Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:40 am  

I think when you give a peno away under the sticks on the last tackle because your brain as gone AWOL like Carr or Watts (was it?) did, then you deserve to get beat.
And I wanted you to win.

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:35 am  

Stand-Offish wrote:

I think when you give a peno away under the sticks on the last tackle because your brain as gone AWOL like Carr or Watts (was it?) did, then you deserve to get beat.
And I wanted you to win.

from the quick reply in the stadium I thought Watts never moved and the Cas player deliberately left his leg in and 'tripped' over his arm. It's just like what soccer players do. Soft penalty to me amongst others but our discipline overall was poor.

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:19 am  

knockersbumpMKII wrote:

from the quick reply in the stadium I thought Watts never moved and the Cas player deliberately left his leg in and 'tripped' over his arm. It's just like what soccer players do. Soft penalty to me amongst others but our discipline overall was poor.

Watts made no attempt to move his arm, easy penalty for the ref to give.
As a Rovers fan it pains me to say it but I think you'll go well this year, plenty of size and strike power all over the field. IMO you need an attack coach bringing in though to help Radford out.

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:45 am  

Just think we have to sort out our right side defense one way or another.I think if we include the Rovers friendly it's about 8/9 tries down that side.In tight games like last night it could cost more points.

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:24 am  

Sebasteeno wrote:

Aimed especially at all the cocky folk who were giving it the big one! Were not Leeds, were not Wigan, were FC and weve achieved nothing for a long time so dont get carried away after two wins!

Tonight we was very average! Crooks got the better of Tuimavave, Pritchard was a rather fat looking pudding, Watts has gone to sleep again, Bowden dissapeared. Maybe just maybe Cas's lightweight pack for the future simply battered us?

Back down to earth now as i said we most easily could be on previosu crowing threads!And now Wigan next week! Lose against them and we dont exactly have a good record against them and were just an average SL side again. On tonights performance id say its 50-50

Well your wife will be pleased to see your sex drive back after two weeks of frustration ,and wht better stimulation for you than a fc loss.

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:30 am  

We're not going to win every game so maybe it's not so bad that we've lost one early to keep player and fans' expectations in check. At least it was an entertaining game unlike some of the bilge we saw last season plus I'd have been more worried if we'd been beaten out of sight or, even worse, played well and lost to a side likely to be around us somewhere in the league.

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:34 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

even worse, played well and lost to a side likely to be around us somewhere in the league.

Isn't that what happened, or don't you expect to be challenging towards the top end?

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:37 am  

Wizard crane wrote:

Well your wife will be pleased to see your sex drive back after two weeks of frustration ,and wht better stimulation for you than a fc loss.

Tit

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:41 am  

I reckon I'm one of Radfud's afore mentioned Keyboard warriors !

I never take a defeat well except one at the end of a long winning streak when it's clear a loss would help to break any complacency.

Last Season we beat Cas at home twice and last season we were awful.

The season before we drew at home and we were the worst in a long time.

The 2013 season we beat them 52-0 and we were absolute poop that season.

In 2012 we beat them home and away. You see the pattern ?

So roll on 2016 and the mighyt FC bristling with new Talent and Size. A loss at home to Cas for the first time since ...well ??

WHY ? Outcoached ? definitely !

Defence - conceded 45 points at home in 2 games and it's only Salford and a Cas side we always beat.
Last season 2015 we conceded 50 points in first 2 games at home.
The 2014 season, Radfud's first in charge we concede...you guessed it....50 points in first 2 home games.

A leopard never changes it's spots. Radfud has always been far too out of his depth for me.

We have a squad that's amazing this year and they will get us into the Top 8 for sure.

However we need a WORLD CLASS coach to make us a TOP 3 side and give us a match v Melbourne Storm in the WCC.

Also the stats say that wherever you are after 9 rounds is usually where you finish give or take just 1 place up or down. Check the tables and history as it's quite uncanny.

I've never been more convinced that the only missing ingredient is a coach as God bless Adam has totally sorted the rest.

We must beat Wigan. They are vunerable for sure.

Re: Wake up call : Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:45 am  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

Isn't that what happened, or don't you expect to be challenging towards the top end?

No, we didn't play well. We were miles off where we were against salford and les cats but still could have won. Our defence particularly was poor, giving you too many easy yards and too much space on the edges.