Firstly a win is a win no matter what is most important thing for any team - well done cougars
But apart from the last 15 mins the game as a whole considering the rosters on both sides was pretty a poor one lots of errors, niggling at the play the ball and penalties again im on about the game in general not just Keighley.
Quick on the dual reg thing I hate it - but for me I did feel Crusaders best player was Wheeler when he was on - he had pretty much a free reign and was a real reason why they had the better 1st half - im pretty sure he went off for a nock. Penny had a great game and overall from start to finish had a good game (we peppered him lots with little joy) he did look very fit and used to playing at a higher level - The other 2 DR players did not stand out at all for me.
Crusaders in general should have punished us more than they did especialy in that first stanza - lost count of the drop outs we did - Just lacked that killer punch at times - If they had of had another try and the gap was 3 scores or more at the break im sure they would have won it easy
For us by far Tiger was the MOM. The start was excellent until we scored - I don't know what it was but getting that first try was probably not a good thing we seemed to switch straight off and only pick back up Again in that final 15. Overall as a team I felt we were poor and it was a good job the margin was low when we started playing better as a team. Ok im not going to knock DJ too much as he did excellently at the end with that drop goal under that pressure, but he in general was poor his final pass was poor mostly ball hitting the ground etc and he missed more tackles than anyone else. Upfront we kind of cancel each other out at times Scott Law and Rollo especially put in hard graft and Lindsay was decent too but I felt we just lacked that shickle' esc player at times to really get that edge upfront. And for me every second time you saw one of the March's it was when they were chirping at the ref.
Negative on a win yes, but I did feel That cougar team should have done much better today that's all -
Spin it positively to get that win against what on paper was a good team inc 4 SL players and play as poor as that just shows with the improvement that can be made that the season can be a good one and I do firmly feel if Keighley play to the best of their ability even more so after seeing that game today no team in that league will match them. Looking at the players reaction after the DJ DG and the embracement of the crowd shows great positives. I think they will improve next week and smash London to pieces
c'mon you cougars and a decent crowd too
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