bonaire wrote:Just look at Leeds.Two top class halves
What on earth?!
Leeds halves are probably the main reason they are so terrible.
RICHARDS IS SUPERMAN!!!!
Wire_91 wrote:its your first final in about 8 years and now you ravin and rantin about it F**k off, and ill be going old trafford tomoz cheering on the saints and ill be writing on this forum givin you loads of shi* when your drying you eyes and the wire fan will be here handing out the tissues in the thousands, thats if you do take that many fans cause now it looks like its your fans who have jumped on the band wagon now your in a final, this time last year there was only 1000 people in the jjb and now its fillin up cause youve won the league hahaha proper true supporters you are
Joined: Jan 11 2005 Posts: 3914 Location: West Hull
disappointing performance yesterday.. totally outmuscled by a huddersfield pack, who ran direct, we were the opposite . i felt our bench selection was questionable , excluding Evans, the other 3 offer no size,especially JJ. Had we selected Grub, Fash, Evans & Bowden, imo, that has a better balance ,
individual errors cost us dearly again ,Griffin last week with a loose carry ,this week , a scruffy ptb, then another loose carry. Satae looks unfit, only lasted 10 minutes in his 2nd spell.
Joined: Nov 23 2009 Posts: 12791 Location: The Hamptons of East Yorkshire
There'll be no, new, shiny Tottenham stadium for us to visit in Londinium. Such is life. Well, it'd cost a small fortune in, travel, hotels and spendies. Would only have got p!sshe'd all weekend. Missed a full round of NRL. And probably got our @rses handed to us cos we ain't very good. Silver linings and all that.......................
Why was Lane dropped ? BH said ‘there’s things he needs to work on’ …… not the only one is he Brett ?!
Whilst everyone is saying ‘ahh well not good enough on the day’ etc spare a thought for Adam Pearson. A cup final would have been a fantastic income generator, he must be fuming, gutted, wondering what the hell is going on ?!
Joined: Nov 23 2009 Posts: 12791 Location: The Hamptons of East Yorkshire
I saw Uncle Peter (Gentle) yesterday morning, sat up in the co-pilot seat, next to Anthony 'Hook' Griffin at Accor Stadium for the Bunnies/Saints game, and it got me musing. For all Lee's faults, our little run of silverware success in 16/17, seemed an age ago. There was a steely determination, hunger, desire and even anxiety to win us something that we all craved so badly. I didn't get the same vibe under PG and I'm not getting it from Brett Hodgson, although I doubt it's through lack of wanting. Maybe you need to know the city, the people, the history? A leader on the pitch is also massive. Kearney or Ellis-esque.
Unfortunately from 2018 onwards we didn't have much steely determination, hunger or desire from Radfords team.
We hardly picked up any key injuries in 16/17 too.
Eventually the club became stale under Radford with the majority of the big earning squad members contracted until the end of this season. So we haven't had much wiggle room to bring the right players in.
Joined: Jul 15 2005 Posts: 29812 Location: West Yorkshire
WIZEB wrote:I saw Uncle Peter (Gentle) yesterday morning, sat up in the co-pilot seat, next to Anthony 'Hook' Griffin at Accor Stadium for the Bunnies/Saints game, and it got me musing. For all Lee's faults, our little run of silverware success in 16/17, seemed an age ago. There was a steely determination, hunger, desire and even anxiety to win us something that we all craved so badly. I didn't get the same vibe under PG and I'm not getting it from Brett Hodgson, although I doubt it's through lack of wanting. Maybe you need to know the city, the people, the history? A leader on the pitch is also massive. Kearney or Ellis-esque.
In 16/17 we had a better squad and very few injuries. The pack was top notch and the players in it at peak form - Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Mini, Sika, Ellis - four out of this six made the SL Dream team in 2016 and Bowden/Green were really solid interchanges. This provided that platform for Shaul and Fonua (also Dream Team) and Sneyd. Teams outside the Big Four need some level of luck to achieve stuff and maybe having a fit squad and a combo of quality players in their pomp with some very experienced ones recognising a last hurrah coming up was ours. To deliver consistently though you need big £ invested in infrastructure IMO - environment, youth pipeline, off field, and most clubs don't have that hence the stranglehold of Saints/Wigan/Leeds on the SL title for years.
Joined: Nov 23 2009 Posts: 12791 Location: The Hamptons of East Yorkshire
Mrs Barista wrote:In 16/17 we had a better squad and very few injuries. The pack was top notch and the players in it at peak form - Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Mini, Sika, Ellis - four out of this six made the SL Dream team in 2016 and Bowden/Green were really solid interchanges. This provided that platform for Shaul and Fonua (also Dream Team) and Sneyd. Teams outside the Big Four need some level of luck to achieve stuff and maybe having a fit squad and a combo of quality players in their pomp with some very experienced ones recognising a last hurrah coming up was ours. To deliver consistently though you need big £ invested in infrastructure IMO - environment, youth pipeline, off field, and most clubs don't have that hence the stranglehold of Saints/Wigan/Leeds on the SL title for years.
Halcyon days indeed. (> lets out a nostalgic sigh <)
Hodgson didn't sound happy, let's see use of the squad, drop the under performers.
Swift out for Wynne. Vuli out for Carlos if fit. Need more from Griffin, Gale and Satae. Lane in for Johnstone
Has to start Lovodua at 9, get structured and organised, get the props working, start Evans who looked hungry if we have too and bring Satae onto the bench.
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