: Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:27 am  

LS16_Rhino wrote:

Week in week out JP is head and shoulders above his fellow forwards – my concern is who will pick up his mantle should he get injured?

Well we will find out this week. IMO we will struggle, especially if we are not given many penalties, because I cant see where the yards will be made.

Diskins tackling is abysmal, and he simply should be dropped with a stat like that. Not to mention that a dummy half when running with the ball should be making a fair few metres, his 3.4 metres per carry is wasteful.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:46 am  

Haven't seen the game at all, but what did surprise me was that Diskin and Buderus combined carry total was only 9.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:55 am  

finglas wrote:

Haven't seen the game at all, but what did surprise me was that Diskin and Buderus combined carry total was only 9.

Thats not bad to be honest.

9 dummy half runs in the game. I dont know what the average is, but presume it wont be much different.

They should be passing it on, rather than carrying. But when they make a run from dummy half it should be making yardage. Buderus metres per carry looks acceptable there, Diskins is pish poor.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:03 am  

DISA wrote:

Thats not bad to be honest.

9 dummy half runs in the game. I dont know what the average is, but presume it wont be much different.

They should be passing it on, rather than carrying. But when they make a run from dummy half it should be making yardage. Buderus metres per carry looks acceptable there, Diskins is pish poor.

Given two props and a centre on the bench, along with the early loss of Kirke, I would expect that their game time would have been approaching 100 minutes between them and that they would have helped with the carries when not at dummyhalf.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:10 am  

tad rhino wrote:

as i have said from the start,we are two players light in the forwards. the guys are having to play more games and do more time. i can see them being shattered come september time.
with kirkes injury we are now desperate for a new face or two to come in.

Shattered? Shattered?

Who, other than Peacock, has picked up any slack from the missing forwards?

Kylie and Kirkes 6 drives a game will leave them breathless come the Playoffs, oh yes.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:41 am  

finglas wrote:

Haven't seen the game at all, but what did surprise me was that Diskin and Buderus combined carry total was only 9.

Leeds ran the ball from dummy half on 26 occasions in the game.

5 - Diskin, Webb
4 - Buderus
3 - Donald
2 - Ablett, Gibson, Hall, Smith
1 - McGuire

Les Catalans ran the ball from dummy half 21 times by comparison.

DISA wrote:

9 dummy half runs in the game. I dont know what the average is, but presume it wont be much different.

Leeds average in the SL Regular Rds (OPTA) is 34 this season. The highest was 50 away at Bradford while the lowest was 21 the week before at home to Les Catalans.

Buderus averages 6, Diskin averages 9 per game.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:55 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Leeds average in the SL Regular Rds (OPTA) is 34 this season. The highest was 50 away at Bradford while the lowest was 21 the week before at home to Les Catalans.

Buderus averages 6, Diskin averages 9 per game.

Sorry, I misworded my post, I was actually talking about dummy half runs from the Hooker.

Although that said it appears what Finglas said was right, that it was low.

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:39 am  

tad rhino wrote:

as i have said from the start,we are two players light in the forwards. the guys are having to play more games and do more time. i can see them being shattered come september time.
with kirkes injury we are now desperate for a new face or two to come in.

Well it won't be Lynch he's just signed a new 3 year deal for the Bulls.

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:41 am  

fanstanningley wrote:

Well it won't be Lynch he's just signed a new 3 year deal for the Bulls.

When was that? Not that I doubt it. But I was speaking with him on Saturday, and he said he had agreed no deal with anyone at that stage, and offers from both Bradford and Cas on the table.

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:45 am  

DISA wrote:

When was that? Not that I doubt it. But I was speaking with him on Saturday, and he had agreed no deal with anyone at that stage, and offers from both Bradford and Cas on the table.

BBC website.