Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:28 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Well when the new signings were playing we were doing OK. Now none of them playing we looked all over the place.

Ultimately today we had two second rows in centre, a hooker at stand off and Lino didn't look ready.
Tanginoa didn't look fit either.

No they wearnt your right but this was somthing said about the signings been injury prone and not been on pitch that much but as said before we have a small budget and whis knows if there was better value elsewhere.secondley how are we doing ok we lost 4 out of 4 not even led a game at any point and the corresponding fixtures we won 2 of those 4.

I said at start of season id take 11th and thats still my thought hopefully we can then start to build a better squad with again hopefully the ground improvements and new pitch bringing in some much needed revenue cos no matter what i say about the signings i think MC is still doing a great job financially.

On a positive note thought dave looked good as did kay tonight and the whole team looked fitter think 12 months ago that could of been 60.

Feel for young murphy had a shocker but he will learn from it and only become a better player for it

[PopTart]

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:29 pm  

cheshirecat57 wrote:

And no room for Rocky

When he faces us he'll make us pay.......oh wait....

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:29 pm  

Worrying performance against a side who ultimately didn't even have to do anythign special to get a 30 point first half lead. Not helped by injuries and forced changes but still that team across the board had a tonne of super league experience and NRL games. It wasn't acceptable first half. The middles were lazy in their work defensively, the halves looked like they coudln't pass, the distribution was so slow and unacceptably the basics like line speed and contact just weren't there. I've got sympathy that the centres weren't actual centres but the problems stemmed from the structures not from the personnel. Basic errors also. Somehow we ended up actually benefitting from the penalty count but the damage was already done. Second half was irrelevant really. Leeds looked like they were in first gear second half. Bit worried off that. Add to this it was a local derby on your home turf and your players never strung a set together where they really turned the screw defensively... They were either knackered (no idea why four games in) or effort levels weren't what they should be.

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:33 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

I would suggest you never go into coaching albeit you spotted the deficiency out wide, unfortunately Leeds did. It was obvious that Batchelor was running on empty having to play at centre.
I will be interested to see Tanginoa tackling statistics because he appeared to be taking on the Leeds middle along with Fifita, with not a lot getting through.

Why? We haven't smahsed a team up the middle for as long as I can remember. Even under Agar our strengths was our creativity of the half backs and the distributions to the edges. Same with the first seasons of Chester. We've never "smashed" anyone up the middle for the last 8 seasons.

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:34 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

To be honest two of the three early signings had problems with injuries plus we knew that even when the season started we would still have three players recovering from injury.
We thought prop would be a problem which it is but currently we are not able to fill this deficiency in any other department.

One of Chester's new signings played 65 minutes still out injured for last 3 matches and no sign of him coming back .The other two played first two now out till who knows when .W P has been dealt a bad hand signing wise .We have a weaker squad at present with the injured players ,than we ended up with at the end of last season and were only 4 games in.Think it's the first time I have been to a match and seen two forwards playing at Centre in a match .

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:36 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Well when the new signings were playing we were doing OK. Now none of them playing we looked all over the place.

Ultimately today we had two second rows in centre, a hooker at stand off and Lino didn't look ready.
Tanginoa didn't look fit either.

Wrong again Whitbread played one day you'l get something right

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:38 pm  

I was fairly upbeat after our first 3 defeats as I knew the effort was there 100% of the time throughout all 3 games. That first half against Leeds was atrocious regardless of our centres etc. Really important game next week. Guessing Miller won’t be playing.

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:40 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

The one big positive is that despite several hard hits Johnson showed no obvious signs of any problems.

I take it you mean Johnstone ??

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:41 pm  

Pat Bateman wrote:

I was fairly upbeat after our first 3 defeats as I knew the effort was there 100% of the time throughout all 3 games. That first half against Leeds was atrocious regardless of our centres etc. Really important game next week. Guessing Miller won’t be playing.

No guessing about it mate out for 11 days according to sky
Then again theres a lad called walker whos quite handy.

Re: Whino's up next : Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:43 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

On recruitment, if he becomes available we should do all we can to bring Andrew Fifita over.
I don’t rate Batty at all and while I understand the constraints of the budget we bought the Batty we saw at London and got something more akin to his Aunty Nora.

Yusuf still needs time, he’s young and doing great but we need to use him sparingly in selected matches or we risk knocking him backwards

Tanginoa is a back rower, I know some love to say he’s a good prop and he is but he sees himself as a back rower where he made the SL Dream Team. So when he’s consistently picked at prop it’s no wonder he’s disillusioned with his life at Trinity.

Whitbread is another who’s still young, still settling in and also on the other side of the world at the relatively young age of 23.

Aroma has always done a job wherever he’s selected but after 8 years I think we’ve seen enough to know that he’s a better 13 than he is an 8 or 10.

So back to Andrew Fifita, if he’s available and we can muster up the money then I think he’d be a huge lift for the team and the club

Do we actually have a quota spot free ??