Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sat Jun 01, 2024 7:04 pm  

Away on hols not seen it but sounds like we did enough against a poor team. Will watch it later.

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sat Jun 01, 2024 7:10 pm  

Cas were rubbish and they seemed to be using forwards as half backs, however there were some real positives, mainly we we aggressive in defence and there was more structure. Just a few bits of skill let us down other wise it would have been 50+

Both Cam Smith and Harry Newman had shockers though, they need to work on some stuff because that’s not good enough for two senior players.

Frawley, Martin, Mom, oconner and Croft were my picks of the players.

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sat Jun 01, 2024 7:21 pm  

Danibo160 wrote:

can see how newman and welsby are friends

Welsby wins things at least.

Newman is a petulant child with ZERO, I repeat ZERO trophies.

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sat Jun 01, 2024 8:07 pm  

Les Norton wrote:

Re Newman, tough decisions need to be made. His behaviour is a disgrace. In this sport, the ‘team’ is everything. Weird guy.

Cam Smith needs to return to basics. He’s not a half back. There’s a good player in there. He found it too easy at academy level.

Croft was excellent. Real work ethic. Johnson is an out and out hooker, it’ll be a shame to lose him.

Agree on Newman, believes his own hype.. We must have 2 of the worst centres in the league.. Neither have done anything this season.

Also agree on the other players mentioned. I presume Roberts was dropped for Alfie?

Can't take anything from this game with regards to "how good are we really" as Cas were garbage.... Still lack any real punch in the middle. Still don't rate Frawley.. it's easy to look like world beaters against poor opposition... but it's a win, 2 points and hopefully a bit of positivity for the team.

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sat Jun 01, 2024 8:25 pm  

Newman needs dropping until his attitude improves. Thought cam smith was again poor today. Constantly last to get back inside, holding the ball too long and killing moves. On a plus thought Miller was decent and frawley looked good. Still missing a good bit of go forward from the props though at beginning of matches

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sat Jun 01, 2024 10:32 pm  

I'll take the win but for mine that's the worst Cas team I've seen in nearly 50 years.

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sat Jun 01, 2024 11:40 pm  

Cam Smith had a shocker of a game, I thought Miller & Croft played well too,

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sat Jun 01, 2024 11:58 pm  

I've said before, Cam Smith's instincts are all wrong about what he needs to do when the team isn't playing that well. He wants to get involved but he ends up just getting in the way. He needs to simplify his game and focus on just banging in on attack and defence, and trying to pass much less often. He's way too slow in thought and action to try to act as a playmaker.

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sun Jun 02, 2024 7:34 am  

Take the win, and more comfortable than a lot of us predicted

As already mentioned, Smith and Newman, both awful

Martin, croft and Handley all good

Momerovski offers very little ball in hand, he dosnt look lightweight, but certainly runs like it, was solid defensively to be fair, with 1 very good read.

Re: RD 13 | vs Castleford Tigers (H) : Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:07 am  

My initial take was mixed. Mainly I’m happy that certain doom mongers were disappointed and we get 1 week more of sunshine in our lives.

However I didn’t agree with RS that we saw a good performance there. Our attack broke down multiple times and we are garbage in yardage still. The game was what it was; a mid-table side v a relegation side (we just happen to have three relegation quality sides this season).

Another worked move off a scrum; Croft is organising Newman and Handley, all looks interesting and then the pass from the scrum is round his ankles and he gets whacked by the defence. That’s us in a nutshell.