Mickey Paea: Hull KR 'back to the drawing board'
FRUSTRATED prop Mickey Paea admits Hull KR's players are hurting themselves because of their failure to do the basics right.
And with that in mind, he expects coach Craig Sandercock to take them 'back to the drawing board' ahead of Sunday's home clash with Castleford.
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Back to basics: Mickey Paea and Josh Hodgson listen to Hull KR coach Craig Sandercock.
Rovers were their own worst enemies in a woeful first half at Bradford on Sunday.
Repeated handling errors and indiscipline helped the Bulls run into a 26-6 lead after 40 minutes.
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An improvement after the break saw KR put up greater resistance, but seeing their two-game winning run end with a 34-12 loss, Paea admits there are plenty of lessons to be learned.
"You have to be consistent in this competition and you can't turn up for two weeks and then not the third game, especially against a quality side," Paea told the Mail.
"Cheap turnover of possession hurt us badly and put us on our own line. Defensively, we had a lot to do and it took its toll in the end.
"We knew Bradford would be a good test for us but we didn't put our best foot forward and we will have to go back to the drawing board and fix some wrongs."
Identifying areas to fix will be no problem for Sandercock, as a 60 per cent completion rate in the first 40 minutes penned KR in their own half.
Paea admits it was a case of Rovers falling foul of the same old bad habits which had hampered them previously, but says he is at a loss to explain why.
"Theres not anything I can put my finger on, it just comes down to preparation I guess, as a team and as individuals," he said.
"The previous two games we had started well.
"We are just going to have to go back to the drawing board and sort out a few things.
"It is not all doom and gloom but is not ideal either. We have an opportunity next week to put things right."
A home clash against a struggling Tigers outfit appears a perfect opportunity to bounce back, as they have just one win to their name this season and were soundly beaten at home by London on Sunday.
But Paea insists Rovers can't afford to look at the contest as anything other than another stiff challenge.
"You have to play an 80-minute game against any team in this competition, it doesn't matter whether it's Castleford or Leeds," he said.
"Castleford beat Leeds a few weeks ago, so they have shown they can do it on their day.
"We know we can compete with anyone also, and we have shown that in the past, but consistency is the big thing.
"There are no easy games, it's just a matter of being consistent week in and week out if you want to compete with the top teams and be there at the end of the year."
8 Comments
by BennyStol
Wednesday, March 20 2013, 3:40PM
“biltonkev,yes I did see the warry game and I still say burns has DONE NOTHING and looks like yet another bad overseas buy.”
by biltonkev
Wednesday, March 20 2013, 12:20PM
“Bennystol.
So you think Burns has done nothing? Did you see the Warrington game? I very much doubt it.
Your ignorant comments about Rovers players are quite embarrassing.”
by BennyStol
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 4:39PM
“Another thing is when is Burns going to start to do something on the field, in the three games he has played he has DONE NOTHING.”
by BennyStol
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 4:36PM
“Ainsley,the trouble is that NOBODY has ever seen either Paea or Mika play for more than ten minutes at a time.”
by Ainsley
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 4:23PM
“Bennystol you have obviously never seen Mickey P play !”
by BennyStol
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 4:03PM
“Slammer are you still sticking by your statement that rovers have got their defence sorted after shipping 34 points against an under strength bradford side ?
Mika is one of the reasons for rovers lack of form,he and Paea can only play for ten minutes before they lose concentration and Paterson cant tackle to save his life, Sammut walked past him and Griffin and made them look ridiculous.”
by Ainsley
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 8:30AM
“Mickey you are the one who always puts your hand up every week always make good metres and your tackling has tightened up greatly this year,the problem is your mates are letting you down,come on the rest of the pack wake up.”
by Dr_Slammer
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 7:44AM
“I can always tell the 'attitude' of the team when I watch the pre-match warm-up. If it is snappy and high tempo then it usually indicates the players are up for it (ie against warry), however, against the bulls it was all sort of going thro the motions, disjointed and lack lustre.
The problem I have identified with Rovers is they haven't a pack leader in the absence of O'hara. Burnsy is geeing up the backs but there's nobody doing the same with the pack. Tui has the making of a pack leader but he is struggling with his fitness, an yes, Paterson is leading by example but he's not an 'in your face leader', which I feel is badly missing when its backs to the wall stuff.”