Re: Bring on Bradford : Mon May 22, 2017 7:40 am  

Maybe it's the other way round and giving Dixon some more responsibility. It's a fine balance with Sammut reign him in too much and you stifle him, let him have free run and yep sometimes the rest of the squad lose him. But when he is on form and running rings round the opposition it's a joy to watch and has been seen he can be a game changer. Dixon first few games he made mistakes and then went into his shell, giving him more to do now he has started performing and scoring is a good idea.

Re: Bring on Bradford : Mon May 22, 2017 9:36 am  

Two firsts for me yesterday. It was the first time I have seen us win at Odsal and the first time I have been there and it has not rained.

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Re: Bring on Bradford : Mon May 22, 2017 10:59 am  

Also, and even though he did a fine job with is 8/10 (and 3 tries), I was slightly surprised that Dixon was the goal kicker over Sammut. Perhaps Hendo is trying to give Sammut less responsibility, therefore getting him to play as more of a team member rather than the individual one he was before.

Dixon has kicked last couple of games, and has done pretty well isn't that the explanation?

Re: Bring on Bradford : Mon May 22, 2017 12:25 pm  

Bosty you want to try being at odsal middle of December before that club house was built, 30mph horizontal snow blowing straight down the pitch! Oh those heady days of winter rugby

Re: Bring on Bradford : Mon May 22, 2017 7:32 pm  

brian2 wrote:

Dixon has kicked last couple of games, and has done pretty well isn't that the explanation?

No. Api started as the main kicker against Swinton but when he missed the first 3 attempts he passed the duty to Kieron. Sammut started on the bench that game so was overlooked. Sammut & Dixon (Api didn't play) started against the Bulls which is why I was slightly taken aback that Sammut didn't kick. Hope every conversion, whoever does them, makes it count against Fev in Blackpool on Saturday.

[brian2]

Re: Bring on Bradford : Tue May 23, 2017 7:49 am  

[quoteNo. Api started as the main kicker against Swinton but when he missed the first 3 attempts he passed the duty to Kieron. Sammut started on the bench that game so was overlooked. Sammut & Dixon (Api didn't play) started against the Bulls which is why I was slightly taken aback that Sammut didn't kick. Hope every conversion, whoever does them, makes it count against Fev in Blackpool on Saturday.][/quote]

Your right of course, but my point was that Dixon took over and kicked pretty well, ditto the following week, so if "it ain't broke, don't fix it"?

Re: Bring on Bradford : Fri May 26, 2017 6:17 am  

It seems that our demolition of Bradford and the fact that the Bradford fans were on his back, have convinced Leon Pryce to retire
It is a shame that such an illustrious career, should end in such poor circumstance.