Greg Florimos Boots wrote:Poor performance that after next week will have us back in the mire. Team just looked really lethargic and spent too much time trying to play wide without earning the right to do so. No surprise really as the pack was ineffective but not a surprise when you look at the selection choices. Swinton were not much better and were gifted two tries in the first half and to be honest both teams at one point in the second half looked like they would be playing till midnight to try and score. Looks increasingly likely it will come down to the last game at Haven and on yesterdays evidence I don't trust us to go up there and want it more than them despite the mess they are in.
Exactly this. As soon as we got territory we would move it wide on tackle 2 or 3, we never earn the right to play, so they could number up easy. And of course once we go behind, we play panic football. All game their coaching staff were on the field getting messages out, no sign of any of ours. It was clear we needed to stick to a simple plan and that message needed to go out, unless Finn thought it was ok to keep playing that way. Once Swinton were ahead they just needed to keep it simple which is what they did, get to the last in reasonable position and kick deep.
Our lack of punch in the forwards doesn't help, there was probably only Boyer who edged his nose through the line on a couple of occasions. Connor Davies in the 2nd row is pointless, he cant run a line, and simply skips back inside every time, so nullifies our right side attack on particularly on a tight pitch
