Grix - Poor game, plenty effort but one he'll want to forget

Murphy - Other than one drop played pretty well, good defensive reads

Gilmour - Poor game, hands have gone, not capable of playing centre any more

Cudjoe - Classy performance, one of the best players on the park

McGillvary - Ditto

Brown - Looks like he is seeing out time until his move to Widnes, think he is trying but very poor and keeps getting too squared up on defence, too easily stepped.

Brough - Played well, by normal standards, average by Danny Brough standards.

Crabtree - Really good, what would happen to our pack without him?

Moore - Decent performance

Mason - First stint was good, but we had lost up front by the time he returned

Ferguson - Played really well

Fa'alogo - Started well then disappeared

Lawrence - Excellent defensive performance

Robinson - Tried hard, lacked a platform due to lack of go forward

Faiumu - Did what he does well, not his fault, would have been better with a real prop, did make a monster try saving hit on Carvell under our sticks.

Patrick - Little impact, not convinced he was used correctly

Fairbank - Good defensive performance, but a short stint



Overall, 3 very disappointing performances, the rest were either ok or very good, but the mix of players/positions was wrong, too light.

"Overall, 3 very disappointing performances, the rest were either ok or v

ery good, but the mix of players/positions was wrong, too light."



Pretty much sums the last two months up

i agree about crabtree in the warrington game i thought he was poor



but he is not that type of prop anymore for blasting through defences, used to be when he came off the bench as an impact player, but since then hes lost weight and is now a starting prop doing almost 80mins on some occasions and gets through a ton of work



wish he would do offloads more though...seems to have been told to stop by brown but now browns gone will could see it again

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed this ^



How Doof remained on the pitch for the first 37 minutes beats me,Fairbank showed more enthusiasm in his first couple of minutes when he subbed him than Doof managed in the whole of his 37.



You would expect a former NZ international to set an example,I thought these overseas players dreamed of playing at Wembley.

1. Grix - Very poor and low on confidence. Some sympathy that he's been messed about positionally but not been good enough at all this season. Eden has to be given the position for the rest of the season

2. Murphy - Seems to be short on pace for a winger. Reasonably solid apart from the one glaring, p*ss poor error when under no pressure. We didn't get the ball out wide quick enough to him to allow him to make an impact but feeling is he's no more than a squad player.

3. Gilmour - Past it. No point in him playing another game this season.

4. Cudjoe - Brilliant. Didn't deserve the display of those around him. Again service to him was simply too slow.

5. Jerry - Great to have him back. Hate to repeat myself but he did all he could considering the how slow we were working the ball out wide.

6. Brown - Rubbish. No point him playing for us again this season. Confidence is shot.

7. Brough - As always, one of our better players but...he lost the crucial battle with Briers and was very much second best in that contest. Forwards made no yards which made it very hard for him to be in position to put some good attacking kicks in. Didn't make enough yardage with some of the penalties & often kicks too early in the tackle count.

8. Eorl - Did everything he could but our pattern of play was so obvious and predictable, Wire always read it and he was always running into a Wire wall.

9. Moore - Service he provided was just too predicitable. Same plays all the time, easily read giving the forwards little chance to make yards. Has improved over the season but still way short of where we need him. Lunt is head and shoulders the better player.

10. Mason - Again not given a chance by a predictable attack but miles off where he was 2 years ago. A favourite of mine who seems to lack the agression and passion he had. Either give him a run of games or move him on.

11. Fa'alogo - As others have said, he's in the team to bring leadership and experience in these big games. After the first try he did nothing. He was a monster when he arrived but maybe injuries have taken their toll.

12. Ferguson - Plenty of commitment but little else. Ran as hard as he could but plays were too predictable. Reasonably solid in defence.

13. Bruno - Played very well. Always very solid in defence but wish he had a little more to offer going forward. Worth a run in this position.

14. Robinson - Couldn't understand why he didn't start but lacked his usual zip when he came on. Too predictable at the play the ball and too slow it getting us going

15. Faiumu - Lots of effort with no support and therefore ineffectual

16. Patrick - Needs to play more often with more minutes. Not utilised enough. I really hope Baloo gives him his chance

17. Fairbank - Thought he showed some real effort and passion that shamed others. Deserves a run in the team.



Of course, none of the above takes into account just how solid Wire were and how well they played. However, our attack was shocking and I don't care who you are, if you give Wire that much ball and have to defend that much, you'll make the mistakes and lose the game.

Our attack is just so predictable (I may have mentioned this...) and slow. It takes an age to get the ball from Dummy Half to first receiver and about 3 days to reach the wing. The forwards have little chance to make yards as the opposition knows exactly whats coming. We really need to address this and quick - and I'm sure Baloo will!