Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:26 pm  

Thought Reece did very well against junior sau and nullified one of Salford’s biggest threats.

Just wish we would get in the faces of the opposition playmakers more instead of letting them run across the defensive line without a hand laid on them. That’s where the gaps were created when Salford opened us up.

Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:45 pm  

The Dreadnought wrote:

After rewatching the game, thought that England was the best forward on the pitch. Obviously Pauli needs time to settle & I think he will once he has gained fitness and the ground gets harder. Thought Rocky sped the game up when he came on too.

I thought England ran Grix very close for the mom, both him and Fifita played very well despite both being penalised for dodgy decisions.

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Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:48 pm  

We have to get over this TJ blind worship.
He's allowed to make a mistake and still be a great winger.
For me this one was a mistake.
We were on our line. We had more players than they did out wide. Yet the ball was passed to a player stood outside TJ and he couldn't recover.
I still like him. I still think he'll play for England. He wasn't the only one at fault.
No need for the public outcry at the mention of his name.

Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:56 pm  

PopTart wrote:

We have to get over this TJ blind worship.
He's allowed to make a misctake and still be a great winger.
For me this one was a mistake.
We were on our line. We had more players than they did out wide. Yet the ball was passed to a player stood outside TJ and he couldn't recover.
I still like him. I still think he'll play for England. He wasn't the only one at fault.
No need for the public outcry at the mention of his name.

Goes both ways, he was out of position but there are reasons for it, it doesn't suddenly make him a weak link opposition coaches will be targeting.

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Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:09 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Goes both ways, he was out of position but there are reasons for it, it doesn't suddenly make him a weak link opposition coaches will be targeting.

On that I agree. It'll be to our advantage if coaches target him. He is not the weak link in our team.

Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:40 pm  

Even though salford put up a fight I never felt like we were ever going to loose the game. England again was impressive last week with big Dave gave big minutes, sometimes he doesn’t get the praise he deserves, just goes about his business in a quiet manner,, our pack will only improve its huge and at minute the bigger you are the more oxygen you need to drive the muscle and weight mass but this sub zero conditions is hard to get that breath as warmer weather arrives our big pack will be even more devastating. Hampshire is class, his passing seems more deliberate crisper and at pace, he must be knocking at door for start in France, Competition for places is high, Grix’s was solid under the high ball
In poor conditions, so tuff 2 points earned, we learn and onto France

Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:09 pm  

Tricky2309 wrote:

Thought Reece did very well against junior sau and nullified one of Salford’s biggest threats.

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I thought the opposite. I thought S'au bottled Lyne up everytime he got the ball. Think Arundell deserves a shot soon, he's more instinctive and direct than Lyne.

Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:24 pm  

If Salford had converted their try,s Wakefield would be questioning the decision not to take the 2 point penalties under the poet's

Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:26 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

I thought the opposite. I thought S'au bottled Lyne up everytime he got the ball. Think Arundell deserves a shot soon, he's more instinctive and direct than Lyne.

And he knows he has a winger outside him.

Re: Up next Salford : Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:30 pm  

Lockers700 wrote:

Leeds were no way near being the best team last year but they found a way to win close games. We all know how close we came in several games last year which with a different result would have seen us top 2.

That should be the aim this season - find a way to win the close games. In seasons past we've more often than not been on the wrong end of the 14-16 results and the 10-12 results.