Sunday

[wonky]

2 minutes ago, gillmeister said:

It was Caine Barnes against Bradford but nothing announced today maybe as we had no sponsor??

Cheers mate.  Probably never heard it because of the noise 

[town4me]

No composure in attack. Too much erratic passing early on in the set causing the ball to be unnecessarily turned over.

[Onreport]

7 minutes ago, town4me said:

No composure in attack. Too much erratic passing early on in the set causing the ball to be unnecessarily turned over.

Saw Leon getting frustrated at some of our last play options, was obvious not what he expected. We really need to be smarter, our middles make loads of yards but our options just let teams off the hook time and again

 

 

 

 

 

[DavidM]

Some Hollywood passes that weren’t on , some lateral play without direction and poor ends to sets then suddenly we went back to play the ball and run hard and got some reward off it . Leon has said if in doubt run hard tackle hard . Patrick put in a couple of bell ringers 

[bobg]

Leon was just pleased to get the win, he said there was disruption prior to the warm up, hope Scott is not too serious, but never good when they go off on a stretcher, For me MOM , Larne Patrick but would not have argued with Olstrom, Blagbrough or Wilkes.

[DavidM]

Probably Wilkes for me . The guy is just a leader by example and started the tough yards and said follow me , close with Karl who was strong on his side 

[town4me]

13 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Some Hollywood passes that weren’t on , some lateral play without direction and poor ends to sets then suddenly we went back to play the ball and run hard and got some reward off it . Leon has said if in doubt run hard tackle hard . Patrick put in a couple of bell ringers 

Yeah we seemed to switch from flinging it around on the edges and losing it in tje 1st half to driving it down the middle in the 2nd half and it gave us the upper hand. Just.

[westizbest]

Pretty poor ... things need to improve pretty sharply .. these travellers Leon has signed need to decide whether they are going to make an impact at this club or disappear into the RL wilderness , the money that’s been invested into the squad things just simple have to be better . 

Seems like all is not well off the pitch either . 

Karl olstrom was immense along with Wilkes .. 

has the boy Cunningham played a senior game before ? We certainly aren’t a place to be giving kids gametime this season 

[Rango]

Don’t think it helps the team with a large influx of duel reg. one or two fair enough, but anymore seems to  do more harm than good in the grand scheme of things.

[anok4u]

10 minutes ago, bobg said:

Leon was just pleased to get the win, he said there was disruption prior to the warm up, hope Scott is not too serious, but never good when they go off on a stretcher, For me MOM , Larne Patrick but would not have argued with Olstrom, Blagbrough or Wilkes.

Olstrum for me done a ton of work and i thought stevie when he came back on deserves a mention. Credit where its due though i thought wales played well..

[unicorn106]

45 minutes ago, Seaton Sandy said:

Phew - - - Crusaders are a decent side, but we made hard work of it. Karl m.o.m. for me closely followed by Stevie. Jeez-their fans are louder than Helen! 

Yeah all 20 of them in the stand in front of the commentary box must have sounded like 200 on the radio. Well done for getting behind your team, great vocal support.

[wonky]

4 minutes ago, westizbest said:

Pretty poor ... things need to improve pretty sharply .. these travellers Leon has signed need to decide whether they are going to make an impact at this club or disappear into the RL wilderness , the money that’s been invested into the squad things just simple have to be better . 

Seems like all is not well off the pitch either . 

Karl olstrom was immense along with Wilkes .. 

has the boy Cunningham played a senior game before ? We certainly aren’t a place to be giving kids gametime this season 

Which are the travellers your meaning? As most never played today in one of our worst performances of the season 

[unicorn106]

4 minutes ago, westizbest said:

Pretty poor ... things need to improve pretty sharply .. these travellers Leon has signed need to decide whether they are going to make an impact at this club or disappear into the RL wilderness , the money that’s been invested into the squad things just simple have to be better . 

Seems like all is not well off the pitch either . 

Karl olstrom was immense along with Wilkes .. 

has the boy Cunningham played a senior game before ? We certainly aren’t a place to be giving kids gametime this season 

That wasn't good to watch today but it's 2 points non the less. So what's wrong off the pitch then ?

[DavidM]

Didnt go well for the lad  but he was dropped into arguably the toughest role on the pitch knitting everything together from scratch , not knowing anyone or the calls or anything . He was obviously disappointed . The other three were very strong , Gregson especially in the first half, Patrick throughout and Blagbrough put in a big shift . You could tell it was all a bit patchy ,with some mitigation as Leon says but at home certainly so far that’s been the exception more than the rule . Last year we’d have probably lost . As long as you win you can cop it and keep trying to improve . We’ve learned that’s all that matters 

[Rango]

The referee was abysmal as usual.

Equally as bad for both teams. The  bar isn’t set too high at this level for referees. Can you run? Yeah? Well you’re refereeing Sunday if you can seems to be the criteria! To be fair they don’t get too much help from their touch judges.

[DavidM]

3 minutes ago, wonky said:

Which are the travellers your meaning? As most never played today in one of our worst performances of the season 

Yes they were in the stand looking pretty sheepish so they didn’t take to much of a part in things 

[wonky]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Yes they were in the stand looking pretty sheepish so they didn’t take to much of a part in things 

Was penky there David or just leatherbarrow, foster and tansey? 

[DavidM]

Didn’t see foster 

[unicorn106]

3 minutes ago, Rango said:

The referee was abysmal as usual.

Equally as bad for both teams. The  bar isn’t set too high at this level for referees. Can you run? Yeah? Well you’re refereeing Sunday if you can seems to be the criteria! To be fair they don’t get too much help from their touch judges.

Thanks to the lino for chalking off their last try he was 5 yards offside but Crashley was giving it.

[wonky]

Just now, DavidM said:

Didn’t see foster 

He said he was up to watch 

[DavidM]

Ryan was there to 

[Derwent]

A pretty honest and fair assessment from Leon in his post match interview. Said we are a niaive and immature team, not in terms of age but in terms of how we play the game in that we try to score off every set. Said we struggle with the basics of ball retention and building pressure and invite teams back into the game. Think that sums us up pretty well to be honest.

[DavidM]

2 minutes ago, unicorn106 said:

Thanks to the lino for chalking off their last try he was 5 yards offside but Crashley was giving it.

He makes it up as he goes along ... 

[snoopdog]

Pretty poor and entertainment value non existing, but what can we expect when the team is thrown together on a Saturday with the team only training once together.

[Rango]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Didnt go well for the lad  but he was dropped into arguably the toughest role on the pitch knitting everything together from scratch , not knowing anyone or the calls or anything . He was obviously disappointed . The other three were very strong , Gregson especially in the first half, Patrick throughout and Blagbrough put in a big shift . You could tell it was all a bit patchy ,with some mitigation as Leon says but at home certainly so far that’s been the exception more than the rule . Last year we’d have probably lost . As long as you win you can cop it and keep trying to improve . We’ve learned that’s all that matters 

Could not agree more David. The lads on duel reg all  tried hard. I just think it’s too much disruption to drop more than a couple  in at once. Maybe if they train for the week previous it would help mitigate the lack of continuity in our play.

ultimately it’s all about the two points though. We move on to the next game. 

Regarding all is not well off the pitch as someone previously has stated, well that’s rubbish. I know several of the players and they are more than happy how things are going. Sadly some people want to sh*t stir for one very obvious reason.