Re: V Sheffield : Mon May 27, 2013 11:39 am  

faxcar wrote:

If all we can do is leave a three on one against him on the last play Rob may have to be left out against the Eagles whenever Brambani is playing or just hope he doesn't have such a bad game he has to be taken off after 25 mins.

The problem is you simply cant drop everyone when they make a mistake. The players that get dropped are the ones that simply arnt performing and lets face it Worrincy isnt one of them. He is superb most weeks but unfortunatley does have these mistakes in his game. Maybe we can the drop the players at marker who dont make it to Brambani to put pressure on him as well.

Re: V Sheffield : Mon May 27, 2013 1:25 pm  

[quote="faxcar"]The Powell / Cockayne analogy proves that coaches will use their knowledge of certain players to gain an advantage from if they get the chance but it did not stop Powell from signing him for Rovers.
/quote]



I think it was probably their chairman who signed Cockayne & picked the team

Re: V Sheffield : Mon May 27, 2013 2:16 pm  

Many a true word ...............

Re: V Sheffield : Mon May 27, 2013 3:59 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

The problem is you simply cant drop everyone when they make a mistake. The players that get dropped are the ones that simply arnt performing and lets face it Worrincy isnt one of them. He is superb most weeks but unfortunatley does have these mistakes in his game. Maybe we can the drop the players at marker who dont make it to Brambani to put pressure on him as well.

I agree he is one player that I would pay to go and watch any day of the week.
However Rob is always targeted when we play Sheffield.
Sometimes he copes sometimes he doesn't.
This week he didn't more than usual apparantly.
Again to help him we can pressure the kicker, and give him some cover etc.
If the problem is too difficult to solve and we can't do any of the above then it's either risk it or do a tactical change and try someone else in there like we have in other games.
It would not be dropping anyone in that sense, simply trying another approach that is allready being used and accepted by the club and players.

It doesn't bother me one bit either way.

I was just throwing some "laymens" "MM take note )" ideas into the ring seeing that he had to be taken off so early which could not be good for him or the team.

Either way we will keep turning up and when he drops the ball groan and when he runs full length jump up and down a bit.

Re: V Sheffield : Mon May 27, 2013 4:23 pm  

faxcar wrote:

I was just throwing some "laymens" "MM take note )" ideas into the ring seeing that he had to be taken off so early which could not be good for him or the team.

I dunno about that. There was a ready made replacement on the bench. No need to play anyone out of position.

Re: V Sheffield : Mon May 27, 2013 5:43 pm  

faxcar wrote:

As i said couldn't make the game.

How did our bench do, did it have any real impact or just stay the same?

We seem to be a bit light at the moment.

I am convinced that before we lost Robbo and later Adamson having that extra size kept us on top in the forwards for longer periods.

If we could get Morro, Robbo and Luke Adamson back and possibly Micky Nan in the centres the extra grunt could make a difference.

What do you guys think?

It made some impact in the first half and a little at the beginning of the 2nd. There would be a difference in getting those players back, notably Robinson, and Morro and Nanyn would be like having new signings to some degree.

Re: V Sheffield : Mon May 27, 2013 5:50 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

I dunno about that. There was a ready made replacement on the bench. No need to play anyone out of position.

I did not say play someone out of position .

(Allthough it looked like Casey was in one of the centre births and from memory the last time he played there was at Batley last year and he had a mare.)

Had Tyrer been dropped?

You won't know but we have rotated the three quater line on several occasions this year without it being classed as dropping someone.

The players involved have been .

Tyrer.
Heaton.
Patterson.
Worrincy.
Rettie.
Sherrife (possibly not fit.)
Bowman.(possibly not fit.)

Tactical options may be available for other games.

Re: V Sheffield : Mon May 27, 2013 5:53 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

Agree, but two-points, whenever Bambini kicked high in the first half Rob had no cover and yet there were three men on him on both occasions same in the second half with Patterson.

You are quite right. A fact I also pointed out to those I was sat with. Good tactical play. Rob was then subbed for Reittie.

Point two yes Thackeray put in a lot of tackles but he also can be guilty of "shooting out of the line"

Agreed. But, he always made an impact on the attacking player, slowing him down enough for others to complete the tackle.

The biggest brain f"rt was when Scott kicked on the first tackle, even if Patterson had caught it he wouldn't have got far.

I had forgotten about that! Curious play.

I still say take two points when offered, I think that would have put us in a different position, two more points and ball back.
As you say, onward and upward, hopefully.

I would have at that point as well. Plus, we would have got the ball back. Possession is the key. Also, I think we were in control as long as we stopped the offloads. As soon as we allowed them to start that we were on the back foot.