Old Frightful Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 20 minutes ago, Tommygilf said: Did he pass?? His winger got a hat trick. Hull FC....The Sons of God.... (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V02 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Tippytoe said: It's the trying players in different positions that concerns me and shows a lack in quality,starting the season with fill'ins. Alternatively it shows that a 1st grade season is 30 games and robustness to injury and unavailability is important. "Fill'ins" end up playing a fair amount of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, Old Frightful said: His winger got a hat trick. Presumably your halves like miss passes, or Tony Smith has done his homework! And it was against a bunch of kids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Frightful Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tommygilf said: Presumably your halves like miss passes, or Tony Smith has done his homework! And it was against a bunch of kids... Have a look at my first comment re the game. It's the first thing I pointed out. Hull FC....The Sons of God.... (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispmartha Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, Old Frightful said: His winger got a hat trick. Was swift his winger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Frightful Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said: Was swift his winger? He was yes. Hull FC....The Sons of God.... (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispmartha Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Old Frightful said: He was yes. Was that given ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippytoe Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Chrispmartha said: Theres not many teams that have proper cover in every position, we are just unfortunate that both our starting centres are injured, most other clubs would have to use ‘fill ins’ in that situation. Newman and who else? Fusitua, Olpherts,Mcdonald,Handley, Roberts, Tindal all wingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Tippytoe said: Newman and who else? Fusitua, Olpherts,Mcdonald,Handley, Roberts, Tindal all wingers. How English of you to view backs as single position players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Frightful Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said: Was that given ? I have no idea but I rather doubt it. Hull FC....The Sons of God.... (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madrileño Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) Caught some footage of Bulls v Whitehaven. As the commentator (Mick Gledhill?) said at one point, Whitehaven were "being cut to ribbons". Bradford looked like a decent semi pro outfit, similar to how they looked against Greece. A reasonable amount of size, decent attack, good combinations, support lines etc. Whitehaven was more like what you would expect from an amateur team - a lot of them can't tackle, and virtually no linespeed on D. Shows the difference between the 2 leagues I suppose. Edited February 6, 2023 by Madrileño Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfordSlim Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Tommygilf said: How English of you to view backs as single position players. TBF having seen Olpherts in a Salford shirt I can honestly say I can't imagine him playing anywhere else apart from on the wing. He can run and he can catch (most of the time!) but that's about the limit of his ability as a rugby player, he certainly doesn't have the skillset to play centre. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispmartha Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, SalfordSlim said: TBF having seen Olpherts in a Salford shirt I can honestly say I can't imagine him playing anywhere else apart from on the wing. He can run and he can catch (most of the time!) but that's about the limit of his ability as a rugby player, he certainly doesn't have the skillset to play centre. Im not convinced by the Olpherts signing at all, but Smith must see something in him, I know he makes a lot of tackle busts and metres, maybe that’s what he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tippytoe Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Tommygilf said: How English of you to view backs as single position players. Why thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Horse Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Old Frightful said: I have no idea but I rather doubt it. Just watching a re-run of the game and yes it was given and was Hulls second try. Despite the protests from the trinity winger. Another snapshot of the quality officiating we have to look forward to I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Horse Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Chrispmartha said: Was that given ? Yes it was… no surprise there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barley Mow Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Madrileño said: Caught some footage of Bulls v Whitehaven. As the commentator (Mick Gledhill?) said at one point, Whitehaven were "being cut to ribbons". Bradford looked like a decent semi pro outfit, similar to how they looked against Greece. A reasonable amount of size, decent attack, good combinations, support lines etc. Whitehaven was more like what you would expect from an amateur team - a lot of them can't tackle, and virtually no linespeed on D. Shows the difference between the 2 leagues I suppose. They're in the same division. Sunday's game was their opening league match in this season's championship rather than a friendly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madrileño Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 13 minutes ago, Barley Mow said: They're in the same division. Sunday's game was their opening league match in this season's championship rather than a friendly. Seriously? It looked like a semi pro team taking on some amateurs! Thanks for the clarification ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glossop saint Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 10 hours ago, Tippytoe said: Newman and who else? Fusitua, Olpherts,Mcdonald,Handley, Roberts, Tindal all wingers. Don't forget Blake Austin in the winger list! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wollo Wollo Wayoo Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 On 05/02/2023 at 23:37, V02 said: How did Hunter and H Smith go? Smith was a lot more involved and was awarded Wakefield's MotM. Full game on Trin TV now I believe. 1 This world was never meant for one as beautiful as me. Wakefield Trinity RLFC 2012 - 2014 "The wasted years" 2013, 2014 & 2015 Official Magic Weekend "Whipping Boys" 2017 - The year the dream disappeared under Grix's left foot. 2018 - The FinniChezz Bromance 2019 - The Return of the Prodigal Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agbrigg Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, Chrispmartha said: Was that given ? Of course it was. Jack Smith was the ref, remember the world cup ,he doesn't recognise touch lines Edited February 7, 2023 by Agbrigg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfordSlim Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Chrispmartha said: Im not convinced by the Olpherts signing at all, but Smith must see something in him, I know he makes a lot of tackle busts and metres, maybe that’s what he wants. He does run it out hard from defence but the amount of times he dropped the ball while doing it playing for Salford was mind-boggling! Not sure if it's a concentration thing but he really struggled to control the ball in contact after he'd made the initial half-bust. He's got pace and strength, I'll give him that, but he certainly isn't missed at Salford with Sio & Burgess being far more rounded (& less error prone!) players. Smith's made a couple of pretty left-field recruitment choices. Luis Roberts wasn't good enough for Salford and barely got a game at Leigh so will be interesting to see if any of the new signings prove to be a master stroke. I've not seen moch of Hooley, Warren & Ruan but they all appear to have good reps in Champ/L1 so for Leeds they are able to make the step up to SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfordSlim Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Trojan Horse said: Yes it was… no surprise there though. Try all day for me. His foot is quite clearly in the field of play just as Burgess's was last season when he scored at the AJ Bell against Trinity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Horse Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, SalfordSlim said: Try all day for me. His foot is quite clearly in the field of play just as Burgess's was last season when he scored at the AJ Bell against Trinity! It proves the refereeing isn’t incompetent at least …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrispmartha Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Nt sure you can blame the ref for that isn't that the touches job to spot stuff like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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