Oh and cudjoe is doing well at the moment. Again infront of wellham

no doubt about that.

Ryan had his worst game for Warrington tonight. I don't know why, maybe he was trying too hard to prove whoever wrong.

What I do know is that the entire Leeds three-quarter line was hyped out of all proportion by the Sky commentary team tonight. Hardaker appears to be Eddie's new sock, despite the fact he seems to be no more than a smaller version of Kirk Yeaman.

Don't know about that. Not his best but not his worst.



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Yeah that was good, you did that thing where you broke the post down - you'd be loved on the VT.

Definitely. I mean listen to Eddie on the commentary saying to 'look out in the future' (or something along those lines) for that Liam Hood... why Eddie, cus he happened to be in the right place to ground the ball when Myler cocked up? Hardly the most skilled of tries was it! Give me a break



Don't get me started on Stevo and his new nickname for Burrow which he used at EVERY opportunity. End of a bell.

Not that great a night for Atkins, I think Watkins had the better of him. I'd still like to see Atkins dominate the bigger teams more, I know he has had a couple of good games against the better teams but he does tend to go missing in them.

That Liam Hood has been given a try that was very short last week and that sitter from Myler's cock up this week.

Then there was the several errors from him for the 10 mins or so he was on the pitch

I wouldn't worry

really,

not many bigger games than wembley mmm. Atkins has come on so much since his arrival at Warrington, playing under a Smith and good players around him. Last night was one of those nights a few of the players weren't up to heir usual standard, happens to the best of em at times apparently.

Hood is a good player with lots of potential, however agree it is embarrassing the way Eddie goes on.

I think hood will be one to look out for but not for scoring 2 easy tries

Oh I am sure he will turn out great but I was saying on the evidence Eddie is coming across as barking mad.

I'm not really sure why people are comparing Atkins and Watkins anyway - they play on different sides of the pitch (otherwise they wouldn't of been against each other last night).

So, technically speaking, Watkins isn't ahead of Atkins - Cudjoe and Hardaker are - Chris Bridge is up for the same spot as Watkins!!!

As an outsider looking in, I would have picked Atkins in the squad, but anybody bracketing him with Watkins is missing the point.

Watkins already looks the best centre the country has produced in a generation - he should be a shoo-in for year's to come.

It's Kris Welham, Zac Hardaker and, in particular, Kirk Yeaman who you should be concentrating on.

Yeaman just fell short in the Four Nations and, at the age of 28, is not going to improve - there is no conceivable reason why he should in the squad above Atkins!

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Atkins may not have been at his best last night, but he's still one of the best centres in SL. I am not complaining that Watkins is in over him (I'd have him at Wire in a flash), but it's the likes of Welham being picked ahead of him that was wrong in my opinion. He's had 1 bad game, lets move on and have him bag a couple against Wakefield next week.

atkins didnt do himself any favours last night, he should have just played his normal game instead of trying to hard to prove a point, he is by far the best english centre in the super league, just needs to play how he plays ever week and not try to hard.

Agree. I thought last night that our centre Watkins was better than Atkins but personally Watkins and Atkins would be my England centres.
And welham is showing how poor he is in defence tonight. He has paper defence against Bradford, just imagine what the aussies would do to him

Glad it's not just me that's confused at the Hood love fest. Sure he's a good prospect but Hemmings is going to have to make his commentaries 18 rated if he gets a bigger hard on for the young Leeds hooker.

You have to remember that, despite having commentated on the game for years, Hemmings still bases his assessment of players entirely on how many tries or goals they get. I remember him fainting over Steve Tyrer back in the day, Jamie Foster last season.

but how many amongsts us can say they haven't had a big hard on for a young leeds hooker? Maybe on a stag night or just feeling lonely?

Atkins was naff last night, I think he's one of the people who benefits more than others from the work of Hodgson in particular and Monaghan.

He had an off day, wow. He's not exactly turned into Michael Platt overnight.

TBH, I'm struggling to understand the panic of certain players rellying on other players. So what? Hodgeson, Monaghan and Solomona are influential players and when we have the team TS wants out there and everyone who should be selcted is fit and ready to play, we'll wipe the floor with everyone (including Leeds, Wigan and Saints) like we did last year.