Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 4:53 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Jet lag? thats Rollocks
If you have done a long haul flight the best recovery is to exercise when you get back
He should be playing at least 40 minutes even if he starts off the bench
Could only happen at Hull FC

Is there anything you're not an expert on?

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 4:56 pm  

One major thing that showed up for me was pace (or lack of) we've no speed in the halves or centres. Carlos got done for speed right at the end and looked like he was running in concrete boots for his intercept, we're crying out for some genuine pace throughout the team.

Balmforth was great again, with a try and an assist and some great passing from 9 really got us going in that second half. Felt we blew more than a few chances today, we just can't seem to get any luck at the minute the last conversion in off the post pretty much summed it up.

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:03 pm  

Williams the difference today. As hasbag says, a genuine gamebreaker.

The improvements from Hull are clear though, I think the side from earlier in the season lose by 30+ today. Aydin was really impressive, not far off an 80 minute performance. Ashworth very good too but another worrying injury.

Why did Chan not play, anyone know? Injured or just not selected?

Whilst it was a shame not to see Cartwright I totally get why he wasn't selected. There's no rush, by the time of the Salford game he'll have had almost three weeks to settle in. Hopefully by then too we'll have added another import.

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:06 pm  

Also I think the fact we played a good chunk of the game 2 subs down and then Sao went off injured too with about 15 mins to go leaving a 1 man bench, can't fault the effort and determination from the boys, they were absolutely out on their feet at the end. Massive minutes from Aydin and Herman, Gardnier had a good stint as did Fash, but Ashworth was head and shoulders the best forward on the pitch, hopefully his injury isn't as bad as it looked.

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:06 pm  

The games afoot wrote:

Still another loss in the loss column for Grix….but,we are playing better and showing some effort….a few on here have said we are unfit…so Grix hasn’t improved that side of the team,attack still needs addressing,hope Cartwright can get a attack coach in,Balmforth sounding good again but let’s face it,he is only playing because Houghton is injured..would he have dropped Smith instead?…..we may have improved performance wise and I put it down to having “better” players than Smith had but he has still won the same amount of points than Smith.

The problem there is Smith pinched it against London, we beat Leeds and came very close to beating warrington

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:08 pm  

Mixed views on this!

Pleased with the effort and commitment once more, can't fault anyone on that score, but gutted to lose in that fashion.

Think the difference in the end was the quality gap between the two sides. If you take Williams and Dufty out of their line-up then we most likely come away with a win. We all know this isn't the greatest squad we've ever seen, but games like today bring out our inadequacies into the harsh light.

The possession and territory we had at times was squandered because we simply lack the quality to exploit it, although I did think Wire's defensive line was very resolute and even sides better than us may have struggled to break them down.

Either way, I feel a good deal more positive than I did a few weeks backs, so we are seeing some lifting of the mood from the first three months of the season. Let's hope the remaining games bring a little cheer for us all.

[Chris71]

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:15 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Williams the difference today. As hasbag says, a genuine gamebreaker.

The improvements from Hull are clear though, I think the side from earlier in the season lose by 30+ today. Aydin was really impressive, not far off an 80 minute performance. Ashworth very good too but another worrying injury.

Why did Chan not play, anyone know? Injured or just not selected?

Whilst it was a shame not to see Cartwright I totally get why he wasn't selected. There's no rush, by the time of the Salford game he'll have had almost three weeks to settle in. Hopefully by then too we'll have added another import.

Hope Ashworths injury isn’t too bad as thought other than the offload at the start of the 2nd half he was very good again today and made good metres. Though to be fair the off load was on but the timing/execution was off.

On fitness I think we look a lot fitter than we did under Smith and we look a lot more committed and together as a team.

Balmforth has to be in the 17 as he has done more in the 2 games than most have done all season in terms giving us direction and an attacking threat.

It would be criminal if we don’t or haven’t offered him a deal as he will more than likely be a very good player over the years.

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:18 pm  

mwindass wrote:

You adding sleep expert to your list of skills? The guy had 1 session due to jet lag. No point rushing him back if he's not ready

Yes another one. A specialist in the subject of the circadian rhythm.

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:23 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Is there anything you're not an expert on?

Jamie Shaul playing hooker.

Re: Warrington up next : Sat Jun 22, 2024 5:25 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Had every right to throw the towel in today but didn’t. Lost Scott and Ashworth. Sao was struggling. Briscoe went off with a HIA. But was in it until the last 2 minutes.

Gutted with the loss but Wires game breakers got them over the line.

Think Aydin has been a good buy for us. Must've played 70+ minutes in the middle

Aydin is an upgrade on Brown for sure.