Deeeekos wrote:
Gareth was a great link in attack his binning disrupted the team and then Lam's injury lead to another rejig
The proverbial game of two halves, once we'd been pinged the first 3 times and got used to Kendall's foibles we were in a roll for the rest of the first half.
Hanley was good, Halton and Amone, we went down the right quite a lot more, so it's then concerning in the second half that that was our weak point and probably a good spot by Smith in his talk at half time.
I'm more baffled by what counts as needing to be a head shot to get binned, a fortnight is a long time in rugby league
I thought Halton had a nightmare in the second half, with his opposite number causing all sorts of problems. Not convinced he can do the full 80, and the lines he runs aren't great. He might be better suited to playing down the middle.
Given the stricter rules around the play the ball, I don't think Amone and Mulhern can be expected to do 65+ minutes every game, so Lam may have to reconsider his interchange policy. We need more minutes from Norman, Nakubuwei and Trout. Trout's should increase has he builds his fitness up from that long injury, don't know about the others. I'd bring Holmes in to play back row and move Halton inside to replace Nakubuwei, who's quota spot I'd be looking to free up.
