Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 9:45 pm  

Jason65 wrote:

your initial comment is wrong

I disagree, but we are all entitled to our opinions.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 9:55 pm  

Itchy Arsenal wrote:

We scored 3 tries of absolute top quality.
All of those tries had to be worked for and all of them had first class skills and delivered at a fantastic pace.
Ive been lucky enough to see us score some great CCF tries over the years and yesterday's 3 are in my top 10 of all time.
Smithies offload was brilliant and the lad is improving leaps and bounds.
Fields try was a classic. Brilliant passing finished with astonishing pace from French & Field.
Marshall is the most underrated winger in the competition and I love the fact that he was our match winner in the SF & Final.

Smith played almost single handedly in the halves, knocked on early in the game in his own 20 and didn't get his usual support from the second row but still managed to score a blinder and set up a brilliant winner. The lad is still really just a kid but has the capacity to mature into a top class HB for club and country.

Agree with all that Itchy, I thought our back three were all very good, despite they all made a few errors. But their contributions in both attack and defence were great. And you could say exactly the same thing about Harry Smith. And as others have said, faIr play to Jon Wilkin (not for the first time) for talking some sense.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 10:00 pm  

And like you, so pleased for Marshall after his cruel luck earlier in his career. So pleased for the lad for whom it clearly means so much. The lads at the back of the coach on the way back were all singing "Liam Marshall, he's one of us!". And that's what it's all about, really, isn't it?

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 10:01 pm  

jonh wrote:

I disagree, but we are all entitled to our opinions.

I agree even if your opinion is wrong as is my opinion of yours is (so to speak) (I think)

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 10:04 pm  

moto748 wrote:

And like you, so pleased for Marshall after his cruel luck earlier in his career. So pleased for the lad for whom it clearly means so much. The lads at the back of the coach on the way back were all singing "Liam Marshall, he's one of us!". And that's what it's all about, really, isn't it?

I am also very happy for Liam Marshall with the luck has in his career to score the winning try in the semi and the final a dream come true for the lad I bet.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 10:18 pm  

Jason65 wrote:

I agree even if your opinion is wrong as is my opinion of yours is (so to speak) (I think)

He came up with some key plays the kick was superb for the final try in particular.

He bombed 1 opportunity on about 70 minutes.

His knock on resulted in a try and also his poor kick and decision to do that kick when his outside backs were not expecting it set up field position for the last Huddersfield try.

He has been fantastic since he came into the side this year and has proven my wrong as I genuinely didn’t think he would nail the 7 shirt but he has.

I think is either team had a dominant half yesterday they would have won, but then again if my aunty had testicles she would be my uncle.

Ultimately he did come up big when it counted and fair play to him for that and those moments of quality probably won’t us the game.

My opinion is totally inconsequential though and what is exciting is that he is only going to improve from the experience of playing and winning such a big game.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 10:41 pm  

Who is Jamie Field ? Brian Noble reckons he played well for us.

Noble was genuinely hard to listen to.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 10:58 pm  

NSW wrote:

Who is Jamie Field ? Brian Noble reckons he played well for us.

Noble was genuinely hard to listen to.

I turn the volume off it he is commentating and I’m not at the game.

I think Jonathan Davies is excellent and insightful, Noble though is terrible.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 11:53 pm  

jonh wrote:

Having just watched it back I stand by my initial comment.

For much of the game we lacked any direction.

That isn’t just on Smith it’s on Cust and O’Neil too and non of them took the responsibility on.

Smith however did come up with key plays at key times which got us the win and that a sign of quality.

One player I thought had a poor game on the day was Singleton however I thought he went well particularly on his first spell.

Utter garbage mate and you can put that in your sig. Easily the best player on the field and not by a small margin.

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 7:03 am  

Phuzzy wrote:

Utter garbage mate and you can put that in your sig. Easily the best player on the field and not by a small margin.

Fair enough, that’s your opinion. I don’t want to focus on the negatives because he did come up with the key plays but they happened.

After watching it again I would have given it to Smithies (over McQueen) who I thought was superb. The 2 high shots probably cost him that chance too added to the fact we were behind at the time it was decided.

Huge effort in defence and the offload was fantastic for Smiths try.

Smith and Smithies are without doubt the biggest 2 improvers under the stewardship of Peet.