PopTart wrote:
Mash says in press that he's worked with him and you'll see improvement against Wigan.
Let's see how he does......though its a tough game to improve your stats. The stats I'd like him to improve are carries and metres gained.
Will be tough against Wigan. I’ve watched them last few weeks and their defence is truly stifling at times.
As for Atoni, for a start he should be coming off the bench at 20-25 minute mark and running it in against a few tired bodies in the middle. His early promising pre season games started well and all were him coming h off the bench as impact.
He run very hard first few games but I hope the reason isn’t that huge shot he took (was in early rounds). He ran it in like a steam train from the restart and got crunched ant it looked painful. He’s not really run in with the same gusto since then.
I think I’d rest him this week and run with :
Bowden, Whitbread starting.
Battye, Eseh on bench.
Then next week bring Atoni back on as a bench prop. He needs to work on leg drive training and technique on contact imo. I’m willing to give him a chance to turn his form round but it needs to come quickly.