Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:14 pm  

Sad to see McCormack get stricken by the Leeds rookie injury curse. Hope it’s nothing serious.

Not despondent after that; but objectively the squad has serious issues still.

I’m not confident we can fix it all up in time for next season. Tonight has confirmed a lot of my existing thoughts.

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:21 pm  

At least it wasn't an annihilation then... I was giving us 30 start to have a chance before 8pm. Small steps I suppose... I'm not sure 10 games will be enough for Arthur to make significant steps though with these, still some deadwood needs cutting off.

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:28 pm  

christopher wrote:

We played well second half but let ourselves down with stupid errors

They were given a try that wasn’t a try and they chalked off two perfectly good kicks

They had 3 tries from refs mistakes , 1 try on top of those that may not have been grounded , we had two goals that went between the sticks .

But do not be fooled , we are still garbage and brain dead with a soft mentality .

Arthur will improve things but there is a limit to what you can do with this lot .

Sinfield needs to play the rest of the season , his defence is far from perfect but will improve , he showed some nice touches tonight and will be the future of which Frawley is not

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:49 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

They had 3 tries from refs mistakes , 1 try on top of those that may not have been grounded , we had two goals that went between the sticks .

But do not be fooled , we are still garbage and brain dead with a soft mentality .

Arthur will improve things but there is a limit to what you can do with this lot .

Sinfield needs to play the rest of the season , his defence is far from perfect but will improve , he showed some nice touches tonight and will be the future of which Frawley is not

Sinfield was poor i thought but I’ve no issue with giving him a run of games

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:51 pm  

So soft, aren't we? No doubt Arthur will bring some discipline and direction but he'd have to be Harry Potter to turn this lot into a top six team. There's literally only Croft who looks like a true top flight player.

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:54 pm  

No wonder Arthur was no where to be seen at the end he's probably on the next flight home.

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:26 pm  

I dunno, I just got a lil bit moist watching BA's interview on Sky. I like the way he presents himself and talks.

One of the big jobs he has over the next few months is to consult with Blease on the future of several players, and consider some new additions. His knowledge of NRL players is excellent and he will know who we need. Straight away I'd like us to retain him for 2025, I just think his discipline and experience is exactly what we need right now.

Hopefully we can persuade him. As for the team... honestly I'd be cutting a couple of players early if possible, as well as allowing a couple to leave at contract end this year. Nice to see McDonnell and Miller doing the rounds with the away fans after the game, those two are often last in the sheds after a game. Thought McDonnell was good overall again tonight but then I am a fanboy. We struggled with their big units down the middle again.

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:35 pm  

christopher wrote:

Sinfield was poor i thought but I’ve no issue with giving him a run of games

Created two tries

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:40 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

Created two tries

‘Created’ is pushing it a bit

Re: Round 17| Warrington Away : Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:41 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

Created two tries

Haven’t watched the game on TV yet but initial impression was that he defended well tonight.