Joined: Jul 18 2010 Posts: 1288 Location: where dobbins board & squad live west of the river
Jake the Peg wrote:It was a really good win in the end but we were dumb for much of the 2nd half. At 12 points up with less than 20 to play all we had to do was work out our sets, kick well and not give away penalties. No way were they going to score from their own half but we kept piggy backing them down into our half and almost paid the price. Yet we start trying to throw the ball around as if we needed to score every time we got the ball until the last 7 or 8 minutes.
Sneyd had his least effective game for weeks and took the wrong option too many times. pryce just wasn't at the races and fonua is not very mobile causing us defensive issues on that side.
Luckily sneyd had his kicking boots on as we were outscored 5 tries to 4.
We did really well to hold them out in that last 5 minutes though.
A couple of worrying looking injuries too
Thats how i saw it,trying to force it when in the driving seat.
eastul105 wrote lets be fair Mickey Paea is too good for us.
Joined: Sep 23 2008 Posts: 1921 Location: Top of the East Stand
yorksguy1865 wrote:There were some nasty high shots tonight, how someone wasn't sent off I don't know, has to be at least one banning on review surely.
It was the amount of them (for both teams) which was the concern. Once Thaler let Richards tackle on Naughton go in the 3rd minute, he'd lost the game IMO.
Getting a win when you play below par is a result and 2 more points. Despite them missing Carney (which could well have being the diff) that was still a bloody good side we beat.
Learning to win (a la Wigan this season) whichever way you can is usually a mark of a very good team. Learn from the mistakes, start again next week (and sounds like we need the 8.5 days) and ensure we keep winning.
Joined: Feb 19 2009 Posts: 1957 Location: East stand!
Dumb tonight They've scored every single 1 of their tries right off the back of our pens conceded. 10 mins whilst man in the bin we played like fools and used the period as un effectively as you could ever try too Should of won by 20 tonight. Defence on the right isn't quite right. All teams best attack is their left our right so always expect more tries that way. But I think our probs are the whole side as a unit. Michaels at 1 times this year got stick. Logan had tough times. Now Fonua. That's not coincidence. Just seen tries back n Fonua who's being picked out isn't at fault for any imo. Pryce is ball watching 1st try by time Fonua realises pryce hasn't done his job it's too late. Actually noticed at the game Fonua telling him off for it Naughton should of held his wing for 1 and the other the whole right doesn't slide and they go down the outside Hulls pack is the best in league. Cats are a lot of neutrals picks for best pack. We've took care of them all night easy when not giving pens to get them up field Taylor watts were tremendous. Bowden quiet 1st spell mega 2nd Thompson was a menace to them Frank made a nuisance for them and nice hand in noggers try Houghton is well...Houghton Manu though for me was MOM
Also away from the pack Fonuas n Talanoas carries in that 2nd half were tremendous. Talanoa is a freak at beating the 1st man. I keep watching to see how he does it but cant suss it. It's not lightening speed. It's not particularly intricate footwork. Yet he gets past even good defenders like Stewart when there looks no room
We're still to see an 80 min performance. And I still think this team has a lot more improving in it. Yet we're 3rd..good times
Joined: Feb 19 2009 Posts: 1957 Location: East stand!
DannyB wrote:Amazing.. caused us problems every time, such a difference to our bog standard one
Annoyed me when we went for 2. When 6 ahead. Had 2 pens before and were on their line. Know it seems the thing to do. But it forced them to go for a regather off the restart and given the aggro it had caused us all night. Should of tapped pen and if needed drop a goal. Kicked 2. Conceded 6
Well I really enjoyed it. They were the best team we have played thus far and yet we somehow got the points by electing to take the two at a critical point in the game as Leeds did two weeks ago against us! The drama and jepody in that last twenty minutes was great entertainment and had everyone on the edge of their seats. Surely that's what sports about?
For me at this time of the season its just about getting the points. We can look to the fancy stuff once we get into the 8's but we are now really handily placed and our destiny is in our own hands! We might have been a bit naff at times but we never gave up and never gave in!
At the start of the season 18 points from 13 games would certainly have done for me! lets try to enjoy it eh?
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