You know, the 'BIG ONE 5'

Oh yeah, that thing.

Big 15?

Those were the days

My grannie plays more minutes than Roy........







.... and she's been dead 20 years.

(Joke grannie!

)

Can't come soon enough.

Wood and England looked poor tonight as well.

I didn't think they did so bad. England's made huge strides and he made good yards tonight for me.
(no pun intended). Woody upped his game after that 3rd try (I think) where he was at fault but upped his game and was part of a great Wire comeback.

England is coming on leaps & bounds in his first SL season but one of the areas that is giving the team real problems is the stupid ,unnecessary passing where everybody watching knows before hand where the ball will finish up. The forwards are giving everything but if bad playmaking & ball distribution decisions & execution are being made, resulting in more ball on the ground, then the team will keep putting itself under increasing pressure.
Unless this problem is solved then Clark & Sims won't be the saviours everyone expects. The team in possession controls the game & we need to respect the ball more to retain possession.

I was saying to my brother all through the first half; we need a plan B. Throwing it around works at times but situations arise were sticking it up the jumper and running in 5 drives and a kick is the way forward. We're halfway there as in we do runs from dummy half and make good yards, but then we get to the 3rd or 4th tackle and we'll try to throw it around, resulting in knock ons or interceptions. Kick it down field and get a good chase in. We did this in the last 30 mins and it worked. Against big opposition, like what we're facing in the coming weeks, we need this plan B.

Off the cuff rugby looks great & stylish when it comes off ,but many times a loose pass can turn attack into defence & at times we look very disjointed whereas Huddersfield last night & Leeds & Wakefield were at least all singing from the same hymn sheet when they beat us. Rugby is a team sport & sometimes safe is best.

Exactly! Last night, Brough was key to Huddersfield, he led them and caused trouble. We need that commanding 6. I'm just hoping the new HB is somewhat decent!

Compare and contrast with our halfback pair. Brough would be ideal for us and he seems a lot more mature as a person now.

TS seems to have beef with him for some reason though, remember him publicly commenting about his attitude or lifestyle only a couple of years back.

He has attitude but talent

They are rugby players not choirboys & as the old saying goes "All work & no play makes Danny a dull boy ."

England is coming along nicely.
In the early matches he looked - and was - unfit by SL standards.
His ball retention wasn't great and for his size he didn't seem to make too many yards.

He's much improved in all of the above and I expect continued improvement from him next year.

Hopefully next year we've got Sims firing on all cylinders from day one, so all we need is for Woody to get back into some sort of form, and with Evans and Bridge in the background, and Harrison as an option we should be more than useful in the front row.

And no one remembers Glenn Riley, shame

I remember him, but for all the wrong reasons I'm afraid.

He's young enough to come again but at this stage his physique is the most impressive thing about him.

Wood won't be here next year!

Sorry to say that it's time for Woody to take a step down, Leigh or Salford (joke)

Ben Evans is well in front of the likes of Wood now. I don't think people appreciate just how good Evans form was before he got his injury. With him Sims and Hill, we have 3 very good front rowers, add Harrison to that too who's best position for me is prop. We're looking pretty good for next year.

Evans is an intelligent player with a low mistake rate. A coach's dream.

I hope he gets back playing sooner, rather than later.

People don't realise that we was injured from May to Christmas, without a full time environment to recover in.

Ben Evans plays with the maturity of a 30 year old prop, not a 21 year old. He's an outstanding talent. Similar build to Danny Nutley with great go-forward. Will do a great job for us and probably go to NRL in 3-4 years.

I remembered him but at the moment he's behind all of those I mentioned in my opinion.
He's big enough but doesn't punch at his weight and my impression is that he makes too many mistakes.

He's young so hopefully he'll develop further next year but wouldn't want him in the 17 on a regular basis as things stand.