: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:15 am  

WANDERER wrote:

before you begin to look even deeper we have two major issues;

PAPER THIN DEFENCE (Especially near our own try-line)

LACK OF CREATIVITY (90% of the time it's 5 drives and lets see if Handforth or maybe Weeden can do something).

That just about sums it all up for me gary.Not a big enough squad in regards creative players Handforth was injured early on but had to stay on,Cookey was on for the full 80 but its as plain as day that he needs someone to spell him cos his fitness is not there to create anything in the latter stages,saying that he seemed to be the only one working from the marker position.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:23 am  

Well having the kids on at half time certainly increased the crowd.
To those extra friends and parents that came .......what did they get?
Apart from watching the young lads?
Nowt.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:31 pm  

I'm no psychologist, but our body language is all wrong. We concede a try and our chins hit the floor. Why?

We lack a motivator on the field, who will encourage players and administer kicks up the backside when needed.

We make the hard yards into Toulouse's 25 then lose the ball in the first tackle, not to mention the other incidents already highlighted by S-O, of carelessness, naivety and indiscipline.

I'm disappointed because I missed the recent improved performances. I thought we'd turned the corner but it looks as if we're in for a long hard season.

Oh, for the return of those on the injury list.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:04 pm  

SteveRoebuck wrote:

I didnt attend yesterdays game due to a general lack of interest. like other have said there were signs of hope against Sheffield and Ill hold my hand up and say that was a good result and looking at the Fax score yesterday we did well against those to keep the score down.

I am sure there are others like my Dad and me who are disillusioned with the club at this time and in order to win those supporters back they need to make some positive moves otherwise the existing supporters base will continue to dwindle. Money is tight and the excuse of we should be happy just to have a club just doesn't wash any more with many.

Sadly the only player we are attracting to the club this year are youngsters with no proven experience and when the chips are down they seem to be found lacking, in many ways this current side reminds me a lot of the ill fated Lakers side, lots of players with promise and and very few of proven quality. Once we got a coach in who could blend the two well in Stankavich(sp) we started to look like a side.

From what I have seen on the pitch so far this season we are very much a 5 drives and a kick side rather than playing the passing game of rugby, now 5 forward drives is fine if you have impact forwards who can slip the odd pass, again due to the injuries we have this isnt happening, our tactics dont seem to be adjusting to compensate however.

It appears we are playing the game like Tony Miller used to play, by which I mean never passing, we have some talented ball players in the side (Handforth, Briggs, Cooke & Weedon) I just dont think there being given the freedom.

Looking at the league objectively Batley have addressed there poor form by appointing a coach with experience of getting a side out of the national leagues in Karl Harrison so they will start to improve, Gateshead are not a bad side and Sheffield again can only improve which leaves us floating, its time for a change before the gap is to far to close we need a coach with experience of winning and one who can quickly bolster our squad with some quality and experience.

Ill make early mention of Dave Woods

who did a good job at Gateshead and was unlucky to get the elbow at Cas, I think he could do a job for us.

We need to act now rather than wait much longer otherwise it will be impossible to escape.

Totally agree Steve, time for change and Dave Woods would be a good choice for me

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:21 pm  

Thiny you would beat Skolars next season

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:03 pm  

obeone wrote:

Thiny you would beat Skolars next season

Thanys.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:03 pm  

We need a good experienced pack leader to bring the young lads on many who appear to have promise but need leadership.
Also a back who can break the line at present there does not appear to be anyone who can do this but to do it the ball has to be passed to the backs
when we do we can score even when the passing is bad.
opi appeared to be able to side step when he came on.
The forwards are working hard but need a leader when things improve I could return but at the moment I don't feel like travelling to watch the rugby served up

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:13 pm  

obeone wrote:

Thiny you would beat Skolars next season

Yes

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:29 pm  

Hillsborough Lad wrote:

See you in Championship 1 next season.

Dont think so HL. I cant see you lot going down.Sounds like you were unlucky against the Vikings as well and could have pinched it at the end.Also you are losing by the odd point or so and are picking up bonuses.We arent.

We need some of the injured lads back and quick and some spunk on show like we had against the Eagles.We have to win on Friday.Theyve just been flogged and had 70odd points put through them,we have to make sure that continues.

: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:57 pm  

My Two Penneth !

On top of a few points already brought up that I have to agree with (Which don't include leaving early etc)! I would like to add a couple, I thought Toulouse had a very slow line defence which should have be exploited, instead (with the odd exception) we tended to find the floor far to easy on contact ! Obviously this was intended to gain a faster play the ball but failed to build an attacking platform.

I still find it hard to believe that there was a 30 points difference at the final hooter.