Re: "Walsh Watch" : Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:30 am  

curly990 wrote:

He only watched it on TV last night but at the match last week I was watching Walsh quite a bit even when the ball was elsewhere and I thought (without Wilkin being on the pitch) he was a lot more vocal than he was against Leeds and thought he would have carried on with that yesterday against Warrington.


Did you go to Warrington yesterday or watch it on TV and how do you feel Walsh is progressing if indeed you think he is. I had a kidney transplant (from my sister) yesterday afternoon so unfortunately I was away with the fairies last night but fingers crossed I will be at Warrington at the end of the month if all goes to plan.

Hope everything' gone alight with the kidney and you're back on your feet soon.

Walsh was a mixed bag, scuffed a couple of kicks and a gave couple of loose balls, but he was having a go, both in defence and with the ball.
Looks like he's still got a bit of a hobble in his jog towards the end, possibly just a subconscious favouring. Plus, he's never going to be Paul Sculthorpe in defence.

Re: "Walsh Watch" : Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:13 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Hope everything' gone alight with the kidney and you're back on your feet soon.

Walsh was a mixed bag, scuffed a couple of kicks and a gave couple of loose balls, but he was having a go, both in defence and with the ball.
Looks like he's still got a bit of a hobble in his jog towards the end, possibly just a subconscious favouring. Plus, he's never going to be Paul Sculthorpe in defence.

After watching the ankle break from only 20 foot away I honestly thought it would be career ending for Walsh and can only admire his steeliness at coming back so quick. But another part of me thinks he might have come back a little too soon and when he walked past the interviewer after the cup game against Widnes with his boots in his hands he was limping that bad that I really didn't expect to see him for a while so he must be playing each week with a fair amount of pain. I think it could be another month or two before he starts to get his self confidence back or maybe if he gets a heavy hit on the ankle to show it can stand a knock then it may come sooner.

I just think Leeds will be able to exploit any weakness with the accuracy of Sinfield's kicking game when it comes to Walsh but with Wilkin getting an injury yesterday it somewhat limits our options anyway.