Re: Tonights match. : Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:31 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

We have had a great start, but we laboured to a win against a dreadful Castleford side last night. Our attack was poor and we looked void of ideas without Brough. Any top side would have ripped us both apart last night.

correct evenly balanced game

Re: Tonights match. : Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:40 pm  

MUTLEY CAT wrote:

right then brough has gone .... Wakefield trinity RIP

I don't believe any player is bigger than the club, but we've lost, in my opinion, the best half back in Super League who was our main attacking force, someone who gave us something a little bit different. Now he's gone, we've lost that and have no ready made replacement, which I think makes us look predictable. I'm not saying the club will go under by any means, but the reality is we are not as good without him as we were with him. I trust John Kear to find us an adequate replacement in time, but until then I'm worried that we have no-one who can open teams up with a flash of genius. Just my opinion though.

Re: Tonights match. : Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:50 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

I don't believe any player is bigger than the club, but we've lost, in my opinion, the best half back in Super League who was our main attacking force, someone who gave us something a little bit different. Now he's gone, we've lost that and have no ready made replacement, which I think makes us look predictable. I'm not saying the club will go under by any means, but the reality is we are not as good without him as we were with him. I trust John Kear to find us an adequate replacement in time, but until then I'm worried that we have no-one who can open teams up with a flash of genius. Just my opinion though.

I don't have a problem with that and agree up to a point, but Cooke offers something different and will play off the cuff so all is not lost, needs BJ back to his best and Sam to push them both. Team effort needed.

Re: Tonights match. : Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:51 pm  

I'm not a Cooke fan and never have been. He's a good goal kicker and throws a nice pass, but i think we need someone who does more than just move the ball on. That said, I didn't want Jefferies back and I thought he was tremendous before his injury. I hope I'm wrong with Cooke, but from what I saw last night, I wasn't too impressed. But only time will tell.

On a positive note, I thought Blanch was superb, Morton looked safer than ever and Murphy is looking stronger every week. I just think we need to find him a settled position now.

Re: Tonights match. : Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:48 pm  

the big test will be on Monday...

from a distance it seems that JK has changed the style of play of the team to compensate for the lack of creative spark.... both the Salford and Cas games were comfortable wins but both were ground out, stifling and choking the opposition into submission... Warrington (and Hudersfield for that matter) were too good for that to happen.

We wont be able to do that against Wigan.. so we will need to find another way to win the game.... should be interesting to see if that is possible without Brough's influence.... or a suitable replacement (fwiw, I felt Cookes' signing would compliment Brough sublimely... he is not a replacement and I think its a shame we were denied the opportunity to see them in harness)

Re: Tonights match. : Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:33 pm  

Struggling to understand the criticism from the other night?

It was as comfortable a victory as I can remember against Cas at home, at no point throughout the 2nd half did I ever feel we wouldn't win the game. We adapted to the conditions and our completion was excellent as it needed to be in such greasy conditions.

We totally dominated them all throughout the 2nd half and they defended resolutely as you'd expect in a derby game.

It would be ignorant to suggest that Brough wouldn't be a loss but we still have enough gamebreakers on the park to be able to cope with the loss. Cooke is a quality player and once he gets more settled in will show his worth IMO. Millard could be a key beneficiary from that if he can strike up a similar understanding as Kirk Yeaman did when Cooke was at Hull, Millard has already shown in glimpses his finishing ability and Cooke will give him plenty of ammunition to work with.

Jeffries too before his injury was playing superb and he made another lovely break the other night.

Obst kicked his 3rd 40/20 of the season against Cas and as good a kicker as Brough is did he ever kick 3 in a season, never mind 3 in a 3rd of the season??

Re: Tonights match. : Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:58 am  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

I don't believe any player is bigger than the club, but we've lost, in my opinion, the best half back in Super League who was our main attacking force, someone who gave us something a little bit different. Now he's gone, we've lost that and have no ready made replacement, which I think makes us look predictable. I'm not saying the club will go under by any means, but the reality is we are not as good without him as we were with him. I trust John Kear to find us an adequate replacement in time, but until then I'm worried that we have no-one who can open teams up with a flash of genius. Just my opinion though.

On his day Danny Brough is a class act but he has more off days than on thats how i see it Huddersfield have a good team Brough may just give them a CC or GF win this season Leeds and Sts are not the force they were
If Tronc goes i would hope to see us sign a quality centre or a scrum half could do with both but if the money is not there its not there is it

Re: Tonights match. : Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:45 am  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

I don't believe any player is bigger than the club, but we've lost, in my opinion, the best half back in Super League who was our main attacking force, someone who gave us something a little bit different. Now he's gone, we've lost that and have no ready made replacement, .

if by your own admission hes the best SH in SL then how the hell can we find an adequate replacement ?, its not rocket science really is it? you can hide your ip but your comments say lots about you.

Re: Tonights match. : Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:51 am  

What does IP have anything to do with his views? I think DB was the best SH in SL one week but the next possibly the worst!

Re: Tonights match. : Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:52 am  

WF4 wrote:

What does IP have anything to do with his views? I think DB was the best SH in SL one week but the next possibly the worst!

quite a lot in some cases