Chrispmartha
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10 minutes ago, Damien said:
All teams change their defence depending on the situation and where they are on the field. People have mentioned Wigans aggressive defence but there are plenty of times Wigan don't move up too and do a really lateral drift and just pick off the attacker when they try and go on the outside.
I think this thread is more to do with Leeds seemingly not even having this variety and being much more passive than the norm. I know some Leeds fans on here such as @Tommygilf where very critical of it this season.
Leeds’ defence was actually OK this year, which is why we had a positive point’s difference, the games against wigan and cats wiped that out but that wasn’t down to passive defence.
we were probably the dumbest team in the league which was a bigger problem and hopefully being sorted out
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39 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:
They seemed to ....have a look at rounds 2-9 for Leeds. Markers played as normal it was just there was no fast movement up of the line ....it was everyone at the same speed so must have been planned
Then seemed to be back to normal line speed after say round 10
Leeds won 5 out of those 8 fixtures including wins against Catalans and Saints.
Maybe they should have stuck with it
Personally i like to see a bit of both, there are times when moving up as one and holding your line together is needed and other times aggressive defending is needed, I think a team like Saints have it too imbalanced, they seem to fly out every set.
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7 minutes ago, dkw said:
It's a knock on if it goes forwards of the hands no matter what it does afterwards as far as I understand it, unless he then catches it obviously.
Can’t you ‘bat’ it back though?
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Hull KR have been absolutely dire
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5 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
You still reckon the ruck area is faster here in SL than in the NRL, I honestly do not recall the NRL teams putting 3/4 players in the tackle with the sole purpose of slowing the game down to such a degree.
The ruck here is way slower than the NRL, basically the olayers get out of the ruck when the tackle is called held, in SL theres limbs everywhere they don’t clear the ruck it’s a mess
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1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said:
Cough Chris.
It doesn’t really matter does it, it was the correct decision
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1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said:
I thought player's could not change a refs opinion?
Your presuming it was the player, the Ref has two touchies who give him info.
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Leeds will pay the fee and get Croft IMO. He’s just what we need and both clubs know it so it suits both parties, all depends on what Croft thinks.
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3 minutes ago, EagleEyePie said:
I'm really surprised Matt Shaw has gone with that take as I thought he was pretty clued up. Every man and his dog (except seemingly Matt Shaw) knew that signing Brodie Croft to such a long term deal served only one real purpose, which was to give them a bit of leverage to request a decent transfer fee when he leaves. It's not a guarantee of a big fee, but it definitely makes it more likely.
Salford's financial issues and Brodie Croft's extended contract aren't really linked. If nobody came in with a transfer offer they'd allow him to leave for free if his contract was so unaffordable and there would be plenty of clubs willing to take him.
I get that he's saying Salford haven't been transparent about their financial difficulties and it's part of a broader point but it just seems odd that he's criticising them for something that actually seems quite sensible given their position.
It was blindingly obvious that his long term contract was a way of safeguarding their financial position so that when he left (which was inevitable) they got a decent fee for him. Matt Shaw is talking nonsense. Croft will have known this also.
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Quality signing that. An upgrade on Macdonald.
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8 minutes ago, Exiled Wiganer said:
Sam rolling back the years. The beauty of a semi final is that, however it pans out, if it’s close the tension ratchets up and up. A moment of genius and the south of France is in raptures.
I was reading the Guardian report, and they stated that Roby was Saints’ best ever player. He’s no Joe Egan, but each club has its own standards I suppose
Roby has been a fabulous player, over a long period of time, but I think Cunningham was better. He was a one man pack. There was nothing he couldn’t do and no game was truly lost while he was playing.
Paul sculthorpe was a better player than either of them imo
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3 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:
Depends how you define it I think
James Roby is a fantastic player, he’s not the best player in the last 20 years IMO though, most consistent maybe
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Saints are awful in the ruck, about time they got pinged for it
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11 minutes ago, welshmagpie said:
Scrappy but a good intensity within it. A great watch, very physical.
I think it’s been an awful watch, just constant messing around at the ruck
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The ruck is awful in this game, and its spoiling it, both sides as bad as each other, neither seem to want to actually get on with playing RL
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1 minute ago, John Drake said:
I'm tempted just to lock the thread now and have done with it.
For pity's sake, people, just watch the damn game without wanging on about the ref all night, pleaaaaaaaaaase!!!!!!!!!
Refs been great so far
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Poor quality game this, which is surprising
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Just now, NW10LDN said:
For what? Would be nice to get a ref explanation.
He did
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5 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
I know, did I say any different?
So what’s your point?
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4 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
From the Gaurdian 23 Jan 2010 — As Kevin Sinfield said after the Grand Final "all our players could earn more money elsewhere"
Now tell me again I am wrong. Seems I know more about your club than you do.
You are very typical of some of the know-alls I employed in Leeds.
13 years ago Harry
And that statement doesn’t mean they were badly paid either
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9 minutes ago, M j M said:
There is some branding!
Looks like they have kicked Global off the screen sponsorship at the same time...
Eagled eyed twitterers noticing that the 4 tweets by the the Rhinos today started with
B R O D…
Passive defence
in The General Rugby League Forum
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Saints are in for an interesting couple of years IMO