Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 12:26 pm  

Whilst I always thought Toulouse at home was going to be an important game it’s now pretty clear that this game is now a must win. Toulouse have capitulated against all the teams they’ve played so far but a win at Belle Vue could give them a realistic chance of avoiding the drop.

Presumably in addition to the long term absentees we will also be without miller possibly Jowitt. Apart from lynne are any of the other outside backs likely to return ?

After last night am genuinely concerned about this game - you’d think we could beat them in the forwards but our wide defence looked like what it was yesterday -

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:12 pm  

If only we didn’t sign an injury prone backup to Miller and Jowitt and kept the backup that actually was able to stay fit more than a few games.

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:58 pm  

Not quite a relegation decider but, certainly a game that we will want to and need to win.
A home fixture, against a club who we would expect to finish in the lower half of the league needs to be 2 points for us.

To be fair, Toulouse will be the first club we have faced who you would realistically expect to finish in the bottom half of the table and therefore, it's a game that we need to be winning.
I know that Hull FC and probably Leeds will likely be mid table, rather than GF contenders but, Toulouse, along with Salford, KR and Cas, maybe Huddersfield will probably be making up the 6-12 positions and home games (with some away fixtures).
against these clubs need to be victories

Hopefully, we have Lyne and Hall back in the centres and Walker is certainly worthy of a spot in the halves, which wil boost our forward options, with Batch and Pitts able to revert to their usual positions.

[PopTart]

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 2:27 pm  

Blah blah doom, blah blah gloom.
It's game 5. It isn't a decider. It's just important.

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 3:04 pm  

For confidence it is a decider, how do you think people and the players would react to a loss at home to a team who have more on field problems than us.
I know you are a true optimist but must have some concerns.

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 3:23 pm  

Well a loss will probably affect the gates for the rest of the season.
Trinity need to win this game for their own confidence.
Also to help things along some kind of insentives for people to attend would be appreciated, otherwise we could have the lowest gate for years.

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 3:26 pm  

I think it’s an important game in order for us to get that winning feeling again. Prior to Leeds it was 3 games in which we played really well but come away with nothing. We can’t base the start of our season so far on the first half against Leeds, even though it was terrible, we know we are much better than that. It’s simple, play like we did against st’s and Catalan we get the 2 points, play like we did first half against Leeds and they will beat us. I’m confident we’ll come away with 2 points.

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 3:50 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Blah blah doom, blah blah gloom.
It's game 5. It isn't a decider. It's just important.

Really ? Blah blah hear no evil see no evil so tell me oh omnipotent one of we lose to Toulouse at home tell me who we would fancy beating ?

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:13 pm  

It’s not a relegation game - yet, but for lots of reasons it’s very important we win and I think we will based on the second half of last night’s game!

Re: Relegation Decider : Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:14 pm  

Willzay wrote:

If only we didn’t sign an injury prone backup to Miller and Jowitt and kept the backup that actually was able to stay fit more than a few games.

Give it a rest, you really are a pub bore.