Uptoncat wrote:I thought Drew, just shaded Grix, everything good we did came off these two who were more than ably supported by Martin who improved on a great game last week at Wigan. Drew just had that bit extra guile and craft for me his double chip over the top in the first half was sheer class. As has been mentioned Grix's effort to get out of our in goal was superb, the strength he showed was immense, nice cheeky dummy as well to start his run off with. Blaymire is also showing the form of 2007 and I expect him and Atkins to have big seasons this year.
In the pack I thought Hendo was solid, ran hard and tackled even harder, (shame about the penalty like has been said but he wasn't on his own), Stosic got through another mountain of work and one man who gets a lot of flack on on here went really well, that man being Bibey. JD was is usual self, the part timer Blake didn't put a foot wrong and Wilkes didn't drop a ball which will please some on here!
Talking of Wilkes I was speaking to a super league player from another clun the other day and he said Wilkes is absolutely horrible to tackle, he says he always runs hard and more often than not you hurt yourself when tackling him.
I'm actually looking forward to our next match lol, 2 points out of Wigan and Leeds away and only a -8 points difference with 8 regulars missing leaves me a very happy bunny indeed. Next week sees us with a new challenge, we've gone in to the last 2 games as firm underdogs and been written off by all and sundry. We need to show the same committment and desire to work and win for each other against a so called lower side, its our first home match so that may give us some extra inspiration so lets just hope the players are professional enough to carry on the last 2 weeks good work and get a win next week.
well said, agree with that. Some very good comments on here generally, agree with almost all of the positives. Cannot doubt any player on effort from last night, with [no offence to others not mentioned] Blaymire, Stosic, Grix, JD and Wilkes carrying on from last week's effort. Drew just shaded it as he looked the most likely to create something out what was a tight & often defensive effort.
What has pleased me most so far is relatively few mistakes and silly penalties overall - whilst there were a lot last night, they seemed to be more about Ganson being strict to the point of pettiness, largely for both sides.
