The Dentist Wilf wrote:I guess the situation is that when you are worrying about dropping down into the middle eight and all the issues there are with that, the style you play and the hesitation to play expansive rugby in case you conceded stops you trying a bit of off the cuff stuff. When your safe from potential relegation you can expand things a bit test your arm and try a few youngsters. That doesn't mean you don't care about winning quite the contrary and I hope that we play every game with the intensity we have of late, but with no inhibitions now! It must at least 'free us up a bit' which should be good to watch don't you think!
Spot on from Wilf. We now have the opportunity to experiment whether that be trying a more expansive style of rugby, fielding a few more youngsters, or both. In that sense the pressure is off because we don't have to fear the repercussions any more now that we are in the 8 and know we are in Super League next season.
Of course it all depends on what the clubs goals are I suppose. If our target this year was the 8 then it's job done. But with us being four points off Top 4 perhaps we have our sights aimed higher. That may very well dictate whether we plan to experiment a bit or not.
We'll find out what the club is thinking over the coming weeks.
