I’l take this after first half. We go again Saturday and i cannot see Cas giving us a game.

You know what, if prior could be ar sed finishing the tackle in the middle of the field we might not concede there. He is dire.

Second half much better than the first, with halves back next week, and weaker opposition, we should have enough. It’s the amount of territory we will hand them that’s going to take the petrol from our tank, meaning we will tire in the playoffs.

Good spirit shown again, look fit, look like we can put points on the board with decent territory..but like everyone apart from agar knew at the start of the season, lack of size and punch will be our undoing

I don’t think it is their pack marching all the way up the field in 5 tackles. I think it is their pack and their outside backs jointly.

By comparison If you have handley and fusitua on the first two runs then you get more meters and a much quicker play the ball. So the third and fourth players are on a quicker play the ball, in a better field position and can get some momentum moving you forward.

Instead first and second is tindall and briscoe. So generally a slow play the ball with limited meters being made. Or the players who would take the third or fourth charge end up taking the second and third to try and move us forward, they maybe then have to take a second carry. We then have a slow kick play the ball and a kick under pressure from a relatively poor position. So Catalans start in a better field position, on the front foot and they have their first choice outside backs to get them going.

Kasiano does not want to be playing for the next 2 weeks otherwise questions need asking.

Is deliberate slow line speed a tactic utilised by any other successful sides?

but you realise you need size to stop them? backs or forwards?

Bradford Northern 1979

That loss is not the worst result in the world
If we had won and then we'd likely be playing Salford in the first round of the playoffs
Now we need to beat Cas then go to Hudds unless Salford throw the game against Warrington

Salford and Huddersfield are both good teams, either would be a very difficult match

If we get into the six there are no easy games, which is the way it should be

They are, but on current form I wouldn't want to face Salford.

And I know we've beaten both recently at home and lost to both away

Id be amazed if weve more than 1 round of play off rugby in us.

To be fair after the start we had to the season to be within a shot of getting 5th is a minor miracle

He said “its front on contact, as we discussed earlier in the year, its just a penalty”.

Yep, thats right, the blatant shoulder charge by Whare, which was reviewed by Thaler, was deemed “front on” contact. Im at a loss. It was fractionally late, at the pass, could be argued, but it was a shoulder charge none the less.

Absolutely, Smith and the whole squad have done amazingly well, I just think we will be spent and nursing some players who've had to do it tough.

There you go then, stick your shoulder in as hard as you want lads as long as its in his ribs. Makes an even bigger joke out of Martins ban

Ill be pleased with the way the club is heading whatever the result on Saturday, lots to be positive about for next year

I really don't understand the interpretation.
Sezer gets a yellow and then backed up with a ban.
Whare gets nothing - and it looked much worse.
Be interesting to see what the MRP think.
But I fully expect there to be no further action.
Maybe Leeming should have gone off injured, like Fages.

I think Kasionos was worse, dwyer went off with an HIA aswell i think

turned season around but always likely to finish out of top 2 without 4 big fast men , 2 props , centre 2nd row,

That was undoubtedly the worst refereeing performance of the season , and we have seen some s--t ones this season .
The Catalan forwards made no attempt to play the ball with their feet all game - this gives the attacking team a massive advantage. The lack of cards shown to Kasiano on two blatent illegal hits just shows how dire the standard of refereeing has sunk to . Our players are carded and suspended for the same hits , but Catalan keep 13 on the field . A yellow card when we were on a roll would have put the sh__ts up them , and it would have been anybodys game .
The RFL need to sort out the refereeing standards , before they ruin , what is the best game in the world.

I wonder what some people are watching sometimes. I thought Hicks was fine.
Rohan Smith, for the first time I can recall, singled the referee out in his presser for praise (it was "a well refereed game I thought, where he let the game be played"icon_wink.gif.

Smith also said the biggest problem was not holding them in the forwards early. So he's clearly aware that we are going to struggle against bigger sides if we don't sort out the front row.