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Clueless performance by 2 wingers tonight - they must be the weakest in the league.
Teams who don't even have an overlap can get outside them !
It showed against Salford and Catalans , despite winning both. Since then it has just got worse. Neither Talanoa nor Michaels should put the shirt on again. I really think they are that poor.
TrevLovesJanice wrote:Clueless performance by 2 wingers tonight - they must be the weakest in the league.
Teams who don't even have an overlap can get outside them !
It showed against Salford and Catalans , despite winning both. Since then it has just got worse. Neither Talanoa nor Michaels should put the shirt on again. I really think they are that poor.
I agree, especially Talanoa. We've gone from Briscoe and Lineham to these two.
Joined: Mar 14 2003 Posts: 25977 Location: Back in Hull.
Naughton played well pre season and for the reserves, stopped by Radford going to hudds where he could have got some SL gametime.
Talanoa is too limited for a winger, he has great go forward, but we have forwards who can do that, he is too slow, appalling under the high ball and makes poor decisions in defence.
You just have to look at their 2nd try to see a winger with brains and speed.
My biggest issue with our current two wingers is their inability to finish.
I'm pretty sure that every game so far, we've had tries chalked off because they've lost the ball on the line or gone into touch, whereas you watch the likes of Solomona and Makinson doing superman dives to finish. I'm not sure if it's their lack of athleticism or skill, but it's pretty poor.
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Joined: Mar 14 2003 Posts: 25977 Location: Back in Hull.
Doom&Gloom Merchant wrote:My biggest issue with our current two wingers is their inability to finish.
I'm pretty sure that every game so far, we've had tries chalked off because they've lost the ball on the line or gone into touch, whereas you watch the likes of Solomona and Makinson doing superman dives to finish. I'm not sure if it's their lack of athleticism or skill, but it's pretty poor.
Talanoa has had a few chance to score and has failed (Once last night and twice against Catalans), a quicker winger would have scored all of them.
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