Post by Jamie Crawford on May 20, 2016 8:54:04 GMT
Ashton Gate Stadium Wednesday 25th May – KO 7.45PM
Our website dubbed the review of leg one at Castle Park as, “Advantage Bristol following stellar second half.” IMHO it was less a stellar second half by Bristol, more a meagre second half by the Knights that gifted possession and victory to Bristol. That is not intended to take anything away from Bristol but we have much to be optimistic about in the ‘second half’ of the two-leg play-off Final at Ashton Gate Stadium. Again in my unofficial opinion, we played a kicking game, more so in the second half. Bristol kicked well but all we did was give possession back to them as our kicking out of hand left something to be desired. We looked dangerous when we did make breaks and our defence was resolute. Roll on the 25th when we can show Bristol how we normally play.
An example of this (how we normally play) is when we beat them at Ashton Gate 27-39 last November. A similar result; a 12-point difference would not be sufficient to win the Final after we start the game 15 points down but we can take comfort from the fact that both times Bristol lost in the regular season was at home, they were undefeated away.
The Yorkshire Post described the Knights’ performance as “…arguably their most error-ridden display of the season…” which gave Bristol a helping hand. Griff mentioned that the Knights’ attacking was poor and we must keep the ball better in the second leg. (I hadn’t read this when I mentioned about giving possession away!)
Both teams will have learnt much from yesterday but the Knights will revert to the style of play that they normally use, so hopefully Bristol will be less aware but not oblivious because they'll know the style of play that we normally use. I'm confident of a win at Ashton Gate, let’s make sure that it's by 16 points or more. It’s less’ job half done’ for leg two at Ashton Gate, more ‘a job still to be done.’ Overall the pressure is still on Bristol, possibly more so now that they have the lead but the Knights realise what a poor game they played compared to their usual high standard, what aspects they were poorest at and how to correct them. The great thing is that correcting the mistakes doesn’t involve playing in a different way; it just means playing how they normally play but more so; each team member must give 100%.
COYK
DONNY, DONNY, DONNY…
Our website dubbed the review of leg one at Castle Park as, “Advantage Bristol following stellar second half.” IMHO it was less a stellar second half by Bristol, more a meagre second half by the Knights that gifted possession and victory to Bristol. That is not intended to take anything away from Bristol but we have much to be optimistic about in the ‘second half’ of the two-leg play-off Final at Ashton Gate Stadium. Again in my unofficial opinion, we played a kicking game, more so in the second half. Bristol kicked well but all we did was give possession back to them as our kicking out of hand left something to be desired. We looked dangerous when we did make breaks and our defence was resolute. Roll on the 25th when we can show Bristol how we normally play.
An example of this (how we normally play) is when we beat them at Ashton Gate 27-39 last November. A similar result; a 12-point difference would not be sufficient to win the Final after we start the game 15 points down but we can take comfort from the fact that both times Bristol lost in the regular season was at home, they were undefeated away.
The Yorkshire Post described the Knights’ performance as “…arguably their most error-ridden display of the season…” which gave Bristol a helping hand. Griff mentioned that the Knights’ attacking was poor and we must keep the ball better in the second leg. (I hadn’t read this when I mentioned about giving possession away!)
Both teams will have learnt much from yesterday but the Knights will revert to the style of play that they normally use, so hopefully Bristol will be less aware but not oblivious because they'll know the style of play that we normally use. I'm confident of a win at Ashton Gate, let’s make sure that it's by 16 points or more. It’s less’ job half done’ for leg two at Ashton Gate, more ‘a job still to be done.’ Overall the pressure is still on Bristol, possibly more so now that they have the lead but the Knights realise what a poor game they played compared to their usual high standard, what aspects they were poorest at and how to correct them. The great thing is that correcting the mistakes doesn’t involve playing in a different way; it just means playing how they normally play but more so; each team member must give 100%.
COYK
DONNY, DONNY, DONNY…
