Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:51 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

Well i was overly optimistic. Better effort, defensively good for the most part but utterly dire with the ball. Another key injury picked up as well with Murphy going off. No points for two games is a very bad sign.

And to top it off Leigh have won with a last minute try. Ultimately a bad night.

Leigh are scoring points which always bodes well. Teams know they score one or two tries against us and its jobs done. We have no game plan or game breakers despite the improvement in effort.

Huddersfield were pretty ordinary too to be fair and for them I would be concerned that they only managed the one.

Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:52 pm  

Willzay wrote:

Applegarth is not good enough.

Never was. He was a cheaper version of Poching who was in turn a cheaper version of Chester.

He learned the craft from previous failures, and we're all scratching our heads about why he's also failing

Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:53 pm  

Willzay wrote:

Applegarth is not good enough.

Far too early to tell, but he's not been given a fair chance with what he has to play with compared to the other 11 coaches.

Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:53 pm  

Willzay wrote:

Applegarth is not good enough.

Give the kid a break, carter is the villain for not giving him anything to coach, no one out there could get a de ent team from that squad

Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:54 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

And to top it off Leigh have won with a last minute try. Ultimately a bad night.

I called it last week. We'll be looking at the Leigh result all season. Although there's nothing to suggest it'll be Leigh we're in competition with to avoid the bottom spot.

Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:54 pm  

Willzay wrote:

Applegarth is not good enough.

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Tbf its the quality of players he has more than anything...........especially at the minute playing without Jowitt, Lyne, Tanginoa and now Murphy/. There is no creativity, flair ...we are in big trouble!

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Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:55 pm  

I don't think they were ordinary. I think we defended them out.
Attack needs some work but going from a 60-0 to a game in the balance where the likely top 4 team struggled to score is a good step on for me.

Let's build on that.

Kay was outstanding in his new role.

Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:56 pm  

Prince Buster wrote:

Give the kid a break, carter is the villain for not giving him anything to coach, no one out there could get a de ent team from that squad

He's not a kid, he's an adult who has spent most of his 20 years as an adult involved with rugby league in one for or another. If he didn't think he was good enough, or didn't think the squad would be, he should never have accepted the job.

Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:01 pm  

Willzay wrote:

Applegarth is not good enough.

As dire as we sounded with ball in hand, I’m still not laying the blame at Applegarths door just yet.

Did he give both Lino and Gaskell 3 year deals, no.

Shame we were so poor with ball in hand, we muscled up well in defence.

Not many games are lost by only conceding one try, but then again, not many sides fail to score a try in about three hours of play. We have done both.

Get the attacking part right, and we might get somewhere.

Re: Huddersfield next : Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:01 pm  

Prince Buster wrote:

Thought Kershaw was good and to me he looks like our best winger at the moment. Kaye did a good job at fullback and i hope he stays there till max is fit. Gaskell is a waste of space and whilst ever he is our 6 i doubt we will win a game. Going into a season without a stand off is rank stupidity by the club.

Can’t argue with any of that. The squad looks criminally unbalanced to me and short of numbers in key areas.