Toronto. June 9th : Sun May 27, 2018 9:08 pm  

Season deciding game in my eyes.
Toronto look to be improving with each passing week, but we really need to win over there, or the top 4 spot that we looked so assured of earlier in the season will be in real danger.....Away to Toulouse, Featherstone and at Home to Halifax are other potential "end games"......exciting, but uncomfortable to watch.

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Sun May 27, 2018 9:59 pm  

Stick by my prediction on the other thread, losses to Toronto and Toulouse away coming up.
16 possible points left reckon 10 at best, will that get us 4th slot? It’s going to be close.
Would love to see Toronto implode at home and us overturn em, but we will not do that playing like we did today.

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Mon May 28, 2018 5:41 am  

I looked at our remaining fixtures and came up with 10 points.

Top 4 would be nice. This team sadly cant compete at middle 8 level and we will take some hammerings should we get there.

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Mon May 28, 2018 7:33 am  

wire-quin wrote:

I looked at our remaining fixtures and came up with 10 points.

Top 4 would be nice. This team sadly cant compete at middle 8 level and we will take some hammerings should we get there.

The team that started the season would compete well in the 8s, this version is far too clunky. There is something not quite right at the moment, and there seemed to be a lot of recriminations behind the sticks rather than collectiveness.

As for games, Toronto away will be a miracle, Toulouse will be tough but do-able, but for me provided we don't have a banana skin moment, it will come down to Fev game away.

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Mon May 28, 2018 8:54 am  

Plummy, changes from the first few games compared to today are; Api out, Helliwell out other than that we are at full strength.

Our style has changed. Opening 6 games we went wide early now for some reason we seem to want to go up the middle(Hendo esq)

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Mon May 28, 2018 10:37 am  

Wire quin, not sure it’s down to api, we had a few good wins with meadows. You are right though the game plan seems to have changed, going up the middle we get nowhere. 4 or 5 drives then a kick has its place but not all game.
We have some excellent edge players who can be dazzling when they get the right ball! We looked good when we played expansive

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Mon May 28, 2018 2:20 pm  

The problem is playing players out of position. No cover at HB or Hooker

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Mon May 28, 2018 5:24 pm  

Players out of natural position is never going to help, Jon wells picked it out right from the start as a weakness, and he was not wrong

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Mon May 28, 2018 5:45 pm  

I honestly think had we had a proper HB alongside Sammut we may have got something out of that game. We were second best all day long, had only one attacking threat in Sammut and yet we still was in it up till the end. We were too easy to defend against as Channing was too slow and they knew they only had to keep Sammu quiet (and they struggled with that). Another attacking option would have given us more chances I fancy.

Re: Toronto. June 9th : Mon May 28, 2018 6:30 pm  

Just watching batley Dewsbury game, much more entertaining, both teams playing expansive rugby and seems to be a lot quicker than our game. Probably a good choice putting us on first.
Can’t really criticise Channing that much, as said he was out of position he is not a HB. Dixon heading to the touch line twice not good.
On the plus, the penalty count was pretty low