my thoughts on the game



1) We were a shambles
2)........

yeah

According to brian on the leeds website we played quite well!

well...thats easily the worst display this year, our forwards dont have no "forward" notion

halfbacks IMO arent working together

Senior is trying to be hero at too many times and is a liability

and there lies the problem. it seems to be like tony smith in 2006 where he thought he was always right.
we are a shambles like loz said.not strong enough,no cohesion,a shambles

the wide to west style move at the end summed up our night

looking for answers but having no questions

and also

blaming the refs shows how childish our fans are when they cant see how poor a performance we put in last night

to deep for me that loz. just say we were f'kin clueless

thats just raised a smile for first time in 12 hours

Exactly. Why are we so obsessed with questioning every decision. Leeds were awful last night, devoid of shape and ideas. The Bulls weren't that much better but had a spirit that we lacked and that was enough.
As for interpretation holding our game back, have you heard of a game called 'association football'? They seem to be having the same problem, all this interpretation, particularly of offside, has left them languishing as a 'minority sport' for decades now.
Last night we got beat, the world didn't end. We all like a rant at the ground, but having the screen there meant you could see, in most cases, that the ref got it right. Was the block illegal? Probably. Does that mean we should sack the officials? No. Remember Cardiff? It happens. Very easy to call for them to be sacked etc, but who are you going to get to replace them? Any volunteers from this board?
We saw glimpses in the second half last night of what made the Bulls v the Rhinos proper derby games. The atmosphere lifted etc etc. Is 'letting Bradford win' part of some agenda? Get over yourself. The people at RFL HQ have barely been able to run a sport over the years, do you seriously think they could handle a conspiracy?

I dont buy into blaming certain players. Senior IMO has been playing well this season, but did have a bad game last night. They all did bar two.

we are always on the back foot. the pack just isn't big enough or strong enough

Ellery Hanley made a career of it

TBH Tad I dont buy into that either.

Look at the pack. JP GB captain. Bailey who held his own. You cant get bigger than Kylie and Luke, who doesn't take a backward step.
Ali who gains lots of metres and Jamie Jones, a GB international.

But they are not in form and didn't run the ball in at all last night.

My thoughts are while we are obviously not playing well, and having lost out on two trophies already is not the best. I would like to think that we are playing within ourselves so we can peak at the right time, like we did in 2007.

It's a lot better than the alternatives which are play at our best at the beginning and burn ourselves out and crash when it really matters, like we did in 2006. Or their is something seriously wrong with the make-up of the side and we win nothing all year.

I know which I would rather believe for now.

So what if he did, it doesn't make it right does it?

Ellery Hanley last played in this country 14 years ago before he was despatched, with the rest of the convicts, to Australia for standing in the defensive line of opposition teams while on the attack. And not before time.

they don't look big enough emma or strong enough emma.

Again, disagree. See previous post. Good players dont become bad players overnight. They look tired and jaded. That is different to not being good enough.

We're playing too close to the ruck. Good when it works because you get in the gap behind the markers, but when the timing isn't right it's a pass that is easy to knock on and lets the markers get to the runners right on the gain line.

never mentioned not being good enough. they look tired because
A- they are being outmuscled
B- they can't be rested,there are no alternatives

As is the case with every SL team due to the salary cap.

ATEOTD we have our hands tied because of the whole Eastwood situation. Short of bringing in some of the kids, the only thing we can do is rotate them as to who starts.

I personally think the WC and the extra matches such as the WCC has caught up with them, so maybe the early knocking out of the CC is a blessing in disguise.

Possibly. They do look like thy need a good R & R session.

we have cap space spare, Gh said AFTER we signed eastwood we had room for a mid season signing. i cannot believe we never spend the full cap.it's a joke

IMO the centre position is more of an immediate problem.

No point in panic buying anyone. IF a good player is available then we will go for him im sure.

agree.i cannot see why we cannot sign two players instead of muddling through. i won't hold my breath though