Kyle Eastmond : Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:01 pm  

Where did he play today?

He was listed at centre on Sportinglife, but with no Longy I am presuming he actually played scrum half with Gilly at centre?

Can anyone confirm this?

Re: Kyle Eastmond : Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:54 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Where did he play today?

He was listed at centre on Sportinglife, but with no Longy I am presuming he actually played scrum half with Gilly at centre?

Can anyone confirm this?

Looking at the starting 13 I would have expected Dean or Gilly at centre with Wilkin in the back row and Eastmond in at 7. I wonder naming eastmond at centre is a typo or was done to attempt to confuse McBanana

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:02 pm  

Should have been in the bin though, cheap shot thug.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:27 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Should have been in the bin though, cheap shot thug.

How did Newton play?

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:32 pm  

See now I thought Kyle only played ok... Didn't get a grip and run the game like a he is able of doing, this was left more to other players.

I wasn't confident in his tackling and when Bradford attacked that side I felt they were gonna score more often than they did.. He did prove me wrong with a few tackles though (I calmed down a bit then).

He definitely offers a different kind of threat than Sean does but he took the wrong option on a few occasions and his passing was a little wayward at times, they hit their targets but Christ they weren't the prettiest of throws.

The team played well today in patches and I think we were lucky that:

1) Thalers whistle wasn't blown more! Especially with the Bradford fans shouting and chanting 'Forward' and 'Boooooo' (Worse than us at home they are!)

2) We were playing Bradford.

Great day out overall and to top it off in the last 4mins some 'larger' build of woman who was a Bradford fan in the away end got a little p1ssed when some fans started to sing 'My old man......' and took it upon herself to b1tch slap the bloke stood behind he right in the face causing his baseball cap to fly off his head!

Oh and what a swinging right arm it was, the bingo wings were going and everything.

Thing is she had already informed the stewards due to the Saints fans bad language (mainly aimed at Thaler) and thought that a full on assault would be more of an example to set for her kids.

Either way, oh how I laughed

Well done Saints. ***Copied from Redvee post, but I had to share it***

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:35 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Should have been in the bin though, cheap shot thug.

There was naff all wrong with it. Linesman playing to the crowd.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:43 pm  

KiAiSiAiSuId wrote:

Great day out overall and to top it off in the last 4mins some 'larger' build of woman who was a Bradford fan in the away end got a little p1ssed when some fans started to sing 'My old man......' and took it upon herself to b1tch slap the bloke stood behind he right in the face causing his baseball cap to fly off his head!

Oh and what a swinging right arm it was, the bingo wings were going and everything.

Thing is she had already informed the stewards due to the Saints fans bad language (mainly aimed at Thaler) and thought that a full on assault would be more of an example to set for her kids.

Either way, oh how I laughed

Well done Saints. ***Copied from Redvee post, but I had to share it***

We were stood just behind that and that and the saints fan arguing with the Bulls fans over voluntary tackles certainly provided a giggle!!

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:59 pm  

Kyle had a solid game.

The Saints clearly had decided not to overburden him with responsibility so left much of the kicking duties to Pryce, Wilkin, and Roby.

I thought in general he moved the team around quite well. His pace was a real threat that held up the bulls defensive line on a number of occasions.

He made one full on midfield break, and a couple more half breaks and was generally threatening throughout the game.

You cant expect a kid to completely control a game. That comes with age and experience. Today was the type of run out kyle needs to build up the game bank, in order to become a wiser half back.

I honestly think it will be two to three years before we see what Kyle will be fully capable of. By then he should have over 70 games under his belt.

Defensively Kyle was very sound. He tackled everything thrown his way, which as you might expect was quite a bit.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:06 pm  

Smurf wrote:

There was naff all wrong with it. Linesman playing to the crowd.

Be interesting to see how the review panel view it.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:14 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

:D
Be interesting to see how the review panel view it.

Will they award you 2 points?