Exactly....our back row especially has been missing aggression for many years. Yes he will give many penalties away (so did Ablett & JJB and others) but his work rate, aggression, spite and fact he winds opposition players (and fans) up will be good to see as for years now all our backrowers have been too ‘nice’

He looked to try be involved in every tackle. Clearly the amount of penalties and restarts he conceded was not helpful, however, it was clear, he was just trying to make an impression after a lengthy period out: a little over enthusiastic.

I felt the yellow was a touch harsh, albeit I think it was more down to the number of penalties Saints had conceded as a whole: they were on their final chance. I felt the penalty should have been reversed by the way McShane and Matautia reacted to the most minor of and unintentional palms to the face.

Whats a load of nonsense is not being able to comment on a players performance in one single game without posts like yours getting overly defensive, no ones said he's a bad player, just that he had a bad game last night, which he did, all players have them, even the best ones. Everyone knows he's been injured and most likely too eager, dosnt change the fact he was poor last night.

Agreed, he's a good player, im commenting on his performance from last night in isolation, not on his overall quality as a player. He was clearly fired up after so long out, to the point that he became a hindrance to his team on this occasion.

I don`t even think he had a poor game.
Not sure how many tackles he made in the short period of time he was on the pitch but it looked impressive to me.
He was put on to combat the aggression the Cas players had just like they did against us the week before and he didn`t let them down.

Spot on mate. The only reason JJB gave away so many penalties was because he did about a thousand tackles a game! I saw someone on Twitter call Prior a liability last week after the Wire game. I honestly don’t know what some people want, and watch in that regard.

Love JJB but my word he drove me nuts with daft penalties at times.

You said he was an absolute liability. Thought that was overly harsh tbh. Your post above is much better

I said he was an absloute liability Last night, the key part being 'last night'. I think he's a cracking player as i stated earlier in this thread when we signed him. But even though i rate him and im glad we'v signed him, if he has a poor game il comment on it just like i will when he plays well...last night he was a liability imo, his eagerness got the better of him and while his aggression and fire are things i like, last night he was on the wrong side of the fine line with it, gave multiple needless penalties away and got sin binned. He didnt help his team last night.

Fair doos bud

Binned in consecutive games

Is his discipline always this bad?

Not historically.
Hopefully Agar will be able to sort out whatever's up with him at the moment. I'd be wary of unleashing him for his first game vs Saints though.

double post

I like him.

house

I must admit I don’t mind having one of those in our side, weve mussed s Bailey type character

Game as! Bateman is a wind up merchant, thinks he’s some kind of big I am. Remember when he tried having a pop at Peacock at the Magic game, him and that grub from Queens. Both got put in their place.

Compared to Wigan tonight, he's an angel.

He is exactly what we need in the pack. He is in everything, annoying and somebody you wouldn’t want to be playing against. As somebody said earlier we have missed a bit of that. Bit carried away last couple of games but the ref was just binning everybody tonight

He was lucky not to be sent off for that kick. Whilst I'm still very hopeful for his arrival, moments of absolute insanity like that are the last thing any team needs.

Wigan tried to rile him tonight and he reacted 1st half but in the end Wigan was riled a lot more and their discipline became farcical. Willie Isa was incredible tonight, lost the plot altogether and Wigan left him on!

Bentley is one of those players you dont like when hes playing against you but when hes in your team you love him. He will never take a backward step, get under opposition skin and work for 80 mins every game. I think he will add to our pack nicely.

Bentley has gone straight back into the Saints starting line up after a serious injury. If he is crossing the line slightly due to trying too hard that tells me we have signed a real player who will bring some in your face not take a backward step attitude. Its up to the coaching team to maintain discipline but every team needs a couple of players that get under the skin of opponents. Leeds potentially have a pack next year that nobody will look forward to facing.

Agreed a starting pack of

Oledski
Prior
mellor
Bentley
Tetevano

And subs of at least
Holroyd
Gannon

Is one of if not the best in the comp

I just hope we get to see them together consistently should see is laying down a real good platform form Sezer/Gale/Austin to shine


Really looking forward to next season

Needing another prop in the squad especially if king is gone. Though I would prefer Smith 13 and Tetevano amongst the props.