Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:24 am  

Eastern Wildcat wrote:

Thought Pauli had a shocker

Was it the diminutive Jack Hughes who steam rollered him just before the half time hooter. Think that then resulted in the penalty that gave Wire an extra 2 points that ultimately proved crucial.

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 8:47 am  

A strange feeling after that one. Boy, was that last 15 minutes exciting, wow.

Warrington's line speed and exploiting our left edge got them well on top and we looked like being on the wrong end of 50 points.
Bur, the comeback was magnificent and Wire were left clinging on, desperate for the hooter.

With Brough controlling the game and Hampshire posing more questions that an edition of Mastermind, plus Big Dave causing mayhem, we looked to be heading for golden point.

There's so much to take from that loss that it bodes well for the run up to Easter and hopefully we can be right up there challenging for a play off spot.

Great entertainment and a massive display of guts and determination from the boys. Bring on Salford !

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:26 am  

The perfect game to describe a game of two halves!
Was slightly worried when we didnt touch the ball in the first twenty, but wow what a second half performance.
Of course those in the sky Comm box wrote us off!
Great 2nd half and big minutes played by MOTM Big Dave, Ant England & Pauli Pauli. Rocky and Kyle frightening them to death. Pleased that Joe & Max got over for a try after a difficult start. So close and yet so far.
As a number of fellow posters have already said, if we play like that we will win more than we lose.
Thought we were lucky with that try chalked off - looked ok to me when I watched the game back.
Agree with posters saying the golden point should be dropped - to have levelled the score and to have maybe then lost it because of that farce would have been soul destroying!!
Also, WTF was all that with that pratt of a mascot???
Sky decided to show theirs all the time during the game..... made my urine boil!!
Up the Trin.

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:36 am  

Eastern Wildcat wrote:

Really proud of the teams effort in the second half, and all players had a dig. 7

Unfortunately, the first 20 minutes or so we were dire. We shouldn't forget this, and it needs addressing, as we have done that before, and its cost us.

Thought Pauli had a shocker, and although Jowitt struggled to begin with, grew un confidence.

Think Batch out for about 10 weeks

Pauli looked to have had his confidence rocked when he lost the ball in his first run. Crowd and Big Dave tried to lift him, but it took a while. He can't play 40 minutes at a stretch, but in the second half he was immense.

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:38 am  

The Eclipse wrote:

I think Rocky Hampshire is under rated, I don’t think there is another fullback in SL who can inject speed into the backline like he can. Some of his touches were brilliant.
On a different note does anyone know when Batchelor is back ?

Couldn’t agree more on the Hampshire point, his sudden injection of speed when joining the line is great and causes all sorts of problems for the defensive line. He looks so composed and gives us that extra pivot each side of the ruck. I’d be getting him signed up on a longer deal if he’s happy at fullback.

Another point is that the introduction of Woody for the last 20 really turned the game. Thought he was exceptional. He can really damage teams at that stage. The quicker Randall is back the better.

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:52 am  

wakefield1990 wrote:

Couldn’t agree more on the Hampshire point, his sudden injection of speed when joining the line is great and causes all sorts of problems for the defensive line. He looks so composed and gives us that extra pivot each side of the ruck. I’d be getting him signed up on a longer deal if he’s happy at fullback.

Another point is that the introduction of Woody for the last 20 really turned the game. Thought he was exceptional. He can really damage teams at that stage. The quicker Randall is back the better.

Woody had his best game of the season . No coincidence to me that he did not play the full 80. He's far better off the bench

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:31 pm  

Just noticed we outscored them try wise 6-5, as people have said the first half killed us, Warrington were clinical and punished us.

I did think for a second when Mamo knocked on at the end it’d hit a Warrington player in an offside position. All ifs and buts I guess.

A lot of positives to take from that second half performance.

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:19 pm  

Bang on re Hampshire, he has it all and should be playing in the half backs, Miller was poor again last night, going missing again for much of game. We need Hampshire with his hands on the ball as much as possible, he should also be first choice goal kicker. Next match I would play Brough and Hampshire at 6&7 and Jowitt at full back.

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:26 pm  

Massive credit to the lads for a marvellous second half effort with Big Dave once again in the forefront:love the way he dismissively swats away tacklers.A mention too for Broughy.He's got his detractors but I feel we are a better, more rounded side with him in: he gives us more options and the way he created the gap for one of the tries was sublime.I think we would have beaten them without last weeks injuries so overall it bodes really well.Inevitably there has to be criticism in a game like that, and I know it's stating the bleeding obvious, but we need to match fire with fire at the kickoff,unless,of course, we just couldn't live with them.
Must also agree with Kettykat re Wire offloads.We
need to address this problem pronto, cos Cooper especially, seemed to get shut in every single tackle.

Re: Warrington : Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:28 pm  

bellycouldtackle wrote:

Bang on re Hampshire, he has it all and should be playing in the half backs, Miller was poor again last night, going missing again for much of game. We need Hampshire with his hands on the ball as much as possible, he should also be first choice goal kicker. Next match I would play Brough and Hampshire at 6&7 and Jowitt at full back.

I couldn't make the game and watched on sky but have to say
Milky was awesome

Perhaps it didn't feel like it you were at bell vue?