Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 7:40 am  

I thought it was a weakened side being played.

Brono and Cudjoe out of position, Larne starting with a second row of Kirmond and Cording.

Dodgy getting a game.

Wood, Molloy and Fairbank on the Bench.

I would say six or seven of that seventeen won't get in next week.

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 8:03 am  

wigsey wrote:

Oh everyone please get a grip FFS.

Let's see some positives. It was bad enough at the game with all the whinging.

1 Batley played very well.
2 LOD played very well
3 We got away with making many changes and still won
4 It was a win
5 It was a win

I saw Bramley draw 24-24 with Wigan in the CC in 1984 and it would have been a win to Bramley had a guy called Shaun Kilner not miss a last minute drop goal by inches - they went on to Wembley.

Giants were down and out against Cas two years ago and playing terribly - they went on to Wembley.

It's a big game v a weakened Sts next week. i'd rather everyone keep their best performances for that when a full strength team will be out.

It's been years since I've been to Batley and I forgot how steep the pitch is. Batley used it well and came out of the blocks in Defence. Giants Didn't. But at the end of the day no-one cares if you win by one or one hundred and one in the cup.

Good post and I agree wholeheartedly.

Yes, we were poor. But didn't deserve to win? No way.

Our main problem seems to lie in the mental attitude when playing 'lesser' teams. If blame is to be apportioned then it surely must be at the coaches' doors. [Like setting off with no thought to Bank Holiday traffic!]

And one for the Dodgy watchers. Why on earth did he attempt to catch that high ball one-handed? Hasn't he had enough coaching for high balls? Must do better. [He caught it? Oh, never mind! ]

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 8:40 am  

I like hodgson and would put him on wing instead of simpson anyway!

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 8:42 am  

We must also give Batley's players lots of credit here too - thy tackled like their lives depended on it, time and again they brought our big men to ground.
I remember a 3 man hit on LOD not long into the game (possibly here his shirt got ripped) and he got up and just stood there for about 2 minutes with a look of what the hell was that on his face....he ovbiously hasdn't expected that kind of opposition.

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 9:09 am  

LOD always ends up with a ripped shirt, cant understand why lol

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 11:10 am  

Gi4nts wrote:

LOD always ends up with a ripped shirt, cant understand why lol

How does he get them to rip at the back like that ?. It happened at Leeds as well. In thirty odd years of watching I have never seen a shirt ripped at the back and now twice in a month.

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 12:35 pm  

wigsey wrote:

:BOW:
How does he get them to rip at the back like that ?. It happened at Leeds as well. In thirty odd years of watching I have never seen a shirt ripped at the back and now twice in a month.

the giants away shirt has a strange collar/stitching to other shirts if you notice which wont help

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 1:47 pm  

We have a cracking team but our downfall is our complacency. We play at the level we expect our opposition to play. We could play St.George one week and give them a real good game, the week after we could play Shaw Cross and scrape a win. We lack the killer instinct to put lesser teams to bed early. Yesterday was bad but it doesn't worry me that we'll play like that again. Take nothing away from Batley it was their cup final and it was only due to the effort they'd put in for an hour that they fell short in the last 15mins.

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 4:10 pm  

Code13 wrote:

The team will lift for Saints, end of story.

Hope not. We could really do with you being in the worst form possible at the weekend, if that's ok. Cheers.

Re: Next Up: CC 4th Round vs. Batley Bulldogs : Mon May 09, 2011 7:44 pm  

We rubbish our lads too much, they know in a game like that they are on a hiding to nothing and when a team put`s up a showing like Batley did, they probably try too hard and things don`t come off.
Let`s face it if Batley played like that every week, they would win everything in front of them during the season.
And as for us not deserving to win ?? We did score 6 try`s to 3 the game is 80 minutes not 60.