Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 8:53 am  

tigertot wrote:

Great to see a fully fit Gale again, I did wonder whether he would get back to that level again. I'm not sure why so many Leeds fans dislike him.

I think they're in the minority now. Hes class

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:00 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Enjoy it. You're not very good. Not very good at all.

The Village has called it wants its idiot back..

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:03 am  

Fallon wrote:

Enormous amount of positives from last night obviously but the standout for me was the team spirit. That was a bunch of guys really enjoying what they did and really working hard for each other.

This was sadly missing in recent times and I applaud Agar for what he has brought to this squad.

Don’t know if you saw the feature with Agar on Sky in the pre match build up? It was a really interesting piece about how much work they’ve done on creating team spirit including each member of the squad burning something that meant something to them, the ashes then went into a resin that covers the rhinos head that they touch before coming out onto the pitch!

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:03 am  

Trebor1 wrote:

I think they're in the minority now. Hes class

I know, I was being ironic. It seemed a large proportion based their whole opinion of Gale on one jig he did after scoring a try rather than the his performances through the season.

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:09 am  

Handley will score some tries this year if your left edge stays the same.
Everyone knows about gale and hurrell, but as a giants fan the lines that Mellor runs really causes problems, Austin got caught out by Mellor 2/3 times last night which led to tries.
You're in for a good year this year

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:13 am  

I know I’m Ava’s biggest fan and all that but he was awesome again. Goes under the radar a bit but he is real quality.

Makes such a difference having real half backs both sides, and able to double up (three with Myler), very hard to defend at times and kicking game out of sight compared with what it was.

What is really pleasing is the youth of the side. We have a few more good uns to come through too.

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:19 am  

Superted wrote:

What a great performance all round - special call outs to Myler, Dwyer, Newman and Prior.

I was really impressed with the team spirit - there seemed to be a real buzz between the lads, something that I’ve not noticed in a few years.

Whilst I thought we were fantastic, and we were the ones who made Wire look average, I do temper the excitement with the fact I think the pitch and conditions certainly suited us - the sandpit certainly doesn’t encourage fast, free flowing, quick ptb rugby - the stuff Clarke thrives on. We played the conditions great; the kicking to touch, stop/start nature of the game, combined with the sandpit taking the speed out of the bigger players legs all stopped Wire being able to play their best style. Here’s to a long, wet summer....

I think most pundits thought the conditions would suit wire better.
I don't think they rated Leeds defence before kick off and they thought our pack wouldn't be able to match theirs set for set.
It's easy to get carried away after a win like that but boy does the future look bright now.
It seems like we still have space in the cap to bring in another player and we have a fair few kids on the verge of making the first team.
I think Cameron Smith deserves a huge amount of credit. Many on here were writing him off before the season but for me he's probably our most consistent performer.
Leeds played a great down the middle game last night but I also think they have enough in their armoury to play an expansive game when the conditions improve.
Sad news about Ward but he'll recover and come back stronger.
For me we still need another prop in the squad whether that be a signing or the emergence of Holroyd or Mustaphi.
Even though it was a 36-0 scoreline I don't actually think there was too much between the teams.
I think the first half was set for set but we had slightly better ball control. We then got a bit of a lucky try early in the second half which meant Warrington had to chase the game and their continued errors gifted us an easy win. I think if the first score of the second half would have come from wire they could have steadied the ship a bit better. I still think Leeds would have won just because I think from minute 1 until minute 80 Leeds were the most focused.

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:37 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Enjoy it. You're not very good. Not very good at all.

How do the grapes taste in Warrington? You're not a true reflection of Wire fans they're usually decent

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:39 am  

HuddsRL5 wrote:

Handley will score some tries this year if your left edge stays the same.
Everyone knows about gale and hurrell, but as a giants fan the lines that Mellor runs really causes problems, Austin got caught out by Mellor 2/3 times last night which led to tries.
You're in for a good year this year

Good point, really enjoyable game to watch as a rhinos fan. As above I thought the team were very good and a number of individuals were also very good.
On Mellor I was super impressed. In com they mentioned he missed a lot of tackles last week. However, this week he looked right on it, quick, powerful and a menace all game. It makes the people who said he was rubbish, average or shouldn’t be playing look silly. This is a in essence a new, growing and developing team. Players like Mellor have come in, trying to settle, understand and improve. We as fans need to support that, not just when we win but also when we don’t. We aren’t the finished article, we aren’t going to play well every week but if the culture has and is improving as it appears then over time we will get back where we want to be.

Re: RD 5 | Warrington Wolves (H) : Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:43 am  

CartHorse1984 wrote:

I think most pundits thought the conditions would suit wire better.
I don't think they rated Leeds defence before kick off and they thought our pack wouldn't be able to match theirs set for set.
It's easy to get carried away after a win like that but boy does the future look bright now.
It seems like we still have space in the cap to bring in another player and we have a fair few kids on the verge of making the first team.
I think Cameron Smith deserves a huge amount of credit. Many on here were writing him off before the season but for me he's probably our most consistent performer.
Leeds played a great down the middle game last night but I also think they have enough in their armoury to play an expansive game when the conditions improve.
Sad news about Ward but he'll recover and come back stronger.
For me we still need another prop in the squad whether that be a signing or the emergence of Holroyd or Mustaphi.
Even though it was a 36-0 scoreline I don't actually think there was too much between the teams.
I think the first half was set for set but we had slightly better ball control. We then got a bit of a lucky try early in the second half which meant Warrington had to chase the game and their continued errors gifted us an easy win. I think if the first score of the second half would have come from wire they could have steadied the ship a bit better. I still think Leeds would have won just because I think from minute 1 until minute 80 Leeds were the most focused.

I think our defence especially down the middle made them look bad, to go with 3 props to start with Prior at loose was a very shrewd move, also the desire to tackle second phase play really threw Wire off their game plan.

It’s easy to get carried away after such a good performance, I still think we’ll have quite a few Hull and Salford first half performances throughout this season, but the difference is I don’t think we’ll throw in the towel this year and that’s down to team spirit, look at when Myler made that mistake early on you could see that his team mates wanted to make sure we defended that next set. I also like what Hurrell (so glad weve got a character like him in the squad) about headingley being their Homeland and they have to protect it, that os a fantastic attitude to have.

We will pick up some injuries like any squad, but we do have some decent players waiting in the wings and I think we are putting decent structures in place that they can come in and fit in with how we want to play, Im hoping to see Mclellend get a few games to see how he goes alongside lui or gale