Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:42 am  

It was a game of defences tonight ,both of which were superb . Our problems were gifting Saints a try at the start of the second half & being unable to open up gaps in the 10 metre area. Roberts's kicks were repetitive & ineffective ,apart from depriving a Saints fan of his pint & i don't know why Patton wasn't brought on sooner for the drop kicks.
Fair result !

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 4:47 am  

I just saw Roberts’ attempted tackle on Lomax right after half time, it was an effort of someone with no heart or desire whatsoever.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:21 am  

The Eclipse wrote:

I just saw Roberts’ attempted tackle on Lomax right after half time, it was an effort of someone with no heart or desire whatsoever.

I think that was us not getting stuck back in straight after half time. Concentrate and keep up effort for full 80 and that try isn't scored.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:39 am  

TF and the wire wrote:

Brainless play by wire in last 90 seconds

One brainless idiot you mean!

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:14 am  

I thought we were great.
Still loads of improvements to come. Especially from Roberts.
We should have won that game 5 times. I can only see Wire fixing those issues and Winning every game from now on if they play at least that well.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:17 am  

silver2 wrote:

I thought that the Saints supporters were both knowledgeable and gracious tonight. I hope that they win the double, its much deserved. They are by far the best supporters in SL. Landlord, another double whiskey over here..

I loved that one who thought he was 10 men because he was full of ale so rushed towards the players brawl then visibly cacked himself. When Mike Cooper just started laughing at him I was in fits.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:31 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

I thought we were great.
Still loads of improvements to come. Especially from Roberts.
We should have won that game 5 times. I can only see Wire fixing those issues and Winning every game from now on if they play at least that well.

Don't forget too wash that sand out of your hair, rd
Great, my bottom.
No tries in 75 minutes. We could've stayed there all night,, and not scored another try. We are CLUELESS when we're the opposition 20.
Last night, we we ran up so many blind alleys, it was untrue. And SLOW. At least 5 times our players were caught ball watching. Schoolboy stuff.
imo, the standard of SL has never been as low, yet we don't take advantage.
MADDENING
Our halves create NOTHING
Why can't you see us NOT fixing issues. That's late close defeats to Wigan, Saints and Cas, and a draw against Les Cats, in the last 6 weeks. I see a trend happening, and it's not improvement

Still, you were correct about improvements, especially from Roberts.
He can't do worse, can he?

That sand gets everywhere, when you bury your head in it

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:36 am  

I don't care about where we are come round 639 or the possibility that if we play our semi when jupiter is ascending we're nailed on to win. I'm a wires fan and I want to win every game - friendlies, testomonials, challenge cup, Sl the lot. Winning whatever the context is all that matters in sport.

In terms of last night, and also against Wigan and Catalans, we lost for the same reasons and I don't see it getting fixed until next year.

Roberts is a lazy sod. Defence or attack, a workshy intruder.

In the pack our starting 6 are trojans. Cooper, Clark, Westwood & Hughes were immense last night. Then we look at the bench and we have BMM and Akauola who give penalties away as cheaply as they give yards to the defence.

Cruicially, we don't have a general who leads, directs, prompts and cajoles with venom, guile and football intelligencewhen games get tight. If Austin is that man we'll turn the what ifs into points.

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:54 am  

Not one single chance created by our half backs, we score a try from broken play and then nothing but penalties. That must be as poor a creative pairing as we have ever seen, all that ball provided by an outstanding forward pack and nothing gained.

Send Roberts home now, an absolute waste of time, give Dec the job at the very least he will be trying to create and no doubt succeed

Re: Tonights Game v Saints : Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:10 am  

Roberts is getting a lot of stick and rightly so but Kevin Brown was truly awful again and did nothing.

Akaoula made one carry in 20 minutes - that is absolutely shocking.