: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:24 am  

Did not attend my self as I live the wrong side of the M62, but lets hope things do get freshened up for Friday at Leeds or we will be completely mullered. Still I like going to Headingley as the fans are a good laugh and its near enough for some-one else to drive and I can have a beer or two

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:06 am  

No I dont think we are a one man team, I think we have 3 key players that we need on the field and in form. Orr, Randall & Purdham. Dorn is not an organiser and that is not why Mac bought him back here. Its more about combinations and Orr and Dorn is a good combination with Danny steering the team around magnificentlyand takes real control of the game, Dorn on the other hand has a good running and passing game and excellent support game but he will never be able to do what Danny does.

The main issue with Sunday was that Orr and Randall were off and I think these days that 9 & 7 are the key positions in a team and it certainly is the case with us. We have two organisers in the team in Randall and Orr and to have them both off at the same time is always going to be extremely tough for us. Mind you take out the 9 & 7 from most teams and they will struggle.

We are not in the position to have good enough players in those key positions yet but I am sure that is what Mac is planning with lads like Kaye and Gale. But unfortunately we have to wait a bit for them to get up to where we need.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:11 am  

We were flat when we came out and were really on the back foot.
Less to do with Orr missing and more to do with the old Herbal relaxants we seem to give the team at half time most games.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:18 am  

Darthchris wrote:

We were flat when we came out and were really on the back foot.
Less to do with Orr missing and more to do with the old Herbal relaxants we seem to give the team at half time most games.

New fitness coaches?

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:32 am  

That's the second time this season I've seen our organisation fall apart once Orr has gone off, it's not so much the decision making, but the organisational aspect. We simply lacked direction and shape in our play.

Gale looks fine coming on as an impact hooker, but he doesn't appear ready to guide a side around at this level.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:26 pm  

We were told at the beginning oof the Season, we had not gone for that one big star player,whos the be all of what the team does, but a team of workers and who will play for each other.

Well yesderday we saw what happens when you lost one player that the team are depending on and then have Mac comes out and said losing Orr cost us because no one to lead us round the park.

Well im sorry for once i dont buy it. we had Purds out there a GB international and for a few games a Captain of the old England set up under Cullen but most important hes our Captain. IMO he was wasted yesderday, yes he did play well (one of about 3) so why wasnt he moved to SO and Dorn to SH when it wasnt working under Gale. dorn use to have a good kicking game,not so much the high ball but a decent grubber but you never see any of that. Cook and Dobson were killing us with that.

As for Randall the guy just looked tried and to TBH he just didnt look interested at some points, i cant remember a game when i didnt see him not rush to or want to be in the DH postion and seemed willing to let others do it. I think this is were we need Kaye whos is a hooker can play that role, we just seem to be trying to push Gale into that role.

And as for our forwards, they just dont look like or want to hit the line hard and compared to Hullkr's and have to say Catalan's they look slow. I dont know if there is a problem with Haggerty but it seems like we play him for one game then he misses the next, is he not fit or just fell out with Mac (like another ex forward did last season).

Sorry for rant and i expect i be told i dont know what im talking about (and to fair sometimes i dont),but i just like a few other getting fed up of driving 2 hours round the motorway to see us lost our home games.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:00 pm  

Sounds about right to me!

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:47 pm  

Was Randall carrying an injury ? He normally plays the 80 and gets to every play the ball.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:19 pm  

Was Randall carrying an injury ? He normally plays the 80 and gets to every play the ball.

Not this season he hasn't

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:59 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Not this season he hasn't

Not for awhile, has he?