Joe burgess basically admitted he didn’t ground it. Oh well unlucky again and yes missed conversions cost us in the end. Improvement but not a great season unless you get to the big dance.
KR deserved that win, got no issues with it. Tai, i like him defensively 90% of the time and he hit's like a truck. But in attack he's just miles off unfortunately. They out powered us and can't really say much more. All in all i've loved this season, best season we've had for a long time in terms of how we've played and effort etc. I think we need a specialist centre, 2nd row, quality half and another big bulldozer of a prop. Bullock isn't gonna come in and fill that void for the next 2 years. On to next season now, New signings, new kit and the firework display to look forward too, 2nd year of Burgess bring it on COYW
Some strange decisions off Sam We lost the game first half Out muscled first half pack not big enough Thewlis is not good enough sorry To miss that first kick criminal cost us And a bad decision on their second try Why Vaughan not on earlier he only one who went forward ?? Glad c back of Bateman taking up some one else’s shirt And Drinkwater to Much better season all imagined so massive steps forward What might have been ….
Blaming Thewlis is mental, he had a great game and saved us on countless occasions when their entire game plan in attack was based on trying to pressure him.
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Or thane wrote:KR deserved that win, got no issues with it. Tai, i like him defensively 90% of the time and he hit's like a truck. But in attack he's just miles off unfortunately. They out powered us and can't really say much more. All in all i've loved this season, best season we've had for a long time in terms of how we've played and effort etc. I think we need a specialist centre, 2nd row, quality half and another big bulldozer of a prop. Bullock isn't gonna come in and fill that void for the next 2 years. On to next season now, New signings, new kit and the firework display to look forward too, 2nd year of Burgess bring it on COYW
Agree on the signings. Pack needs some more umph and imagine if we had a right wing attack... Tai showed his limitations today. That pass to thewlis was on for a good centre.
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just_browny wrote:Blaming Thewlis is mental, he had a great game and saved us on countless occasions when their entire game plan in attack was based on trying to pressure him.
No blame from me but he will be dissapointed with his kicking. One was straightforward and it cost us.
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Wires71 wrote:Kick the goals we win the game. 1 was not difficult, the other on the touchline but we saw one nailed like that last week when it mattered.
It was in our hands.
Anyway a much better season than I was expecting.
My feelings exactly. Goalkicking is vital, but our first half was quite frankly, average. A pathetic refereeing "decision" has cost us, but we should overcome that.
Ashton was superb tonight, and I'm gutted he won't be at the GF.
Tai, I'm sorry, but bar a few "big hits" is basically Championship level. Drinkwater...don't let the door catch your bum on the way out.
Burgess....total respect. He's transformed this side from where we were, with that waste of atoms, Powell.
Onwards and upwards Wire. Get the young lad Hayes back fit, and I'm VERY confident for next year
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just_browny wrote:Blaming Thewlis is mental, he had a great game and saved us on countless occasions when their entire game plan in attack was based on trying to pressure him.
I'm not blaming Thewlis Goalkicking is a specialist job It's something he can do, but it's only to a certain standard. We've had plenty of those kind of kickers. For every Hesford, Woods, Davies, we've also had Rudd, Hicks, Westwood.
Although, that first miss of Thewlis was pretty poor
I'm not blaming Thewlis because it isn't his fault we haven't got anyone better at goal kicking than him in the team, but in games like that you need someone with the precision that Ratchford has had in the last few years and we had before him with Brett Hodgson. The likes of Sinfield and Pat Richards had it in the big games and we need someone who can do it.
That try before half time absolutely robbed us no matter what anyone says though. Yes, they had been a lot better than us at that point in the game, but we had held them to four points and that's a lot more surmountable than ten points, as the second half proved. Disgraceful decision.
I hope Mikey Lewis gets a Luke Gale 2017 level showing up in the final. Wigan all the way for me now.
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