Bulldogs v whitehaven

[Crown Flatter]

On 01/09/2021 at 23:05, silverback said:

Dogs by plenty.

You were saying? What happened then?

[RogerT]

Whitehaven happened.

[silverback]

46 minutes ago, Crown Flatter said:

You were saying? What happened then?

we fell apart after 20 minutes,haven tackled like demons,we dropped too many balls,tried to score when a simple ball out wide would a done the job,it is possible to try too hard sometimes but haven had us worked out from the get go,

 having said that i reckon you could have 20 start next week cos i feel some pain coming your way.

[Crown Flatter]

I think you might be right. 
Pity your play yesterday will not happen next week. 

[Bill H]

Well done Whitehaven, a magnificent effort in keeping the score down in the first half when we had a period of dominating play but persevered with barging over the line only to be held up.  And well done Jouffret for doing what he does best, and pinching the win in a close, tight match.

There are often good reasons behind the scenes that dictate who plays on the day, but having three props on the bench did not serve us well.  We seemed to continually try and punch a hole down the middle instead of playing the more expansive game that we played early season.  I think that Silverback summed it up perfectly; and given the other results it was a huge opportunity lost.

[Workie46]

Some impact off the bench wouldn’t have gone amiss...

[BISSA...]

4 minutes ago, Workie46 said:

Some impact off the bench wouldn’t have gone amiss...

You've hit the nail on the head. We were beaten by a good tactical plan. Well done. Hope you all got home safe. Thanks for the support off the field 

[phildog]

We've had 3 props on the bench innumerable times this season....just saying. Another thing, when was the last season when we, possibly, were defeated more times at home than away AND went a season unbeaten in our away strip? We haven't lost in the blue  (v Fev played in cerise, Bulls cerise, will play in cerise v Fax).

[Bill H]

1 hour ago, phildog said:

We've had 3 props on the bench innumerable times this season....just saying. Another thing, when was the last season when we, possibly, were defeated more times at home than away AND went a season unbeaten in our away strip? We haven't lost in the blue  (v Fev played in cerise, Bulls cerise, will play in cerise v Fax).

Earlier in the season we often had Hall on the bench.  If fit and willing he would have been more useful on the day I think.

[Workie46]

I heard Hall wasn’t picked this week, but word is he is definitly fit and willing. You could have done with him this week