Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:32 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

It can't be right wheeler made 3 carries for 5m all game ... Surely???

Won't be far off. He was as anonymous as anonymous can be. He won't get near the side when Hohaia returns.

Turner has picked up stick from some fans but I thought his effort and willingness to take on the role in the halves was very good.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:06 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

Although Wakey have given some top teams a torrid time in recent weeks and they were still fighting for a top 8 spot.

What was the actual shape up of the team in the end?

Who played where?

I think this is the first thing Nathan says to KC at the end of every match

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:14 am  

Benidorm John wrote:

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I think this is the first thing Nathan says to KC at the end of every match

First choice 1,6,7,13 out, Brown reorganises to pull a good win out the bag, which has looked unlikely after the hull performance and all he gets is comments like this for it.

Brown can do no right I'm some fans eyes

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 11:25 am  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

First choice 1,6,7,13 out, Brown reorganises to pull a good win out the bag, which has looked unlikely after the hull performance and all he gets is comments like this for it.

Brown can do no right I'm some fans eyes

Brown has been the best coach since DA. We top of the league with 3 games to go and doing with injuries to key players.

We was unlucky to miss out on old Trafford last year.

His recruitment has been the best in years.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 11:56 am  

Turner was clearly the man of the match. He had an excellent game.

Thought LMS and Percival went well too and Walmsley was his usual self. Shame Wheeler was anonymous and got injured. So same old.

Btw, can we ban that drop off ball?

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:35 pm  

St pete wrote:

Brown has been the best coach since DA. We top of the league with 3 games to go and doing with injuries to key players.

We was unlucky to miss out on old Trafford last year.

His recruitment has been the best in years.

Agreed, I think had Leeds not got the drop goal against us last year, we'd of gone on and given Wigan a better game then they did, alas it was not to be.

His recruitment is one of the best things about Brown, time and again he has the ability to see the obvious about squads and improve them accordingly - not many coaches can. Amor, Walsh, and (if rumours are to believed) burns address absolutely everything everyone has said about us in the last 2 years. Some fans have a want it now mentality though...

Talking of which, how did McDonnell go last night? 2 tries on debut generally indicates a good performance but got told he was quote quiet...

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:48 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Talking of which, how did McDonnell go last night? 2 tries on debut generally indicates a good performance but got told he was quote quiet...

Good support player, seems to read the game OK. He couldn,t chime into the attacking line too much because we didn,t have the half back experience to execute it.
He seems OK for speed, just needs a couple of games to try and influence some possibly new attacking options.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:09 pm  

One thing I liked about McDonnell is that he was buzzing in and around the forwards all the way trough the game looking for an offload. Lomax tends to prefer to be more of an attacking threat out wide or support breaks up the middle, you don't often see him pushing on the shoulder of one of the props looking for an opportunity. As soon as McDonnell builds up an understanding with the likes of Amor, Mose and Alex, he will get plenty of scoring chances. He wasn't part of any free flowing handling moves but coming into the side at such a late stage with no halfbacks, that's to be understood.

I thought having three pivots in Wello, Turner and Wheeler seemed to work better, going back to my preferred structure of having a ball playing 13 rather than another prop on the field.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:25 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Agreed, I think had Leeds not got the drop goal against us last year, we'd of gone on and given Wigan a better game then they did, alas it was not to be.

His recruitment is one of the best things about Brown, time and again he has the ability to see the obvious about squads and improve them accordingly - not many coaches can. Amor, Walsh, and (if rumours are to believed) burns address absolutely everything everyone has said about us in the last 2 years. Some fans have a want it now mentality though...

Talking of which, how did McDonnell go last night? 2 tries on debut generally indicates a good performance but got told he was quote quiet...

I think Brown identified early in the job he lacked props and halves. He's Brought us walmsley, Manu, Amor and Walsh that have been top notch signings. Also big Mose has been excellent the last 2 month.

He's also been excellent with the young lads. He's used them well and not over used them and had them killed. The way he took Percy out last year was great man management as he told Percy why he was took out and it's it's not you've been dropped.

I honestly think if he brings in Vea and 2 or 3 other signings we will be more the Brown saints team that he wants and barring injuries I think we will win something in the next year or so.

I thought McDonnell did ok. He wasn't excellent but supported well and looked full energy. Looked sloppy in defence IMO.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Wakefield. : Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:43 pm  

I thought it was a great performance last night. Wheeler come up with some decent passes before he got injured and did well to stay on the field. McDonnell's support play was top class but disagree with pete i thought he defended well and organised our line. Turner was my MOM by far.