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Date Posted: 23:12:57 02/23/05 Wed
Author: -
Author Host/IP: lysine.whitcombe.org.uk / 84.92.27.107
Subject: Very poor again especially up front

To be only 3 points adrift by half time if anything showed how poor bedwas were, they could and perhaps should have scored 2 or 3 more tries.

Yet again our pack was beaten in every aspect of the game. Our scrum was hammered and more often than not turned over. What little ball we did get from it was slow and going backwards. Lineout yet again was dreadful.
There was no platform to play off, very little posession. What ball we did get was slow.

The backs werent that sharp either - we look dangerous with a turnover but in normal play seem to like any form of creativitity. Nobody running lines or dummys, no patterns at all. Tackling first half was poor that led to their first try for example.

Some other costly bad decisions late on, another bad scrum, instead of a pick up at the back it was just watched and went 90 again. Manu would have helped but was injured in the warm up.
Last 2 mins of play on a very rare attack 6-7m from their line and we decide to kick it through and see. We HAVE to keep the ball in positions like that not try kicks.

A minor whinge at the referee - the last 5 mins of play we got a series of penalties in or around their 22. They knew 3 points wasnt enough so deliberately killed the ball repeatedly. They got penalised repeatedly but didnt get carded.

Im still fairly convinced we're safe but it is getting close - on performances of the last few games and with a pack that totally destroyed by a very average side i cant see us winning any of our remaining games. There just seems to be no desire at all and a distinct lack of confidence.

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Refering to the postings below, if people are going to "have a go" at the team - constructively or not - please at least have the bottle to put your name to the posting. Then we may have some response from players or the staff.. (NT) -- Dai Rob, 23:56:45 02/23/05 Wed
- Ive always used "-" on the message board and the hostname is hardly secretive either so cant see the problem. Id be amazed if nobody could work out who was posting it (NT) -- -, 00:27:24 02/24/05 Thu
  - Who said that???? ; - ) (NT) -- Graham, 12:04:20 02/24/05 Thu
The Bedwas pack looked a lot hungrier than ours tonight. Granted, they got away with a lot of illegal stuff, but they deserved their win. I just wish they'd get a bigger scoreboard. Nice people though. Now, where's our next win going to come from? (NT) -- Graham, 00:21:28 02/24/05 Thu
Cardiff won tonight so pass us in the league. We're now 11th after 23 games, 3 points above Bedwas (NT) -- -, 02:17:54 02/24/05 Thu
Four wins puts us mathematically safe. We have three more home games, two of which are against teams below us (in the table). Win these and target the Newbridge away game and it�s job done - another year over of looking over our shoulder� (NT) -- Dai Rob, 14:37:52 02/24/05 Thu
- Problem is lately we're being well beaten by teams below us in the table, as for newbridge, their entire game is based around their forwards which doesnt bode well for us. At a push we may stand a chance with Llanharan at home but thats about it (NT) -- -, 16:07:30 02/24/05 Thu

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