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Pat Bateman wrote:Hard to argue with that. Thought Pratt was great against Wood. Good on him.
He fluffed his line on the break but everything else I thought was very good from Pratt Scott on the other hand is a star. Everything he did was class. He made Cini look like a complete novice.
Thought the forwards played well with Hamlin-Uele especially looking great.
In the half Trueman had some nice touches but Lino ran the game Thought Max looked even faster than last season.
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker - Buddha
Decent performance I thought , 32 points and probably should have had more but that would probably be nit picking at this early stage of the season and so many new players to bed in .
Really impressed with the speed we transferred the ball and some of the invention shown , we cut Cas open seemingly at will at times .
Rodwell was simply phenomenal , thought he was a little clunky on boxing day at Headingley but tonight he was back to his very best , he must be a nightmare to play against , he just never stops .
Obviously it wouldn't pay to get too carried away but I think we'll be more than ok this season .
Joined: Feb 11 2011 Posts: 2210 Location: Wakefield
PopTart wrote:He fluffed his line on the break but everything else I thought was very good from Pratt Scott on the other hand is a star. Everything he did was class. He made Cini look like a complete novice.
Thought the forwards played well with Hamlin-Uele especially looking great.
In the half Trueman had some nice touches but Lino ran the game Thought Max looked even faster than last season.
Agree with all that. To think we have Johnstone, Russell, Doyle, Atoni, Vagana and Griffin, we look pretty solid. I feel a lot more satisfied
Joined: Jan 22 2018 Posts: 2850 Location: Tomorrowland
PopTart wrote:He fluffed his line on the break but everything else I thought was very good from Pratt Scott on the other hand is a star. Everything he did was class. He made Cini look like a complete novice.
Thought the forwards played well with Hamlin-Uele especially looking great.
In the half Trueman had some nice touches but Lino ran the game Thought Max looked even faster than last season.
Thought Lino looked brilliant to be honest, he definitely seems to have stepped his game up.
Thought Trueman was good, particularly his pass selection and saw some glimpses of the long kicking game, just need to see it more! Thought Russell went quite well when he came on as well.
Top priority… if we haven’t Jowitt yet then Ellis should be camping outside his drive contract in hand and red carpet.
Pratt has that number 4 shirt sewn up. Hes everywhere, the yards, strong defence and breaks he made and he has a huge engine. He had Wood in his pocket pretty much all game. Hall will have a tough job keeping him out of the team and will have to fight hard to get that spot. Hard to look past Pratt at the moment.
Of the new signings. Mckmeeken strong in the middle. Storton had a good game, looked fit, got through plenty of work and he will be a good signing.
Scott and Walmsley look like they will be a very good pairing on the right.
Uele was strong, Rodwell was good too.
I can’t believe I’m going to say this because I’m one of his biggest critics… but Lino seems to work well with Trueman and they both ran the show emphatically thst first half. Hard to look past them starting round one.
Came away feeling for a bit better execution it could have easily been 50. Great to see the defensive resilience and structure from last season was there in abundance too. We will need that.
Not get carried away ofcourse but the signs are that our pre season has prepared us very well.
Hard to pick a m.o.m I think our pack is very much SL standard and I was pleased with the halfbacks - yes, Lino was excellent tonight, but so we're so many. Those first half tries were top drawer! Good times ahead I think!
A good performance with many positives, the question could our forwards step up from the championship to super league was answered in style. Truman and Lino looked slick and took the ball to the Cas line committing defenders, allowing Scott to create havoc each time he had the ball. The only wake up call was two soft turnovers that cost us tries, Rodwells late challenge on Arzi and a knock on coming off our line. Both invited an ordinary Cas team onto our line and score. But I'm pleased with what I saw and I'm really looking forward to the season ahead.
Joined: Oct 04 2008 Posts: 21312 Location: wakefield
Three players I didn't mention.
Croft. He's always been a big lad but he's worked hard in the gym. He was noticeably bigger in upper body and used it well at SR. That could be a really good switch for him.
Shaw, who ironically was the other player we let go in that silly contract situation, looked decent when he came on. He won't be our star prop yet but I won't be offended if we get an injury in front row and he's next in line
Walmesley, I really can't decide on him. Had some nice moments but I still worry about his confidence and size. Hope he does well but there are some monster wingers in Super League and he's a long way from Jerry
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker - Buddha
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