Joined: Jan 19 2007 Posts: 523 Location: Still in 1973 and not PC
1.Bridge 2.Ratchford 3.Evans Bridge put in some very good work all round today as did a lot of others but overall he was the stand out player for me in my humble opinion.
1. Ratchford. I was really impressed with him at fullback today. He seems to be a much more attacking option there than Riley. 2. Evans. I thought he had a really good second half and caused problems for London with his pace. 3. Westwood. Solid as ever.
Joined: Oct 25 2010 Posts: 1523 Location: wireland
Ratch - solid in defence, dealt with kicks, returned the ball with intent and very creative
Westwood - work horse as ever nuff said
Tough one for third briers may pip it very creative as usual guided team round the park seemed to be attacking the line more than has done and again caused problems
Bridge was outstanding today, London simply couldn't deal with him and he had his hand in a lot of the best work the team did. Ratchford was excellent as well, composed and returned the ball back brilliantly. And Briers looked like a youth player, enthusiastic and wanting to be involved all the time (and I don't mean youth player because of his new haircut).
Joined: Jan 19 2009 Posts: 355 Location: somewhere nice
1. Ratchford 2. Briers 3. Evans/Bridge - can't split them Good performance but forced the ball too much and will be punished against better teams. Enjoyed it though. Well done Wire
Joined: Mar 09 2002 Posts: 200 Location: Warrington
mark_m wrote:And Briers looked like a youth player, enthusiastic and wanting to be involved all the time (and I don't mean youth player because of his new haircut).
My first thought was 'bloody hell, he had the weekend off and didn't go to the barbers. Scruffy get."
Definately a more 'youthful' Briers today, hopefully he can keep it up. I wonder if Smith plans to use him sparingly with Ratchford/Grix/Myler/O'Brien all able to slot in at halfback?
Joined: Aug 08 2005 Posts: 5643 Location: Not saving souls, or breaking promises
Matt who............
Atkins Bridge Evans....all class.
I was shouting for Evans on Ratchfords try to swap the ball from his right hand to left so he could hand off the defender, but he still had enough skill to get the ball away.
Best young player since Iestyn Harris.
anyway I still thought Ratchford was Man of the match by a good distance, it wont be an easy decision to drop/move him for Hodgson.
I was shouting for Evans on Ratchfords try to swap the ball from his right hand to left so he could hand off the defender, but he still had enough skill to get the ball away
was also screaming for him to move to left arm.....
Joined: Mar 07 2007 Posts: 7121 Location: Warrington
1) Briers - felt he was so influential in everything good about our play. All of our tries from the right hand side came from his quality play, be it passing or kicking, he added the lethal touch to our attack when needed.
2) Bridge - linked with Briers really well, took his chances away and got a couple of assists in there as well. Classy centre play.
3) Ratchford - felt he defended well at full back, he took his kicks really well, although Broncos didn't put too much pressure on him. He ran the ball well and the try between him and Evans was quick thinking and excellent support play.
Overall, thought it was a game for the backs more than the forwards. As Smith said, the game was slow, so the forwards didn't have too much to do, but the backs shown some excellent skills all round and some of our tries were top drawer. I'm really pleased with our depth in all positions, especially the backs. We have plenty of players that can play two or three positions really well.
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