Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 6:38 pm  

On the plus side...

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 6:42 pm  

Defence generally ok, decent effort. Attack was abysmal. Error count embarrasing. Last tackle plays amateurish. The number of passes to a player stood still was off the scale - not for the first time this season. D minus. Must try harder.

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 6:48 pm  

I wonder what the Smith cultists will say about that.

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 7:00 pm  

Some talk on sky about our new spine, Wilkin called this a red herring and said with our passive defence, letting teams march us down the pitch we have no chance which is what many of us think.

Prematch they showed a slide and we were 12th in SL for lowest completion rate, lowest territory and highest errors, given this puts us below London, a championship side it’s no wonder we do so little with the ball.

Despite all that Croft led SL for try assists, which shows his class.

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 7:13 pm  

I’m no Wilkin fan, but he was spot on about all of that. The slide was really telling, we are basically having to throw up miracles each week because of the stupidity we display every single game.

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 7:26 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

I’m no Wilkin fan, but he was spot on about all of that. The slide was really telling, we are basically having to throw up miracles each week because of the stupidity we display every single game.

RS is just lulling everyone into a false sense of security with all these bad losses.
He's playing 4d chess.

Once everyone thinks we are done he will pull out a barnstorming set of draws and narrow losses.

Then you'll look silly !

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 7:29 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

I’m no Wilkin fan, but he was spot on about all of that. The slide was really telling, we are basically having to throw up miracles each week because of the stupidity we display every single game.

The buck stops with the coach. He's had a fair shot at turning round last years debacle and he''s coming up way short. JUst a question of sooner or later when it comes to his exit. Sad times.

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 7:33 pm  

YosemiteSam wrote: Indeed. Referee guesses, VR confirms. Didn't affect anything today but one day it will be pivotal. I've said for a long time the system is not fit for purpose, is an embarrassment to the game (in a crowded field) and needs to go. It's staying. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/video-re ... try-91060/

YosemiteSam wrote: Indeed. Referee guesses, VR confirms. Didn't affect anything today but one day it will be pivotal. I've said for a long time the system is not fit for purpose, is an embarrassment to the game (in a crowded field) and needs to go. It's staying. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/video-re ... try-91060/

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 8:38 pm  

Neither team were good tonight, don’t think they were 26 points better than us, wasn’t expecting much when I saw the team, but we never looked like scoring.

I was happy to give Frawley a chance when we signed him, I don’t remember his time at Hudds and he was starting in the NRL at the time, but yeah he seems poop, kicking game is shocking.

Re: RD 11 | Catalan Dragons (A) : Sat May 11, 2024 8:51 pm  

Sir Gregory ParsloeP wrote:

Some talk on sky about our new spine, Wilkin called this a red herring and said with our passive defence, letting teams march us down the pitch we have no chance which is what many of us think.

Prematch they showed a slide and we were 12th in SL for lowest completion rate, lowest territory and highest errors, given this puts us below London, a championship side it’s no wonder we do so little with the ball.

Despite all that Croft led SL for try assists, which shows his class.

Yep. He’s spot on. Badly coached.