best on the night behind Leigh & the match officials we did create enough scoring chances to turn over a one-score game.
Kicking dead from the first play of the game, what's that all about ? I just got a feeling it was gonna be "one of those nights" even at that point in the proceedings !
We played poor & scored 28 points, I suggest the defence wasn't good enough.

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:28 pm  

Fax4Life wrote:

Agree Chris, we need to look and learn from Fev topping the league for 3 years only losing 2/3 games per season is a great achievement, we are far too inconsistent something I never expected with Karl's teams and yet again have to look at the half backs who blow hot and cold.

Totally agree with this post. Where has the intensity gone from our first game at Dewsbury?

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:58 pm  

Batley 50 - York 0.

Only a win against the Dogs will do now to get the third spot as they have a better points difference.

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:12 pm  

faxcar wrote:

Batley 50 - York 0.

Only a win against the Dogs will do now to get the third spot as they have a better points difference.

Looking forward to the match, we have a table for the pre match dinner and the post match "chat"
Should be interesting!

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:35 pm  

Top teams in our league can all beat each other on the day and that's what has made this league such a good one to be part of this season. Credit to Leigh for achieving what they have done after their financial implosion at the end of last season.Team with momentum will go far in play off's. Come on Fax get back on the horse against Batley and then get on with the real serious stuff. If we dont do it, at least we have done very well with a new coach and loads of new players this season. Always chance to get better in 2013 as the boys settle down and get used to playing together.
Keep the faith!

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:59 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
Looking forward to the match, we have a table for the pre match dinner and the post match "chat"
Should be interesting!

Yes me too, 2 weeks to think about it.

Don't fancy having a table for my pre match dinner though as it would a bit tough to chew unless your a terminite of course.

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:02 am  

We have achieved more than I thought we would by winning the rail cup and was a nice pay day as well. I dont realistically expect us to get to the Grand Final as we are not consistant enough. Our defence is simply not good enough and I can see having one or two good games but not 3 or 4. We need to play very well against Batley and then plat consistantly well atleast twice in the playoffs. Sorry but cant see us in the GF. Its been a great season and the players and team have done very well.

I think we need atleast one new halfback but that wont happen as Thacks and Handforth are still here next year. On their day they are quality-sadly they are not consistant and do go missing too much for me despite playing behind a very good pack. We really need to sort the defence out and finishing properly if we are to match Featherstone. The league is very open and I think it could easily be anybody there. But I feel Fev will make it for their consistantcy and then I will tip Leigh who have had a great season and am glad they have after the problems they have faced through no real fault of their own. Give me the Championship over Sleazy League anyday!

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Mon Aug 20, 2012 2:13 pm  

Our defence around the posts is really poor yet it was all looking good at Dewsbury at the start of the season. Thinnk too many of our forwards like the try scoring glory but are shirking some tackling (Gannon excepted of course).

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:02 pm  

Norman Bates wrote:

Our defence around the posts is really poor yet it was all looking good at Dewsbury at the start of the season. Thinnk too many of our forwards like the try scoring glory but are shirking some tackling (Gannon excepted of course).

Exactly.

Re: Does 2nd or 3rd place matter now? : Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:27 am  

I think it will be very tight against Batley to get 3rd. The NRC win was a bonus and its up to the team if they can raise the bar to that intensity again. But put Robinson,Gannon, and Divorty back in the mix and that might achieve it.

You hear coaches talk about the triangle of 6,7, and 13. To me thats where we lost the Leigh game because we werent functioning as a unit. To beat John Kear we are going to have to create plays from that area. Sometimes this season we looked very good, sometimes you just know we need a change during the game(because like Leigh the oposition have got your number and they are themselves dominating ....ie Beswick and Ridyard). Perhaps having Bowman in the mix helps with options;surprised against Leigh he wasnt on the bench because we were left with nothing to break up the pattern.( Plus whatever you say the lad keeps coming on and scoring probably because he is unpredictable in his style of play.)