Re: Further Injury Fears : Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:35 am  

PopTart wrote:

Well the captaincy think is another question altogether. I was one who thought he'd be good but evidence suggests otherwise.
However I don't agree that he isn't super league standard. He has won us many games on his own.

For me when we are good, Miller makes us better but can't make us better when we are poor.
Brough on the other hand can drag us up when we are poor but doesn't have it consistently to make us a better team which he used to be able to do.

If we got the 7 right, Miller would be outstanding more often. If we get the 6 right, Brough won't be any better than he is now because of his age.

Alas we probably have the half backs we can afford.

Theres a lot in that post PT and you've been a lot kinder to me than I expected.
As you say if you take the captaincy out of the plot the rest of your post makes sense.

Re: Further Injury Fears : Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:24 pm  

alegend wrote:

The worrying thing for me is when Mr Chester got H K R to Wembley he played a weak team in the final because there were about 7 players injured and also some of the players that played .Beging of next season a lot of those players were still injured ,after about 5 matches HKR got rid . Seems to be a coach who can go well , but when injurys come does seam short on idears to get them fit

Is it really down to Chester to get his players fit after injury. Is that not down to the physio and conditioning coach?

Re: Further Injury Fears : Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:31 pm  

Eastern Wildcat wrote:

Is it really down to Chester to get his players fit after injury. Is that not down to the physio and conditioning coach?

Or nature.

Re: Further Injury Fears : Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:53 pm  

Regarding Miller...

How much has his in and out form been down to the injuries around him? Go back the season before last the three players outside him were all named in the dream team...last season we missed those three on and off for just about the whole season...I reckoned it up last season and got it to near on 20 different players had played across those three left edge positions.

I don’t think it was any coincidence that Sunday was his best showing for a long time with quality outside him. If the likes of Ashurst, Johnstone and Tupou/Arundel stay injury free and play most weeks I think you’ll see a different Miller.

The other huge issue surrounding injuries is making sure all players are 100% fit...if not wait until they are...looking at Fifita, Green etc it seems like we have learnt from last season. Also don’t think there’s anything wrong with a bit of rotation to keep players fresh...this...you can’t change a winning team is nonsense to me these days...it’s a squad game and squads should be used in the right way and that can also reduce the number of injuries too..

Re: Further Injury Fears : Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:51 pm  

From what I saw of Miller as Captain against Wires,seemed to be barking. orders out all the time

Re: Further Injury Fears : Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:56 pm  

alegend wrote:

From what I saw of Miller as Captain against Wires,seemed to be barking. orders out all the time

He was indeed, especially when the wire were on our line.