I remember Hull getting heavily beaten on our ground a few years ago and locking themselves in the dressing room and doing an analysis of their performance. I suggest yesterday’s team doing the same. A question for each team member..did you give your best? If you did then you have no place in the team and if you didn’t then likewise go! You should forfeit your wages as retribution! I refuse to give time and money to witness a shambles like that again. Is the Coach just pussy footing around when he should be laying into them?
was just scanning thru the 1st 20 mins and these were some of the errors.
tyrer strips the ball then loses it in the tackle
lawton strips the ball then loses it in the tackle
lawton tries to offload in the tackle and knocks on
jewitt 1st play leads with the elbow
craven last play kick that bounces back and they re- collect it on the half way
there 1st try when the winger/centre doesnt catch the ball on our line
and things got much worse i think after the 1st 20 mins but cant be bothered watching thru the rest of the game lol
Obviously there are always going to be a few errors like the above examples in a match, but when there are quite so many a possible conclusion to draw is that there was an issue with lack of concentration and focus, or perhaps complaceny.
The individual errors leading to tries were not down to coaching, Cross and Owens dropped high balls.
Certain players are not good at tackling. They have been professionals for a long time: Finnigan again cannot be blamed for them!
A lot of the other errors in my view stem from the idea that we want to be promoting the ball and offloading on a regular basis.
That is an attractive game plan when you have the quality of player or Full Time training. We have neither.
Sometimes, as we saw yesterday, simple, effective tactics work best.
Maybe back to the drawing board?
Lowest point was during the second half of the 90s wasn’t it? When we were saved from relegation to the third tier by a league restructuring.
I stand corrected, your right, the latter half.
It was the old trying to score off every pass when nothing was on. SF's summary was bang on. What we needed was to simply play out our sixes until we knew what we were up against and we were tighter.
Against that, that was our third squad in three games - not the way to gel at all.
At least Roby looked a better defender than we have had of late.
I’ve calmed down now but some home truths need to be addressed. The club, from board room to playing staff is utterly clueless. Champagne tastes, lemonade pockets. Pay peanuts and you get monkeys. Let’s not kid ourselves, this is really worrying times and when 2 games into the season we are scrambling around for loan signings, the alarm bells should have been sounding loud and clear, but yet again, this new, transparent board kept silent. The new owners haven’t got a pot to slash in, we’ve got the biggest blagger / unqualified of a CEO in UK sport, we’ve got a coach that after a handful of games looks lost and players that look as unfit a bunch as I have seen! Enough is enough.
Finnegan really vague and contradictory on why Jewitt didn’t come back on - he said something like he’s OK (ie not injured) but then moaned about they ran out of subs...???
Perhaps giving Lee a message? In fact he should have hoiked the lot of them off to give them a message...😡
Looking again at Pats Prediction thread, we all thought Widnes would win this game.
But, after that lack lustre performance, I’m betting that there won’t be many predicting us to win against Batley.
I won’t be. Hope I’ll be proved wrong.
Looking again at Pats Prediction thread, we all thought Widnes would win this game.
The bookies thought so as well, giving Dewsbury 16 points start. I think we will probably be given 16 start by them at Batley.
I reckon the bookies will give us about 6 start at Batley, rightly or wrongly.
I wonder if those now criticising Finnegan's ability as a coach, the players commitment and fitness, the qualifications of the CEO and the ability of the board to manage the club, after two games and one loss, will give them some credit if we happen to win our next five games? Just a thought.
I wonder if those now criticising Finnegan’s ability as a coach, the players commitment and fitness, the qualifications of the CEO and the ability of the board to manage the club, after two games and one loss, will give them some credit if we happen to win our next five games? Just a thought.
If they deserve it- yes.
I wonder if those now criticising Finnegan’s ability as a coach, the players commitment and fitness, the qualifications of the CEO and the ability of the board to manage the club, after two games and one loss, will give them some credit if we happen to win our next five games? Just a thought.
Take em off Frank!