Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:25 am  

i thought newman played it really smart on his break, he didn't have the speed to get there and he risked getting too close to the touchline where almost any tackle coming in from the side would send him into touch
tui might be a good assett next season once the conditioner works on him but i bet no one thought he had the speed to go that far for his try

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:24 am  

Positives
Our defence was excellent, the best it’s been this season. And obviously we picked up 2 much needed points in the league. Newman, Dwyer, Merrin and Seumanufagai all played well.

Negatives
Our attack is dreadful. Lolohea had a poor game, with the exception of his interception try. Ashton Golding should have start at full back next week for me. And how does Brad Singleton keep making the side, he is the new Jamie Mathiou.

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:35 am  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Positives
Our defence was excellent, the best it’s been this season. And obviously we picked up 2 much needed points in the league. Newman, Dwyer, Merrin and Seumanufagai all played well.

Negatives
Our attack is dreadful. Lolohea had a poor game, with the exception of his interception try. Ashton Golding should have start at full back next week for me. And how does Brad Singleton keep making the side, he is the new Jamie Mathiou.

To be fair to Tui I don’t think Golding would have had the nouce to score that try, judging our attack in that weather is futile at least we made quite s few breaks

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:39 am  

I’d be more concerned with Tui’s defensive play at full back. When they were on our line at the start of the game he was never in shot to defend the kick. He had no appetite to try to catch the bombs, and I don’t really remember him making a tackle all game?

With the ball, he scored a good try, but also hurled it into touch when we could have scored in the second half.

He’s not the player we need at this point, due to his defensive failings and attitude.

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:51 am  

and Peter Smith gave him an 8

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 11:08 am  

Peter Smith shows every week that he knows bugger all.

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:00 pm  

Seth wrote:

Peter Smith shows every week that he knows bugger all.

That's pretty harsh.

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:02 pm  

Happy with that result and the performance.

Merrin and Newman fantastic, Dwyer, Ava, Watkins and the wingers all good aswel imo.

Really liking the look of Ava in the short time he's been here.

Newman showed why the Watkins call, while a sad one, was the right one. He's a star. 16 tackle busts last night. When you think of how much he's improved this last few month, to the point that he's regularly one of the best players on the pitch already, then forcast that to the start of nxt season when he's turning 20, its scary to think how good he's going to be. The strength, athleticism and footwork are a joy to watch.

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 2:10 pm  

mattsrhinos1978 wrote:

Happy with that result and the performance.

Merrin and Newman fantastic, Dwyer, Ava, Watkins and the wingers all good aswel imo.

Really liking the look of Ava in the short time he's been here.

Newman showed why the Watkins call, while a sad one, was the right one. He's a star. 16 tackle busts last night. When you think of how much he's improved this last few month, to the point that he's regularly one of the best players on the pitch already, then forcast that to the start of nxt season when he's turning 20, its scary to think how good he's going to be. The strength, athleticism and footwork are a joy to watch.

Newman plays with aggression - he’s going to be tricky to handle when he matures.

Re: SL RD 17 | Wakefield Trinity (A) : Sat Jun 08, 2019 2:29 pm  

Towns88 wrote:

That's pretty harsh.

He continually captions pictures of the players wrong and his assessment of players often is pretty odd.