Positives If we can beat the top of the league away from home when we played poorly then we must have the basis of a very good team.
I'm going with this...... We won against the (formally) unbeaten top of the league at their ground. They had confidence and belief (as their fans did) that they were going to win. But we won.
I know we looked far from stellar, but this was always going to be a hard game. Their defence didn't leave much room for creativity but we had enough. The players grafted today, with our defense seeing us through.... Meadows gets a lot of grief (and some of the stuff he does is at times bewildering and infuriating) But hats off, that try was superb, so credit where its due.... It doesn't get any easier does? Oldham away..... Hopefully a bit more fluidity in our game for a more asthetically pleasing display? Don't hold your breath.
I?m going to take the positives there. Overall, with the available squad they had, I think that was Halifax more or less as good as they could be. They threw everything they had at us, especially in the first half and our goal line defence was equal to it.
On the other hand, in attack, we were patchy, errors, 3kicks out on the full, dropped balls, passes in front of runners and behind runners. For the last 5 minutes of the first half, it came together and we cut them open 3 times in 5 minutes.
The point is, we won and we have a lot of improvement in us still. Halifax were missing a couple of players, but their performance was basically maxed out.
Let?s get to Oldham
I'd agree with that. Halifax have made a great start and caught a few sides out playing some good rugby. The challenge for them will be maintaining that when a few injuries inevitably hit. I'm not sure where the big improvement comes for them without recruitment and maintaining what they've done so far for the whole season isn't realistic.
They look likely to be in or around the play offs though which would be an achievement in itself given the off season troubles.
Bradford are clearly not playing to full potential yet, but it's 6 games in for us with a pretty new backline, 6 & 7, starting fb out injured etc. The most pleasing aspect about yesterday was the desire to defend and keep them to nil in that 2nd half - even when we invited them back in with kick errors!
You deserved the win however; to say we can't get better is a little silly. We were missing our starting half (MOTM for the last couple of games) and one of our biggest forwards.
Really enjoyed the game though and looking forward to more battles!
I?m going to take the positives there. Overall, with the available squad they had, I think that was Halifax more or less as good as they could be. They threw everything they had at us, especially in the first half and our goal line defence was equal to it.
On the other hand, in attack, we were patchy, errors, 3kicks out on the full, dropped balls, passes in front of runners and behind runners. For the last 5 minutes of the first half, it came together and we cut them open 3 times in 5 minutes.
The point is, we won and we have a lot of improvement in us still. Halifax were missing a couple of players, but their performance was basically maxed out.
Let?s get to Oldham
I'd agree with that. Halifax have made a great start and caught a few sides out playing some good rugby. The challenge for them will be maintaining that when a few injuries inevitably hit. I'm not sure where the big improvement comes for them without recruitment and maintaining what they've done so far for the whole season isn't realistic.
They look likely to be in or around the play offs though which would be an achievement in itself given the off season troubles.
Bradford are clearly not playing to full potential yet, but it's 6 games in for us with a pretty new backline, 6 & 7, starting fb out injured etc. The most pleasing aspect about yesterday was the desire to defend and keep them to nil in that 2nd half - even when we invited them back in with kick errors!
You deserved the win however; to say we can't get better is a little silly. We were missing our starting half (MOTM for the last couple of games) and one of our biggest forwards.
Really enjoyed the game though and looking forward to more battles!
I was talking about the season so far. I'm struggling to see how Eastmond can get much more out of the side he has. I expect Halifax will gradually slip down the table over the coming months, but I don't think a play off spot is beyond them based on the bits I've seen.
And every side has to cope with players missing, Bradford had a few starters missing on Friday as well.
I was talking about the season so far. I'm struggling to see how Eastmond can get much more out of the side he has. I expect Halifax will gradually slip down the table over the coming months, but I don't think a play off spot is beyond them based on the bits I've seen.
And every side has to cope with players missing, Bradford had a few starters missing on Friday as well.
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