Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:30 am  

TBF the op said "not 4th". He could mean let's get 3rd or even 2nd since there is a small chance of doing so.

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:35 am  

I'd love another crack at Cas in the semi final! I bet the players would as well.

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:50 am  

Come off it guys.

Imagine not only getting to your first Grand Final, but knocking out cocky cas in the process.

Get a few bodies back and they might lose a couple ( they've literally no injuries at the minute).

Raining end of September night and they might come unstuck if their passes don't stick.

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:52 am  

We shouldn't feel too bad. We gave them a good run for their money last night in spite of the end score. If we hadn't picked Caton-brown in the centre I think you could knock at least 12 points off their score and add 6 to ours for the try his wing pace would have brought. Our coaches have been fantastic and I am not turning on them at all but I think that needs to be a hands up chaps we got that one wrong. Nobody is perfect. Get selection right in a replay and we could have a good night if we get 4 th

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:00 am  

I'm glad I can't be ar$ed working out all the possible perms and torturing myself over the various potentialities; it's the play-offs, so we win where we can and play whomever we have to play, and finish as high as possible - simple!

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:33 am  

I don't want us the finish 4th because I cannot get to, or be near a TV, for what would be a Thursday night game. Can we please, therefore, finish 2nd or 3rd so that I can get to the Friday night game?!!

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:40 am  

NSW wrote:

Come off it guys.

Imagine not only getting to your first Grand Final, but knocking out cocky cas in the process.

Get a few bodies back and they might lose a couple ( they've literally no injuries at the minute).

Raining end of September night and they might come unstuck if their passes don't stick.

Make no mistake about it we can play in the rain as well. That was a concern of mine as well but we've ground so many teams down in the pouring rain this season.

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:45 am  

Come on now, for 50 minutes we were well in the game. The first 10 minutes of the second half we were the better team!

We score a try and I always say the first set after scoring points is vital - Huby forces the offload and knocks on, Williams gives away a silly penalty on the last tackle and they score off the next set, from there we kick out on the full and again they score.

There are lots of positives to take from the game and we are still well in contention for 4th spot. Last night wasn't a must win game however the next 2 against Salford & Saints we really do need to get the results.

I'd love nothing more to go back to Cas in a semi final - They aren't playing as well as earlier in the year so if we cut out the mistakes we have a good chance of getting a result.

Final point - MCB was targeted last night, im sure someone else has answered the question but it seemed strange playing him at centre with BT on the wing.

Anyway a week off to get some bodies back and fit Randall in, re-group and go again at Salford!!

UP THE TRIN!!

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:49 am  

am I the only person that thinks if we get to the semi final we could win it, never turn away from a battle

Re: Not 4th : Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:49 am  

wakefield1990 wrote:

Last night wasn't a must win game however the next 2 against Salford & Saints we really do need to get the results.

Win the next two and we might be more or less in the top four!