Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:06 pm  

Egg Banjo wrote:

I don't think the season is back on track just yet, the next 4 games are going to show where we're going this season. They're all games we should be winning if we stand any chance of making the top 5

careful, you're getting in to "must win" territory with that rhetoric

and only 2 games in

Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:11 pm  

Losing Huby was a great loss for us. I thought he was playing one of his best games for us up to half time.
Saints were much more slick and speedy in attack at the play the ball, and making more ground than us at each tackle, Although they were playing an off side game throughout the whole 80mins. The down side of our game was all the time that we were camped inside their 20metres following Broughies 40/20 with nothing to show for it. For about 5mins we looked as though we hadn't a clue what to do next and players were just stood still when they received the ball. Having said that we did recover well, and were unlucky to lose.
Unfortunately, I think we won't quite reach the level of success this season as we have for the last two.

Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:19 pm  

Roby was a big thorn in our side today. Very speedy from the acting half back position. This guy gets better as he gets older.

Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 7:38 pm  

Thought it was a good game and we matched them well.
The only difference was that Saints were more clinical inside our 20, wheras we struggled with the plays despite the repeat sets.
I do think we will win more than we lose if we play like that.
Well done to the players for the vast improvement on last weeks showing.

Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:21 pm  

Is there a case for moving Hampshire to 9. He has got a good side step and fast off the mark These seem wasted at full back. Roby tore us apart with his movement off the mark, and we seemed short of ideas at play the ball. Jowitt at full back might go some way to helping edge defence [Not having a go at Hampshire] which is very bad and some thing that would not be happening if John Kear was in still in the background

Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:02 pm  

alegend wrote:

Is there a case for moving Hampshire to 9. He has got a good side step and fast off the mark These seem wasted at full back. Roby tore us apart with his movement off the mark, and we seemed short of ideas at play the ball. Jowitt at full back might go some way to helping edge defence [Not having a go at Hampshire] which is very bad and some thing that would not be happening if John Kear was in still in the background

We got done on the outside when Kear was in charge also. I remember Ainscough scoring exactly the same try four times with Blanch floundering in field.

Today both Johnstone and Jones-Bishop were defending the centre position as the whole team bunched up leaving the wings wide open.

Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:36 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

We got done on the outside when Kear was in charge also. I remember Ainscough scoring exactly the same try four times with Blanch floundering in field.

Today both Johnstone and Jones-Bishop were defending the centre position as the whole team bunched up leaving the wings wide open.

Never seems to get sorted does it.
Wingers have been slated at BV for years, but if the second rower and centre didn't leave the winger exposed then it wouldn't happen. The problem therefore is not in the wings but in the middle because players feel they have to move inside to help out.
Apart from that I took heart from todays performance - I though we were worth a point .

Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:40 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

We got done on the outside when Kear was in charge also. I remember Ainscough scoring exactly the same try four times with Blanch floundering in field.

Today both Johnstone and Jones-Bishop were defending the centre position as the whole team bunched up leaving the wings wide open.

I once remember a try being scored on Blanch's wing, and he was half way between the corner flag and the posts when the ball was grounded!

Wing defence was poor today. Think it was their second try, you could see it coming as soon as the ball was played. BJB was so far off his wing, that he had no option other than to watch Makinson stroll in.

Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:49 pm  

is it horo who cant even pick his legs up for the final try and is slow as a wet week...


Guys we had enough ball inside the ops 20 to win 10 games and we didn't t have a clue at ALL!!!!!! radio announcer was even sayin it , same as last year - saints scored nearly every time they had a full set at us attacking.

both the wingers defense is awful.

positive is we are not last- you would have ben happy with today if we won last week but we got thrashed so today means nothing in my eyes....





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Re: Next up - Saints : Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:18 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

We got done on the outside when Kear was in charge also. I remember Ainscough scoring exactly the same try four times with Blanch floundering in field.

Today both Johnstone and Jones-Bishop were defending the centre position as the whole team bunched up leaving the wings wide open.

When Ainscough was scoring those tries, think it was before the obstruction rule was introduced. Wigan had got it off to a fine art, to get their players into the opponents defence, making it impossible for the defence to move across at speed. Was talking about 2017.