Joined: Nov 30 2014 Posts: 1264 Location: Inside my own head
Just woke up after an intense post match celebration, not 100% sure how much Guinness was consumed so I will have to check my wallet.
Anyhow, it looks like we have finally sorted out our attack which is the key to a decent season for us I feel. Wasn't particularly impressed with the final quarter, took foot off the gas and became sloppy in defense, some big holes appearing down the middle if I remember rightly. Danny making how usual blistering runs through the line, not lost anything. All the boys were looking up for it which is good to see.
In terms of us, well done everyone for a great atmosphere and a lot of noise. When frank scores on that field I am sure that we are gonna go absolutely mental! Lol
I was impressed with how much stronger our lads looked in the collision compared to Salford. They hardly ever sat our players down on first contact. We were still driving forward for yards and sometimes just having to take the tackle stood up because they couldn't put our players down (and not just the forwards but the backs too).
Joined: Feb 19 2009 Posts: 1957 Location: East stand!
Jake the Peg wrote:Great first hour but not so good in the last 20, due in part to the lack of back row interchanges - pritchard was knackered and really needed to be off the field which left our left edge looking a bot soft defensively. Also thought we really lacked a bit of leadership in that last 20 and gave the ball away too easily, however the game was won so it's not fair to be too critical.
Manu was a beast in attack and defence and no coincidence that we were better with him on the field - hopefully it wasn't anything serious. Was minichello injured? He hardly seemed to get any game time.
Still some work to do on our edge defence but good signs with ball in hand and I'm keen to see how we do against a better team next week
Cats be better defo. But in fairness salford didn't do much wrong at all, few errors etc but we built most our scores, wasnt just a case of poor attitudes or woefull misses by them.That's why I'm optimistic. Think on dry tracks they'll be a tougher opposition. Some good looking players for them. Murdock masila looks a good signing for them
Joined: Feb 19 2009 Posts: 1957 Location: East stand!
Hasbag wrote:I was impressed with how much stronger our lads looked in the collision compared to Salford. They hardly ever sat our players down on first contact. We were still driving forward for yards and sometimes just having to take the tackle stood up because they couldn't put our players down (and not just the forwards but the backs too).
Fonua n Tala are massive in this department . Play the ball fast as well. Houghton ran a couple of times off it. Other times the forwards hitting the ball up against a defence still getting back. Absolute monsters the pair of them
Joined: Sep 23 2008 Posts: 1935 Location: Top of the East Stand
Jake the Peg wrote:33 missed tackles is a bit of a worry and needs addressing. We won't have the cushion of a big score against better teams
Yer good point. Its nice to see them scoring points, +40 in the last three games (I know two were friendlies), but it would be good if they can knuckle down on the defense again.
Joined: Feb 09 2004 Posts: 7735 Location: Here there and everywhere
It's the first game of the season, so it's not a time to get carried away just yet.
That said, our attack was unrecognisable from the past two seasons. Our pack was not just dominant, they were more in total command for the first 60 mins. We had offensive structure and flair.
From the second Tommy Lee was sin binned and we should have really turned the screw, we appeared to put the cue in the rack. But, you know what, we were 42-10 up at that point, first game of the season, some of the forwards were clearly "fatigued" at that point. No point in over doing it and risking injury when the game was in the bag.
I really hope some of those in the crowd and those who were not convinced enough to attend, see the improvement in what was happening on the field and come to attend going forward.
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