Why put the ball in the air?
Run it along the floor. Cause them problems...or at least if you kick a bomb...kick the feckin thing high enough to give them something to think about.

Jermain McGillvery putting himself firmly in the NRL shop window.

Ratchford wouldn't have gotten that ball to mcgilvrey and wouldn't have made some of the tackles lomax had early on. I've not once thought ratchford would have done any better and he is not at risk of injury so lomax fine at fb for me

Oh Jonny!!!!!

You watchin the same Lomax as me?

Why isn't Gale playing? He was named in the team.

Some players just aren't International standard. .....

If hardaker was full back instead of lomax we'd be infront in this game. ...

By the way Lomax will not be dropped by Bennett. ....

Gale is out of his depth.
Had he had kicked into the void beyond the sticks or had the skill to go himself....there was a try on...Williams would have been in for sure had he have been playing.

In a nutshell

The seagull has better attack than us....fantastic effort to force a knock on off Slater.

Nrl refs are beyond comprehension

Whitehead just saved us with a penalty that wasn't a penalty!

He's certainly only looking one way

Game over

Wow lose the ball and get a penalty, CHEATS.

It's not even a knock on. ...he hadn't lost possession how's that reefing. .....

Got absolutely nothing from one of the NRLs worst. .....

Better 2nd half,will take that.

Well till that lol.

Why did currie switch that back inside we had a 3 on 2 out wide. ..

Kicking schmicking

All our kicks are CRAP (swear filter not even bothered with)

Happier with the 2nd half. So do we make changes for the Lebannon game, or do we stick with Gale? bearing in mind I wouldn’t swap just to rest him, because if he is going to persevere with the half’s it’s better to keep them going.

Got what we deserved....NOWT

We could have stayed there all night, and not scored another try.
Our halves pass the ball too early.
I've said this for years. TAKE THE OPPOSITION LINE ON, FFS.
We (Wire) had this problem with Myler. Take one for the team, but get our forwards running on to good ball. Not taking the pass at a virtual standstill.

The kicks were appalling
We kick for territory, and the ball goes into the air on that'll arced kick we do. That Valentine Holmes geezer has got time to put his Noel Coward smoking jacket and slippers on, put a 1930's jazz record on the turntable, and light a Havana cigar, before the ball has even bounced. They are STRAIGHT INTO HIS HANDS

Our kicks in the final 20 are pitiful

A massive rethink is needed for kicking. Not good enough.

The scoreline was a fair reflection. Yes, we huffed and puffed. But the Aussies were under little PROPER pressure

Lomax had a bad game but for me he was made to look worse than he was by some of the stupid balls Gale was throwing.

next game Ratch needs to come in for Lomax and Williams in for Gale. Matty Smith cops a lot of stick for being one dimensional but at lease he can control the speed of a game, kick for territory and most importantly, tackle.

McGilvery looked like out best player. He's an absolute Beast and the type of winger we could do with at Wire.

As Lefty just said, The halves HAVE to take the line on, but on the flip side of that they need players pushing with them. McGilvery, Widdop & Roby all made numerous half breaks and there was no one to tip on to. That's the biggest difference between us and the convicts. They're all proper keen, all someone has to do in slightly push their nose through a tackle and he has a bloke either side of him, both running at speed ready to collect the ball.

Pretty much as Lefty said above.

In many ways we're no better than we were under McNamara in 2013

That’s cos the players are not as good as the Aussies.