Mrs Barista wrote:I think you're under-calling it there, personally. Makes it sound like Rovers are a workmanlike side when you've played some great stuff.
Morgan is the key to it all. What he is able to create through selection, playing players seemingly out of position and getting them to deliver at this level, and creating excellent gameplans is brilliant - he is the most canny coach in SL. I've lost track of who you might play next, but hope it's Wakefield as this will be a great coaching contest - Kear's the next best tactician to Morgan for me and an excellent one-off game coach. Neither have sparkling squads on paper, but both wring out every last ounce of what they've got.
Good post. We have shown some class on occaision, from Dobson, Briscoe, Galea, Newton, more sporadically from Cooke and from one or two others. The efforts of the slightly more workmanlike players - Netherton, Colbon and Lovegrove, have really made the team more than the sum of its parts though, IMO.
Leeds in comparison ooze class. Most teams have maybe 3 or 4 players capable of turning a game, the Rhinos have 8 or 9. They are also more than the sum of their very impressive parts - strong in defence and with great understanding in attack. They ran an, admittedly somewhat makeshift, HKR team ragged in the second half. We had whole sets where we went about 10 metres with ball in hand - I can't recall that happening before this year, in the games I've seen.
I agree with you about a potential Rovers-Wildcats tie - could be a really good contest.
