Re: Relegation : Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:40 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Just saying Hull are garbage in comparison to even your team of a few seasons back, that even in my opinion again was not all that as proved by its failure to make a GF and being in 3rd place now proves the strength of the competition as a whole.

If you disagree that's fair enough but you clearly threw the toys out and on the offensive. If you can't handle other people's opinions then stick to your own board where you can all blissfully blow smoke up each others aris's and pretend everything is rosy in the garden.

I think we are playing much smarter than other years actually, we have previously, mentally and physically put everything into every game in the past, giving us long winning streaks early season. these have, admittedly, brought us 2 cup wins but from that exact point onwards we have folded and given up, mentally and physically drained.
I agree when we have coasted into games we have been hammered and that isn't acceptable, but we can win the games we need to and are just now coming into our best form. Wire, I feel, have hit a wall, playing at 100% and now losing, and morale is maybe on a spiral downwards. Hull coming to the crest of a wave now at the business end of the season.

Saints are much better than anyone else atm anyway and can win without going all out.
I'm more confident than other years.

Re: Relegation : Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:00 pm  

Edenmain wrote:

I think we are playing much smarter than other years actually, we have previously, mentally and physically put everything into every game in the past, giving us long winning streaks early season. these have, admittedly, brought us 2 cup wins but from that exact point onwards we have folded and given up, mentally and physically drained.
I agree when we have coasted into games we have been hammered and that isn't acceptable, but we can win the games we need to and are just now coming into our best form. Wire, I feel, have hit a wall, playing at 100% and now losing, and morale is maybe on a spiral downwards. Hull coming to the crest of a wave now at the business end of the season.

Saints are much better than anyone else atm anyway and can win without going all out.
I'm more confident than other years.

What's impressive about Saints is their consistency. Even their weaker performances have actually been pretty good performances by other teams standards. But I don't think their A game is that far ahead of everyone elses A game. If we play our best rugby when we meet them I think we can turn them over, and I think Warrington and perhaps even Catalans and Cas will feel the same way. Hull blow hot and cold, and the way we have downed tools at times really isn't acceptable for a professional team. But ultimately those blow outs won't mean anything if we make the top 3. In the playoffs its all about who performs on the day.

Re: Relegation : Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:43 pm  

London showing this is likely to go right to the end of the season.

Re: Relegation : Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:53 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

If you seriously think London will win two more games than us, then that’s your problem to deal with.

Is relegation a threat yet?

Re: Relegation : Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:58 pm  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

London showing this is likely to go right to the end of the season.

Amazing season from them. They are certainly not going to go away. Could be 20 points for safety at this rate.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Relegation : Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:02 pm  

They were written off as absolute no-hopers this season, we were told that London wouldnt win a game, hadnt spent any money on players of quality etc etc, what they have got is an amazing battle hardened squad and mentality and basically are playing with absolute freedom, they were expected to go down and expected to be easy beats and they are anything but.

Re: Relegation : Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:09 pm  

Although they lost kr had a good win last week and are strengthening with a new coach. Assuming we lose at sts we really need to start picking up wins or panic may set in.

Re: Relegation : Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:20 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Is relegation a threat yet?

London and HKR both played pretty well, good game.
I am very nervous about this run-in.
Honestly I think the Wigan result at home was a terrible result.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Relegation : Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:27 am  

Both games against Wigan have been there for the taking, we’ve managed to completely muck both up.

We’ve imploded, theyve ground them out.

Re: Relegation : Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:45 am  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

Although they lost kr had a good win last week and are strengthening with a new coach. Assuming we lose at sts we really need to start picking up wins or panic may set in.

Imo the appointment of Smith to HKR is a masterstroke by them. I am pretty certain he will find a way to get the wins to keep them up and the run London are on has everyone scurrying. We have to really switch on now and make sure we grind out these winable home games.