Re: 21-man squad v Hull FC
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:55 am
Smithies - best game of the season. Really outstanding, disciplined and level-headed.
Farrell - still the first name on the teamsheet.
Isa - playing well above what we've seen before.
The match was as ugly as I feared because of truly inadequate refereeing. French's 'knock-on' was the result of Hull spoiling and grabbing for an eternity - should have been a penalty. The try on the field for Hull was unbelievable. At no stage was there ant evidence for a try and fair play to Ben Thaler for chalking it off. Not one forward pass called all night.
If Lam has any sense (discuss!) he would be all over the media about Hull's spoiling tactics to alert whoever is reffing the Cup match. I fear a Salford situation where the oppo coach learns form the first match and Lam doesn't.
Both of our wings are iffy under the high ball. AT least Bibby redeemed giving a try away where he jumped out of the line and was caught in no man's land by scoring a very good one.
Harry Smith was the 'girl with a curl.' When he was good, he was very, very good and when he was bad, he was horrid. On balance the good outweighed the bad,
And I don't want to have a pop at Bateman who is world-class but please can someone tell him to pass sometimes. Bibby's try only came about with fast hand and JB not being in the line.
As for Jake Conner - not in the same universe as Zak or Sam T.
It was a win and we'll be glad of that at season end. Previous years we might well have lost it.
Farrell - still the first name on the teamsheet.
Isa - playing well above what we've seen before.
The match was as ugly as I feared because of truly inadequate refereeing. French's 'knock-on' was the result of Hull spoiling and grabbing for an eternity - should have been a penalty. The try on the field for Hull was unbelievable. At no stage was there ant evidence for a try and fair play to Ben Thaler for chalking it off. Not one forward pass called all night.
If Lam has any sense (discuss!) he would be all over the media about Hull's spoiling tactics to alert whoever is reffing the Cup match. I fear a Salford situation where the oppo coach learns form the first match and Lam doesn't.
Both of our wings are iffy under the high ball. AT least Bibby redeemed giving a try away where he jumped out of the line and was caught in no man's land by scoring a very good one.
Harry Smith was the 'girl with a curl.' When he was good, he was very, very good and when he was bad, he was horrid. On balance the good outweighed the bad,
And I don't want to have a pop at Bateman who is world-class but please can someone tell him to pass sometimes. Bibby's try only came about with fast hand and JB not being in the line.
As for Jake Conner - not in the same universe as Zak or Sam T.
It was a win and we'll be glad of that at season end. Previous years we might well have lost it.