cymraegrhino wrote:OK I hope you continue to make use of your academy and not ship them off and replace them with aussies as you have done in the past.
There is alot to be said about developing as a team together over the years and I just wonder how much better off you would be if you had't of let so many of your good academy products go?
Yes our reserves arn't doing too well at the moment but that is because our academy players are busy being top of the Super League
I don't want to get into an argument but am willing to have a discussion.
We'll be in the supporters club on Friday from around 6 p.m usually by
the pool table.
But didn't Leeds replace Calderwood with Donald, Mathers with Webb and Walker with Toupi?
Apart from Briscoe I'm not really sure which of the players we have let go we should really have kept, and in Briscoes case Radlinski was still only 27 years of age.
There are some good kids coming through at Wigan but the challenge is to get them ready for 1st team action, something I'm afraid the reserve and academy leagues don't IMO appear to do.
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G1 wrote:There are two facets to Rugby league. Attack and defence. Looks to me like our defence is awesome and there is nothing lucky about our Victory against Warrington. If they can't beat us with the weight of possession and territory they enjoyed then their attack is a bigger worry than ours and well done to our defence.
The offensive fluency will come.
We're not out of 2nd gear, unbeaten and top of the league. Only Leeds fans could fine room to complain about that.
So a Wire fan wasn't impressed with us. Who gives a feck anyway? How would a Wire fan know how to judge a championship team? They're us from the 80's.[/i]
Your defence was monster in that second half, but come on, how many times will you be gifted two-thirds of your tries?
Didn't William Webb Ellis pick up the ball and run, someone should really tell Rugby Union.
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As for our performance, you need wins like that, not particularly inspiring but a victory over a team with a new coach etc etc.
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getdownmonkeyman wrote:Your defence was monster in that second half, but come on, how many times will you be gifted two-thirds of your tries?
Explain how they were gifted?
A good kick, a good kick chase and good defence would indicate, to me, that the final try was earned.
Quote:Every player in our squad could probably earn more money with another club. But they prefer to sacrifice a few extra quid in their back pocket to share special memories. And playing at a place like Old Trafford on a night like this makes it all worthwhile.
A good kick, a good kick chase and good defence would indicate, to me, that the final try was earned.
Two guys running into each other isn't good kick-chase or defence. A one-handed carry into a tackle when clearing your line isn't good kick-chase or defence.
I have the feeling this could carry on indefinitely, so we will agree to disagree.
Didn't William Webb Ellis pick up the ball and run, someone should really tell Rugby Union.
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G1 wrote:There are two facets to Rugby league. Attack and defence. Looks to me like our defence is awesome and there is nothing lucky about our Victory against Warrington. If they can't beat us with the weight of possession and territory they enjoyed then their attack is a bigger worry than ours and well done to our defence.
The offensive fluency will come.
We're not out of 2nd gear, unbeaten and top of the league. Only Leeds fans could fine room to complain about that.
So a Wire fan wasn't impressed with us. Who gives a feck anyway? How would a Wire fan know how to judge a championship team? They're us from the 80's.[/i]
That would be my assessment. That Warrington headline could just as easily read "Warrington team put in best performance since the last blue moon and still lose to sub-par Leeds"
Quote:I wish everyone would read bramleyrhino's post two or three times just to get it through some thick skulls
Quote:Mr bramleyrhino speaks a lot of sense.
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getdownmonkeyman wrote:Two guys running into each other isn't good kick-chase or defence. A one-handed carry into a tackle when clearing your line isn't good kick-chase or defence.
I have the feeling this could carry on indefinitely, so we will agree to disagree.
Fair enough but I am a firm believer that you earn whatever you get in this game.
Quote:Every player in our squad could probably earn more money with another club. But they prefer to sacrifice a few extra quid in their back pocket to share special memories. And playing at a place like Old Trafford on a night like this makes it all worthwhile.
getdownmonkeyman wrote:Two guys running into each other isn't good kick-chase or defence. A one-handed carry into a tackle when clearing your line isn't good kick-chase or defence. I have the feeling this could carry on indefinitely, so we will agree to disagree.
That's the pressure of a good kick and chase all good habits to have if you are to win titles.
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