Re: KR : Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:14 pm  

jools wrote:

Fantastic effort in defence. Just fantastic. Kr has the lions share of possession but couldn’t break us down. First half especially we were rock solid on our goal line and some excellent individual efforts to prevent them scoring.
The wind meant the kicking game was a struggle.
Darnell Came ofF early in first half with what looked like ankle.he was wearing a support at the end.
What looked like a very nasty injury to gavet who was stretchered off after a very long delay early in the second half. Hope he’s ok.
Three away games unbeaten.
Fantastic.

i think your getting carried away jools you beat a championship team with a moderate performance but good luck anyway

Re: KR : Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:37 am  

Good performance from your lads, halves were very good in particular. Your goal defence won it for you but we hardly asked any questions.

Hope Gavet is ok, looked a nasty one.

Re: KR : Sat Feb 22, 2020 6:03 am  

SirStan wrote:

Good performance from your lads, halves were very good in particular. Your goal defence won it for you but we hardly asked any questions.

Hope Gavet is ok, looked a nasty one.

Thought a couple of key moments were us defending 3 consecutive goal line sets in the first half, and then the Murphy line break in the second half that lead to the decisive 3rd try.

That wind was fun. Just crazy.

JG injury looks to have mainly precautionary, which is not how it appeared on the field.

You missed some creation at halves, though I thought your middles did better than I expected. Long season ahead still for all teams.

Re: KR : Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:04 am  

Run leroy , run ! wrote:

Thought a couple of key moments were us defending 3 consecutive goal line sets in the first half, and then the Murphy line break in the second half that lead to the decisive 3rd try.

That wind was fun. Just crazy.

JG injury looks to have mainly precautionary, which is not how it appeared on the field.

You missed some creation at halves, though I thought your middles did better than I expected. Long season ahead still for all teams.

The new ‘attitude’ was summed up by a great defensive display and our ability to take chances when they cropped up two good ones from the backs and two strong ones from the forwards strangely enough it’s what Saints have done really well for the last few years soak up the pressure and cut loose at times to win the game.

Watching the first half from behind the play actually let me see how smart SW’s game plan was and how well carried out by his team.

Who is this Matagi fella ?? most improved player in the club so far and his strength to score his try was awesome.

The bond between Ta’ai, Edwards, Matagi and Gavet is really good and has rubbed off on others and although it’s early days we look ‘together’ and work hard for each other which is promising.

Just need a couple of dry mild days to see what the backs can do in good conditions...

Re: KR : Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:15 am  

supersport wrote:

i think your getting carried away jools you beat a championship team with a moderate performance but good luck anyway

Not at all- our effort to keep out KR with consecutive sets on our goal line was immense. Even when Keyes?? Broke the line and looked certain to score we got under the ball to prevent the try.
It’s all about attitude- something lacking last season. That attitude wins games - it’s won us a tight defensive game last week, and a game in poor conditions this week.
What could have been a nilling away from home if the cameras were there, ( I thought there looked to be an obstruction in krs only effort)- that’s something to get excited about for the season.
yes you're right Kr were nothing special, the fact fans were leaving with 20 minutes to go shows how disappointing they were to the fans, but you can only play what’s in front of you. Our attack was blunted by the conditions- couldn’t pass the ball far, or kick accurately and with the possession Kr had and all the advantages due to our errors in the first half our effort And attitude was key-. Losing our fullback in the first half, and another interchange in gavet and the frustration of the conditions- that game would have looked very different last year.

Re: KR : Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:57 am  

jools wrote:

Not at all- our effort to keep out KR with consecutive sets on our goal line was immense. Even when Keyes?? Broke the line and looked certain to score we got under the ball to prevent the try.
It’s all about attitude- something lacking last season. That attitude wins games - it’s won us a tight defensive game last week, and a game in poor conditions this week.
What could have been a nilling away from home if the cameras were there, ( I thought there looked to be an obstruction in krs only effort)- that’s something to get excited about for the season.
yes you're right Kr were nothing special, the fact fans were leaving with 20 minutes to go shows how disappointing they were to the fans, but you can only play what’s in front of you. Our attack was blunted by the conditions- couldn’t pass the ball far, or kick accurately and with the possession Kr had and all the advantages due to our errors in the first half our effort And attitude was key-. Losing our fullback in the first half, and another interchange in gavet and the frustration of the conditions- that game would have looked very different last year.

maybe undercooking you a little as the away team but the home performance was so inept some championship teams would have troubled us

Re: KR : Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:52 pm  

apparently our players were pretending to be injured and cheating -what a set of weirdos