Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:04 am  

Just been looking at the league tables again (just to convince myself i've not been dreaming) and notice we now have the second highest points for in the league behind St Helens. Just shows what a threat we have been all year. Just needed a bit better defence and we'd have been in the top 4.

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:02 am  

Is it 9 games we've lost by 6 or less this season?

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:08 am  

Yes something like that and to me the problem is not so much defence otherwise we would not keep scores so close.
Basic game management and nounce has been the problem. I also feel not taking two points as cost us on more than one occasion.

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:19 am  

That needs to be a target until the end of the season keep positive points difference. Mind you finish 5th and a good crack on the top 4 would be fun.

Up the Trin

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:20 am  

King Street Cat wrote:

Is it 9 games we've lost by 6 or less this season?

6 games by 1 score or less

Lost by more than 24 - 1 game
Lost by 13-24 points - 2 games
Lost by 7-12 points - 2 games
Lost by 1-6 points - 6 games
Drawn - 1 game
Won by 1-6 - 3 games
Won by 7-12 - 0 games
Won by 13-24 - 5 games
Won by more than 24 - 2 games

Scored 1-10 points - 3 games
Scored 11-20 points - 6 games
Scored 21-30 points - 9 games
Scored 31-40 points - 1 game
Scored 40+ points - 3 games

Conceded 1-10 points - 4 games
Conceded 11-20 points - 7 games
Conceded 21-30 points - 6 games
Conceded 31-40 points - 5 games
Conceded 40+ points - 0 games

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 10:24 am  

King Street Cat wrote:

Is it 9 games we've lost by 6 or less this season?

Wakey v Cas 6-11
FC v Wakey 27-26
Wakey v Shudds22-25 mm
Wakey v Wire 30-32
Saints v Wakey34-30
Wakey v Leeds 26-28

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 10:46 am  

Yeah but Shudds are on -214 and are level on 21 points with us

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 10:50 am  

Conceded 40+ points - 0 games

That's what I'm most impressed with.

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:26 am  

Prince Buster wrote:

Yes something like that and to me the problem is not so much defence otherwise we would not keep scores so close.
Basic game management and nounce has been the problem. I also feel not taking two points as cost us on more than one occasion.

Dropping Jowitt and moving Hampshire to FB, to accommodate Finn seems to have been our biggest problem.

Ultimately a tight defence will help win games but, it's all about scoring more than the opposition, not just restricting them.

As others have posted, we've had so many tight defeats (and the odd narrow victory but, it matters not as those games have gone.
Lets hope we can get another "W" at Huddersfield on Friday and that Cas lose, although I dont honestly see Widnes beating anyone at the moment

Re: Points for : Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:33 am  

King Street Cat wrote:

Is it 9 games we've lost by 6 or less this season?

Was delighted they went straight for the kicking tee yesterday early on at 0-0. Turn out we had another 70 up our sleeves but taking those two points in a game that on paper may have been close showed lessons have been learned