Dave K. wrote:Thought our bench was poor yesterday and Ellis had his quietest game for a while, thought we kept Taia pretty quiet.
They still made 60 more tackles than us and that is why we were on top the last 20, like saints at home that last pass just wasn't there.
I'd freshen things up a bit at Leeds and bring in Shaul, Naughton, Lineham, Bowden, Abdul and Cunningham.
Rest Ellis, Westy, Yeaman, watts and Pryce.
Shaul
Naughton
Talanoa
Sa
Lineham
Rankin
Sneyd
Paea
Houghton
Green
Mini
Whiting
Abdul
Feka
Bowden
Cunningham
Thompson
Still a team capable of giving them a game.
Did ellis come back on? Must admit I didn't notice him in the 2nd half.
Mini made as many carries and more metres than green, feka and whiting put together. If we're to be more competitive next year we need a better bench.
They made more tackles because they were getting more men in the tackle which was slowing us down. I don't think we looked to have any more energy than they did in the last 20 minutes personally.
sneyd had another of his "meh" games and hopefully has it out of his system for a few weeks now. We need watts, paea, mini, ellis, sneyd and pryce in top form in the next few games. Have a feeling our mid week game at wakey could be a lot more difficult than it would have been a month ago