We hardly had any ball last night and virtually none of it was in good field position. Poor ball control and a lack of basic skills with ball in hand were what cost us. Up until we were playing panic rugby at the end we were only a score down despite ourselves so really could have won with some composure on the ball.
Stats show wire had 188 carries to our 140 which is a massive advantage and one of the key reasons they won.
I have no doubt that had we been knocked out of the CC before the final we'd have won the LLS and likely the GF but this group of players isn't experienced enough at winning finals to be able to get up for so many important games in quick succession plus adding in the euphoria of finally winning at wembley and it was a perfect storm against us finishing the season well.
It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we'll win next week but it's very unlikely given what we've seen in the last 4 weeks and the club needs to take stock and look to be even better next year.
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Jake the Peg wrote:I have no doubt that had we been knocked out of the CC before the final we'd have won the LLS and likely the GF but this group of players isn't experienced enough at winning finals to be able to get up for so many important games in quick succession plus adding in the euphoria of finally winning at wembley and it was a perfect storm against us finishing the season well.
It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we'll win next week but it's very unlikely given what we've seen in the last 4 weeks and the club needs to take stock and look to be even better next year.
Now we're in the mix of it,you have to credit leeds with last year's achievement. Trebles will become more rare imo. It's too hard
Thompson isn't good enough in my opinion. Offered zilch and the line for his try against Wakefield shouldn't cover up for a pretty poor season from him. Develop matongo in the off season
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Wilde 3 wrote:Thompson isn't good enough in my opinion. Offered zilch and the line for his try against Wakefield shouldn't cover up for a pretty poor season from him. Develop matongo in the off season
Agree, not good enough, have better and cheaper options in reserves, i'd try and release him.
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