Captain Hook wrote:
I did wonder if the 6 again hooter was on silent mode for us. Good to see that we can score from within the 20. There was clearly some team spirit shown, at least a couple of long range breaks could easily have resulted in tries (for us).
With Ratchford in the halves the left edge seems to benefit, the right not so much.
Will have done their confidence the world of good, but I suspect it is still quite fragile.
I thought Mulhern and Bullock put in good shifts last night, Cooper did his job and Philbin slightly more effective than of late.
Hughes was Hughes, Currie showed he can still cause problems.
D Clark put on a good show and Walker a live wire if a little “grabby” in the tackle. Magoulis, feeling his way, I feel he could turn into a Waterhouse, but that is probably wishful thinking .
In the backs, well I still think we are currently a better team with Ratch in rather than out.
I have high hopes of Thewlis and Ashton. I still think Charnley is a spent force I’m afraid, unless it is a walk in. King is class but needs a bit of time to get his confidence back. Mr Hop Skip and a Jump still has a way to go to get me onside.
Agree, Mulhern had a decent game last night I'm no statto, but he did plenty of effective work and I do like Ratchford in the team great link play creating a running overlap.
I'm not convinced about Charnley's demise just yet, we hardly seem to play to our right these days and he was a shoe in surely if Mata'utia had slipped him a pass. Really enjoyed Burgess getting put into touch for his try attempt and near the 40 including the reaction, Currie coming across for high 5's showed a bit of togetherness (Atkins-esque ha ha)