Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:06 pm  

I meant "one game" in the sense that the world would have felt a better place had we won on Saturday, because of where we would have been, and it is possible to see the Catalan game in isolation, due to the sightseeing element. "One game", in the sense that we would have seen everything differently.

Now, it's a bit more backs-to-the-wall, and we'll see what the players are made of, and the second-half fightbacks this year have shown some of this. The disappointments have been the rather unfocused approaches to the first halves. We switch off too often. Look at London in the first game. Early lead, job done, switch off. Catalan? Lovely sunshine. Sightseeing tours. Switch off.

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:07 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

I disagree, we have won 2 of the last 9 league games with the only team beaten being Huddersfield. Deeper analysis shows that the performances are mixed between average and very poor.

The next 3 games don’t offer much of a chance of picking up league points and if the current form continues our points difference will suffer greatly.

Confidence is a huge asset while lack of it will destroy the best teams. If we go 2 from 12 which is likely and take a couple of heavy scores against us then confidence will be shot. That doesn’t leave us in a very good place for the run in to the seasons end.

My thoughts exactly.

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:27 pm  

Lets be honest if we hadn't had beaten huddersfield 3 times we would be bottom

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Tue Jul 09, 2019 1:28 pm  

either way were going to find out on friday what the squads intentions are whether they are going to fail or show some nads

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:11 pm  

cosmicat wrote:

Lets be honest if we hadn't had beaten huddersfield 3 times we would be bottom

Pointless discussing IF's though isn't it?

IF we'd beaten London twice then we'd be sitting pretty in the top 5


We've got more than enough quality to win enough of the remaining games to be free from relegation worries, just need the players to show it!!

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Tue Jul 09, 2019 4:30 pm  

cosmicat wrote:

Lets be honest if we hadn't had beaten huddersfield 3 times we would be bottom

And if London hadn't beaten us twice they'd be adrift. Was a stupid statement during commentary on Saturday and repeating it now doesn't make it any less so.

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:19 pm  

It's ringing...
Get real.time to go Chester

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:28 pm  

Sorry to say it and I'm not one for knee jerk reactions but he's right. Any other team In the league tonight would have beaten that cas team, they were so poor it was unreal and yet they thrash us. I'm fed up of paying money to watch a group of blokes that canr be bothered and look like they have never seen a coach in there life. Chester has to go. We are absolutely clueless in every department, even the seasoned pros all of a sudden look like amateurs... Chester needs to go for God sake JD has come out and said he would love to have a head coached role in SL we should move heaven and earth to get him over here right now, maybe just maybe he might save us from the drop

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:30 pm  

If it wasnt for egodos stupid errors we wouldn't have scored a point tonight. Chester has clung on to what Kear built for a season and half but it's time to get real now

Re: Demetriou on speed dial : Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:43 pm  

Think something is seriously wrong at the moment.

We have enough bodies in the squad now, and shouldn't be blaming injuries too much, other teams have thenm too.

Not one for bagging coaches, as they dont knock on and concede penalties, but I think sooner or later something has to give.

Maybe some of the players need the talk they had in 2015,do they or dont they want to play for the club, but like someone once said easier to move one on than several