Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:53 pm  

Horo had a real Horror that's for sure. Other than that I think the rest can hold their heads up. Hampshire was an ideal sub to have on the bench. I'm sure watching a re run will be a lot more enjoyable than the live event.
Where's our Faux aussie tonight.

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:07 pm  

A minute or so earlier Horo had taken a belt around the head, stayed down or at least was really slow to play the ball, but got nothing from the ref, dunno who it was, probably Bird if I had to wild guess, but it was worth staying down for.
Soon after was the tackle on Garcia, which on the replay didn't look like much but he stayed down and made a bit of a fuss.
I imagine Horo was a little frustrated and ended up being on the end of a penalty for the Garcia thing, so...yeah, he needs a bit of coaching on control cos these things are gonna happen and we don't want him blowing a gasket and seeing cards....shades of catalan.
I don't think there was anything in the Garcia tackle, Horo made it look worse than it actually was and Garcia made a meal of it but it ain't gonna take a lot more to end up in the dugout for 10, or worse.

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:09 pm  

Excellent performance considering Catalans brought their A game and we played almost all game without a recognised number 9.

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:18 pm  

Apart from that, I dunno, there's definitely a lot to be positive about, I think I'm coming around to the idea that we know how to give ourselves a chance in tight games this season which we didn't previously.
The reason the games are tight in the first place is another thing altogether, I kinda feel like the first team we come up against to put a decent 80 mins together, is gonna beat us, but...well, that's 3 from 3 with 2 tight ones, maybe that's the way its gonna be for a few games yet..

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:34 pm  

MashPotatoes wrote:

Rabbit in the headlights against Salford, knock on when should have scored. A couple of handling errors tonight. I’m not knocking the guy, everyone makes errors, he’s come back off a long injury, looks like a solid unit and will probably be good for us. Horo is the concerning one.

What handling errors errors? One maybe.
As for the Salford comment your entitled to your opinion I suppose even if it is totally wrong.

Let's be honest though you are knocking the bloke.

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:43 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

20-18 Catalans I believe.

Correct, our Ollie got a bad knock in 30th minute and failed HIA, was having a great game too, just how it goes sometimes. Ref did everything to make sure Les Cats won, like let them play out 3 plays in a set whilst my lad lay on the floor with 3 medics round him, then stopped the game after they'd run down the side he would have been defending, also happened twice in the SL game

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:17 pm  

Hope your son is ok.

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:24 pm  

Yeah, Horo had a stinker but imo he's played well up to this point. Like someone said it may be a case of trying to hard against the team he's just left. Fifita had a very good game, Tupou was excellent as usual, along with Johnstone and Hampshire had an impressive game again.

What can you say, 3 from 3 without really hitting top form, I'll take that. Even though we lost Wood so some reshuffling had to be done, it was a better performance than against Salford. At this part of the season, it's all about trying to win as many games as you can, while hopefully not taking too many injuries and then gradually improving as the season goes on. Leeds have been doing it for years.

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:26 pm  

great gusty win!! 3 from 3 can not complain....Defense was a highlight.

thinks to work on though our attack -is just going through the motions and again after scoring points we made errors the next set I think 4 times!!

fifta went well!! toupu was the most dangerous on the pitch,horo as I have said before

Re: Next up Catalans : Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:37 pm  

2 points down there is a result. Take that every time.

Plenty to come from Trinity