Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:05 am  

Well that was a proper spanking.
But it’s been coming for a while now for me.
We’ve got away with a few this season, either against poor or under par teams.
Wire didn’t have to do too much to win comfortably.

I’ve been to 3 games this season and not really enjoyed any of them.
Things will have to change for me to go again any time soon.
And by that I mean the way we play.
Rohan ball is not for me.

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:08 am  

Bentley is a tigerish defender but he would have got smashed last night. The guy is just too small. Wire were gang tackling and pushing back much bigger lads than Bentley. McDonnell was probably our best last night and they sent a lot of traffic down his side.

In any case it isn’t RSs call that Bentley wasn’t in the side.

Looks like we’re going to get Fus back next game but lose Ash.

Wire really played at us, it’s alright saying they were ordinary but Williams is class and their pack is big and direct. Don’t think they made many mistakes and they just ground us out.

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:12 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

Bentley is a tigerish defender but he would have got smashed last night. The guy is just too small. Wire were gang tackling and pushing back much bigger lads than Bentley. McDonnell was probably our best last night and they sent a lot of traffic down his side.

In any case it isn’t RSs call that Bentley wasn’t in the side.

Looks like we’re going to get Fus back next game but lose Ash.

Wire really played at us, it’s alright saying they were ordinary but Williams is class and their pack is big and direct. Don’t think they made many mistakes and they just ground us out.

Their pack was missing their 3 biggest props Jim!!

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:14 am  

Nothing stopping our pack from being direct other than the coach…

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:16 am  

Garry's annual address will be due in a few games time...

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:20 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

Conceding soft tries just before half time is a killer too.

If you watch the game back you’ll see our line speed in D wasn’t terrible all game. You’ll see that most Wire tries came directly from our errors.

We are gifting teams possession and position through errors. It could be argued that some of those errors are down to individuals trying to take on the entire opposition… but I just think we’re out of form right now.

Yes the coach is ultimately responsible for this and RS has work to do. We look like half the side needs a pre-season again already.

Expect Handley to be out for a while with ribs.

Once again I admire your optimism (genuinely) out of form ? We’ve never been in form this season. You will never win a majority matches with a lightweight set of forwards and a weak passive defence. Plus one halfback who is obviously not up to standard.

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:22 am  

Seth wrote:

Garry's annual address will be due in a few games time...

The booing has started, he will notice that, if we don’t win all of the next 3 games I’d expect him to make a change. The two after that are Catalans and Saints away, we will lose both of them, and shouldn’t wait until after that to make what is now an obvious decision.

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:25 am  

Simmo71 wrote:

Their pack was missing their 3 biggest props Jim!!

I know mate I’m not saying it’s rosy! In Harrison Bullock and Fitzgibbon they were still very direct though.

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:30 am  

I think the booing at half time was mainly aimed at the ref. I was surprised how little booing was aimed at Smith when he was on the screen towards the end of the game. No doubt that will change.

Re: RD 7 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:35 am  

batleyrhino wrote:

Nothing stopping our pack from being direct other than the coach…

So Mik and McDonnell went at them (both dropped the ball though). Lisone did too but again, errors.

Holroyd did too but went off concussed; that’s hardly his or RSs fault.

We were missing Sangare for mass. It’s clear our pack struggles when we’re missing any of the big bodies; and we don’t have depth there.

So I don’t see us being coached not to be direct: I do see us lacking the players to enable us to win the middle. This is where I come around to agree with some criticism of RS; I think he’s got the composition of the side wrong. Too many small forwards and too many slow players.

I don’t know how involved GH is on the commercial side of things but if we’re not competitive on salaries for players - we seem to get beaten time and again to signatures. Is that down to RS or GH? Don’t know.