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O come all ye faithful


Earned his starting place

By Gelbel
December 17 2014

Although the Yorkshire Post have announced that Tommy McGee has been told to continue in his role as caretaker head coach of Yorkshire Carnegie for the foreseeable future, at the time of writing, we are still waiting to hear from the club who is the main man steering the good ship Yorkshire Carnegie.

But what we do know is that under Tommy's leadership the team has gone from woefully poor, with as much motivation as needed to eat a plate of cold, over-cooked, leftover sprouts, to something like what we come to expect with a load of passion thrown in for good measure. The majority of the handling errors have stopped and our defence is becoming a force to be reckoned with once more. We're also playing a bit of heads up rugby, although we are still kicking the ball away too often.

And while you could argue it's only been cup matches, the three wins have been hard fought; having a scare after an early lead at Aberavon, coming from behind against Ulster and beating a very determined and experienced Rotherham side. Yorkshire Carnegie have seemed to build on each performance and having to fight for the wins can only add to the confidence.

Jersey have lost all three matches of their recent matches in the cup. They may've lost their previous matches against London Scottish and Worcester in the league too - but they ran Worcester very close at Sixways. While Yorkshire Carnegie lie a lowly tenth in the league, there are several clubs jockeying for position in and around the seven to ten berth. So with those other clubs having some hard fixtures, certainly harder than ours on paper, a win would see our heroes climbing several places up the table.

So how to make that happen? There has been a bit of rotation in recent weeks, which is understandable, so I am assuming that Richard Beck will be available for Hannay who does not make my bench. Add in Dudman to start and I'd be inclined to keep the faith in the squad that was named for the Rotherham match and that includes giving Josh Bainbridge a starting place - he's taken his opportunities well. In his Rotherham post-match interview (you know the one with the questions edited out along with most of the first word of the start of Tommy's reply) it sounds as if Mcllwaine has dislocated his shoulder. So we may have to put Goss back on the wing (Doc's not the speedster he was - and I assume he's not the 'Dave' with the crook shoulder as he did not feature on Saturday) and hope Vickerman is fit. This means we may be lighter than ever in the backs. Just as well the ground at St Peter's can be on the heavy side at this time of the year as it means the forwards can do the damage we saw against Ulster.

With the new vitality at the club I predict an away win; if the scrum is anything like we saw at Huddersfield a four-try BP could be on the cards. And that would make for a nice early present and those of us travelling to Jersey could return all joyful and triumphant. And for the tough matches coming up through to mid-January any win against the islanders, which is never an easy place to go to, would be a much needed boost of form and confidence.

Safe journey to those going – see you in the airport bar or in some local hostelries or at the match.

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haxbytyke
Haxbytyke
17/12/2014 21:15
Good preview Gel, I'm looking forward to it. I think this could be the week things start to click, let's hope so.
I also hope the team are travelling on the Friday, and not penny pinching again by leaving it until Saturday morning.

COME ON LEEDS.
We've been through it all together.

Bobba
Bobba
17/12/2014 22:37
Nice preview Gelbel. Despite what people on here think of my posts, I do believe that since Ming's departure to never never land, the team under Tommy's guidance have made progress an look to be getting back to the winning ways of the past. I just hope that the team, having reviewed Saturdays performance have had it instilled in them that the game is over the full 80 minutes. There is reason to be optimistic and in that respect I have climbed off my bit of clover and predict a win for the team.

As for spirits over Xmas, I will happily be enjoying a nice vintage malt! Cheers!

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Albert Fishwick
17/12/2014 22:42
Any kind of win will be a good effort over there.

If I had all the money I've spent on drink ..... I'd spend it on drink.

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Wildwillie
18/12/2014 19:59
Narrow win please Santa

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almostatyke
18/12/2014 20:39
Acid test coming up - but my litmus paper (whatever happened to that?) is red saying we have passed. I think a win by 10. Better adjust my Prediction League score.....

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Wildwillie
20/12/2014 12:22
We need 4 points today as we have some tougher fixtures ahead!

Bobba
Bobba
21/12/2014 12:03
Is it not great to read in the Rugby Paper that "Carnegie showed control and discipline in the closing stages". Well done boys. Keep up the good work. A good win and a big leap up the Championship tables.

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