Sandra The Terrorist wrote:Withers went well, looks sharp and plays with a bit of intelligence, he'll prove to be a good acquisition.
Mika looked dangerous, powerful and looking to offload or draw a man. Went for a massive hit in the first half, hilariously missed by miles and ended up giving Paea a big cuddle.
Clinton was like the Clinton of old.
Mature display from Josh Hodgson, good scoots out of dummy half and is deceptively strong.
Webster took the ball up with vigour and defended well.

Welhams defence is still an issue, dropping off tackles and missing.
Really not sure about McDonnell so far, he'll no doubt benefit from a firmer pitch going forward but his defence, particularly one on one looks suspect.
Cox still looks like he hasn't got over being battered from pillar to post by Catalans in last years play off mauling. No real issue at his age.

Sandra The Terrorist wrote:Only Taylor will know if it was a cynical foul, it looked as if he didn't hear the whistle, I clearly heard it from the other end of the ground so for me it was correct for him to get ten minutes.

very red robin wrote:Does it matter if Taylor heard him or not? i thought this rule was for attacking players that havent heard him call held (last season they would lose there advantage)?
It was a professional foul that stopped the attacking side from been quick with a restart - IMO he deserved to get the yellow and cant see any other way it could of been.

Sandra The Terrorist wrote:NO, that was my point, I heard the whistle, but it looked to me (confirmed by PAC, the weird stalker) that Taylor didn't.

Mistake or not, it caused Wakey to lose an advantage (we've seen Fox go the full length a couple of times in those situations) and Taylor was correctly given ten.