Wires71 wrote:Quite agree.
I will be very interested to see if his work behind the scenes is reflected in changes to the squad for the Hull KR game. Draconian changes? or Steady as she goes? Fascinating stuff.
I would say steady as she goes. Lets face it we are one or two mistakes off winning matches (as silly as this may sound)
I listened to the Quins match on the radio. It sounded like in the first half we were turning the screw but after we scored Mitchell went into touch collecting the ball and gave them a try straight after. We got a penalty and Anderson knocked on from the first push.
I gave up at that point
Look at the Leeds Match we CAN play and win matches however again silly mistakes are our undoing , We had 3 clear scoring opportunities in that match but screwed it , The Leeds try that won the game was down to basic errors that should have been sorted after the Wakefield game by Riley.
I am convinced that if Smith slowly but surely sorts out these basic errors we will not put ourselves in bad positions every time where we are defending our line after giving away meters through penalties/ basic handling errors etc.
Westwood is another classic example, the tackle like it or not was deliberate and we paid for that 5 match ban no appeal!
There is also a hangover from the Long term injuries like Bridge and reardon. Also Carvell has always been fragile.
Fix all of the above and we will be in a better position. My guess is he is targeting the Celtic match to get the ball rolling and should play his strongest team against York to ensure an enfatic win
Wholesale changes , playing a full reserve team is not the answer even if it does please a few moaners.