Good Friday Derby

[herbie]

1 hour ago, m brooksy said:

First half was quite tight and a decent contest. Second half was very poor and the pack in particular were found out. Chase and Penkywicz were superb for Rochdale and completely controlled the second half.

Restall was outstanding again and has been superb all season. Spencer had his best game so far and was much improved from earlier on in the season. Whittel was really good at Loose playing 70 mins straight I think. 

I think the rest of the pack is a massive problem for us. Nelmes has been shocking since his return and the forwards off the bench today were really poor and were a big factor in our poor performance.  Littler made a big mistake not starting Astley after his superb performance last week as Hewitt again was poor .

Hewitt was our best defender on our left. Great pass for one of Restalls trys. Unfair to pick on individuals in my opinion.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

33 minutes ago, herbie said:

Hewitt was our best defender on our left. Great pass for one of Restalls trys. Unfair to pick on individuals in my opinion.

I’ve no dog in this fight but I always thought Hewitt was a thorn in our flesh. I could never understand how he wasn’t more popular at Oldham. He always seemed to raise his game against Hornets. As you say his slick pass gave the full back a walk in try.

[OL14.yeds]

We were masters of our own downfall with too many handling errors in attacking positions. Restall and Hewitt stood out, but our defence looked far too weak, especially on that left edge again. And after Rochdale went down to 12 men it only looked like one side were going to win it. Very frustrating.

 

[m brooksy]

Stats-

Restall-3 tackles. one miss. 11 tackle busts. 3 clean breaks. 13 carries=149m

Copland-8 tackles. one miss. 3 tackle busts. 12 carries=74m

Hartley-17 tackles. 3 misses. 4 tackle busts. 6 carries=67m

Morgan-16 tackles. 2 misses. 12 carries=87m

Holcroft-9 tackles. 2 misses. one tackle bust. 7 carries=59m

Ridyard-16 tackles. 3 misses. one tackle bust. 11 carries=59m

Hewitt-13 tackles. one miss. one tackle bust. one try assist. 2 carries=11m

Nelmes-39 tackles. 7 carries=43m

Forber-42 tackles. one miss. 2 tackle busts. one clean break. 4 carries=35m

Spencer-30 tackles. 3 misses. one offload. one tackle bust. 9 carries=61m

Thornton-17 tackles. 3 misses. one tackle bust. 9 carries=56m

Ferry-22 tackles. 2 misses. one offload. one try assist. 3 carries=19m

Whittel-50 tackles. one miss. 4 tackle busts. 11 carries=96m

subs

Coventry-10 tackles. 2 misses. 2 tackle busts. 5 carries=42m

Newton-12 tackles. 7 carries=39m

Wright-10 tackles. one miss. one offload. 2 carries=7m

Astley-2 tackles. 2 misses. one tackle bust. one try assist. 4 carries=17m