Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:32 am  

Keep the faith, anyone who would have thought we would win the first game must be in dream land. We were taken apart from by a pack which verged on near violence. Their pack play on the edge, some of their tackles were borderline at best, I thought the ref played to their crowd at times, However saying that we need to be smarter we also need to pay the ref, we also need to be more voilent in the tackle, we will learn, dont worry we will get better, we are playing under a new coach, so we need to learn and adapt to his methods, KW is not yet match fit, Parcell was to me the biggest let down, he is in his last season I hope his head is not on the plane home, and we can make changes in the pack, next week we will see some changes and we will see a better performance, we may not win but it will get better , keep the faith

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:34 am  

Exeter Rhino wrote:

What would last year's team done after half-time? The answer is not keeping the opposition to one score and keeping the second half scoreline respectable.

Last years team won this fixture...hard to believe I know

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:48 am  

I thought Leeds' tactic of giving Hurrel 3 out of every 6 drives became a bit predictable for Wolfs.

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 9:55 am  

For sure you can't blame Briscoe really or largely Walker because the pair of them were starved of any ball possession.
Leeds arguably most lethal edge wasted. Myler kept switching it back to the left over and over, which is bewildering when Wire left edge with Charnley and Goodwin seems a realistic target over that of Atkins and Lineham.

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:00 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

For sure you can't blame Briscoe really or largely Walker because the pair of them were starved of any ball possession.
Leeds arguably most lethal edge wasted. Myler kept switching it back to the left over and over, which is bewildering when Wire left edge with Charnley and Goodwin seems a realistic target over that of Atkins and Lineham.

Interesting - I thought Goodwin was as good as anyone last night

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:32 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Interesting - I thought Goodwin was as good as anyone last night

Thought Leeds got a lot of joy from attacking our left wing in the first 10-15 minutes. Hurrell on one leg made this less effective. Charnley pulled off two try saving tackles on the other side.

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:44 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Interesting - I thought Goodwin was as good as anyone last night

I never said Goodwin was poor in defence, I said Charnley and Goodwin look a more realistic target than Atkins and Lineham to attack and the lack of testing they had. It wasn't helped by Myler switching back to the left to attack instead of pushing it right.

The Warrington defence was superb right across the board.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:46 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

I never said Goodwin was poor in defence, I said Charnley and Goodwin look a more realistic target than Atkins and Lineham to attack and the lack of testing they had. It wasn't helped by Myler switching back to the left to attack instead of pushing it right.

The Warrington defence was superb right across the board.

You're not having a good 24 hours on here, are you Duckie?

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:15 am  

My take on our position. We looked so weak last night. Our forwards aren’t big enough, playing Merrin at prop is a waste of time and money we won’t get the best of him there. Parcell had nothing to work off, as we got dominated. There was no get up and go to meet them in defence, they made easy metres. Tackling was very weak and the basics of not wrapping the ball up, I can’t remember how many offloads they got but wow. Lolohea was nowhere to be seen and same for Myler. Using Hurrell as a utility style prop will only get him injured and not using him at his best. Handley and Briscoe looked pathetic against Charnley and Lineham and were easily brushed aside and rarely made metres. Bringing Dwyer on with 15 minutes to go was a waste as he made an impact as soon as he came on, he should have been used earlier. Ferris tried a bit but was too quiet, Watkins looked a bit scared but that comes naturally he should be ok soon. Stevie Ward tried but got used too much and he will just get inured again as he puts his body on the line. Cuthbertson is not a prob and just got dominated. Singleton made no impact with the size of their pack. Donaldson tried, Jack Walker was quiet aswell. Overall we need size and a general otherwise we will just get loved every week. Very disappointing and so much to work on.

Re: SL RD 1 | Warrington Wolves (A) : Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:20 am  

Is Sir Kev starving the likes of Petrou of game time so he’ll get sick of it, find another club and free up some cap space for a big hard Barrie Mac type prop? Time will tell but to have an overseas player (and prop) in the squad and not play them against a big Warrington side doesn’t make sense.