Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:24 am  

The sun is out and a win under our belt, what more do we need.

Enjoyed yesterdays game, a lot.

Two commited and skilfull teams - crap ref for both tbf.

Hampshire - far better suited to FB at the moment, no desire to see him at HB - must be one of the best ball handlers in SL with a couple of astonishing catches under pressure.

BJB and Lyne, not much in attack but a great defensive effort.

Bad luck Bill you were let down by the ref and the linesman, Arundal getting better.

Brough and Miller, again not that much in attack but game management top notch.

S/R usually our best feature but not as good IMO this time with the exception of PP who had his best game this year in what looked like a license to roam.

This lad King, what a find, really hard working and direct. Good stint from all the front rowers tbh. Fifita though clearly the star and I'll say it again THE BEST PROP IN SL end of.

Finally Woody, just a little dynamo, would imho be the biggest loss if injured as he just gets us moving as does Dave.

TJ huge loss but ignoring the nonesence of our resident expert from Cheshire is it possible that these injuries can vary in severity and healing time? I ask more out of hope and because I'm not an expert. Also my lad who has also suffered the same injury seemed amazed as to just how mobile Tom looked at half time so for those who hope for the best and don't revel in others misfortunes fingers crossed that he is on the quickest possible road to recovery.

All in all I'm happy at where we are, all done with very little luck on our side so far - our turn will hopefully come.

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:43 am  

Yes, a great day was had by all at Belle Vue and nice to see us in 4th spot. Lots of positives to take from the game although my heart was racing a bit with 15 minutes to go as their tails were up after 2 quick scores.
King was my stand out player of the day, I thought he played a blinder. I had such doubts about Broughy re joining us but I am so pleased to have been proved wrong, that kick for Miller was just pure class.

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:49 am  

vastman wrote:

The sun is out and a win under our belt, what more do we need.

Enjoyed yesterdays game, a lot.

Two commited and skilfull teams - crap ref for both tbf.

Hampshire - far better suited to FB at the moment, no desire to see him at HB - must be one of the best ball handlers in SL with a couple of astonishing catches under pressure.

BJB and Lyne, not much in attack but a great defensive effort.

Bad luck Bill you were let down by the ref and the linesman, Arundal getting better.

Brough and Miller, again not that much in attack but game management top notch.

S/R usually our best feature but not as good IMO this time with the exception of PP who had his best game this year in what looked like a license to roam.

This lad King, what a find, really hard working and direct. Good stint from all the front rowers tbh. Fifita though clearly the star and I'll say it again THE BEST PROP IN SL end of.

Finally Woody, just a little dynamo, would imho be the biggest loss if injured as he just gets us moving as does Dave.

TJ huge loss but ignoring the nonesence of our resident expert from Cheshire is it possible that these injuries can vary in severity and healing time? I ask more out of hope and because I'm not an expert. Also my lad who has also suffered the same injury seemed amazed as to just how mobile Tom looked at half time so for those who hope for the best and don't revel in others misfortunes fingers crossed that he is on the quickest possible road to recovery.

All in all I'm happy at where we are, all done with very little luck on our side so far - our turn will hopefully come.

That's a fair summation Vasty. I'll just add Arona who was his usual solid reliable self and JC who again put some big hits in and growing in confidence!

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:10 am  

Trinity1315 wrote:

That's a fair summation Vasty. I'll just add Arona who was his usual solid reliable self and JC who again put some big hits in and growing in confidence!

Fair point, never quite sure whether Arona is propping or what so tend to include him in the FR. Crowther put in some great tackles so yes hats off.

Whats up with Batchelor, anyone know?

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:19 am  

The only bad moments about yesterday were Bill limping off and the worrying time when reece looked to be badly injured but eventually seemed OK.


As far as I am aware there is only kirmo to come back next week so what we now have in reserve is running pretty low.

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:23 am  

vastman wrote:

Whats up with Batchelor, anyone know?

Yes injured, at the time it was announced as a 10 week injury. so would estimate another 5 or 6 weeks to go.

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:30 am  

vastman wrote:

The sun is out and a win under our belt, what more do we need.

Enjoyed yesterdays game, a lot.

Two commited and skilfull teams - crap ref for both tbf.

Hampshire - far better suited to FB at the moment, no desire to see him at HB - must be one of the best ball handlers in SL with a couple of astonishing catches under pressure.

BJB and Lyne, not much in attack but a great defensive effort.

Bad luck Bill you were let down by the ref and the linesman, Arundal getting better.

Brough and Miller, again not that much in attack but game management top notch.

S/R usually our best feature but not as good IMO this time with the exception of PP who had his best game this year in what looked like a license to roam.

This lad King, what a find, really hard working and direct. Good stint from all the front rowers tbh. Fifita though clearly the star and I'll say it again THE BEST PROP IN SL end of.

Finally Woody, just a little dynamo, would imho be the biggest loss if injured as he just gets us moving as does Dave.

TJ huge loss but ignoring the nonesence of our resident expert from Cheshire is it possible that these injuries can vary in severity and healing time? I ask more out of hope and because I'm not an expert. Also my lad who has also suffered the same injury seemed amazed as to just how mobile Tom looked at half time so for those who hope for the best and don't revel in others misfortunes fingers crossed that he is on the quickest possible road to recovery.

All in all I'm happy at where we are, all done with very little luck on our side so far - our turn will hopefully come.

Its time for you to grow up vastmam! Or get a life.

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:54 am  

cheshirecat57 wrote:

Its time for you to grow up vastmam! Or get a life.

Deary me, how sad are you - do you have to derail every thread? This one was for the grown ups.

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:58 am  

Prince Buster wrote:

The only bad moments about yesterday were Bill limping off and the worrying time when reece looked to be badly injured but eventually seemed OK.


As far as I am aware there is only kirmo to come back next week so what we now have in reserve is running pretty low.

We have Anakin as well, I'm more worried about the backs though we still have options. As ever in these positions players will need to step up.

Re: Lovely morning.... : Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:15 am  

For me our game management has mostly been average at best this season, yesterday there were signs of improvement. We got silly towards end of first half which resulted in turning over cheap possession or poor last tackle plays. As Vasty says Salford are no mugs and they fought there way back in. Last 15 minutes was I think best game management from us this season, we took the two, followed up with a drop goal which deprived Salford of the ball, stopped their momentum , ran the clock down and gave us a good degree of control. Our last tackle plays were excellent in this period.
My concern is still the insistence of playing PP out wide, especially in defense . A man his size cannot be expected to tackle faster, agile backs in one on one situations. I like PP defending in the middle against the big boys running straight at him, he is our worst tackler so needs to be protected as much as possible. In attack I love to see him one off Brough or Hampshshie , like his try yesterday, a little delayed soft pass from Brough 5 yards from the line and PP is unstopable. Onwards and upwards