am i right in saying all our points were scored when hobson was on laying a good platform and all there points were scored when he was off the field

thought he was one of the stand out players yesterday

In the Rugby Leaguer it also says he had no case to answer for his sending off ar Fev, which is good news.
I too thought Hobbo was good yesterday. MOTM for me. Sorry but Cooky needs to be given another crack on Sunday IMHO.

He was daft tho at Fev.

i believe cookson is playing in the reserve game on wed

Maybe his sending off and probably a roasting from NK has cleared the red mist that sometimes decends because I too thought Hobbo got through a lot of good graft. I also think Cookie should get another start. We need another wrecking ball out there.

Hobson had a great game yesterday, played it right, no nonsense strong aggressive play but without giving away stupid penalties.

As for Cookson, he’s at the back of the queue as far as I’m concerned, hopefully some game time in the reserves will do him good.

At the end of the game it was Hobson who gathered all the players together in a huddle and was leading the team talk.

But how many chances does a player get or indeed need.

Sorry but what did he do wrong when he palyed, because I didnt see anything, Its a question Ill ask at the LISA meeting.

a player of hobsons experience will pay divedens to the likes of danny meekin and john cookson among others who may need someone to guide them along the right lines to becoming a good pro player

it showed that we missed him in the pre season games

What s definately missing atm is someone who can offload up the middle atm we dont seem to be offloading hardly ever."Grunt" forwards are ok but we need someone who can break a tackle and offload, thats why I prefer Cooky with Hobbo and C Hill.

I thought hobson was excellent yesterday. As for cookson please give me a break, hes one of the worst props we have had, sorry but in my opinion its true

Me too Kath. Chris and Hobbo got through a lot of work yesterday. Does anyone know how long Mike Morrison is going to be out and what are his injuries? At least James Taylor can rest for a couple of weeks. I would like to see Cookie start against LM. Get his confidense back.

Sorry to derail the Hobson thread (who's performance I have already complimented on another thread) but whilst this has evolved to the subject of injuries, does anyone also know how long Armistead will be out for?

You can’t off load if no-ones there, that’s what let us down yesterday somewhat very little second phase, something that Durbin has done so well at in recent weeks.

Meekin, Morrison, Taylor, Armistead even Marsh would get a run at prop before Cookson for me.

Dear me. Two players that I had completely forgot about. Armistead and Marsh. Any newsw on them? Marshy is a big lad to try and stop with a decent kicking game.

As I mentioned on here yesterday, I thought Hobson was absolutely magnificent. Certainly seems to have had a kick up the arris after the Fev debacle and he clearly agrees that it's the last chance saloon for him.

As for Cookson, he's falling back in the queue simply because of the quality performances of the other forwards.

NK got a subbinbg wrong for Hobson that resulted in a try, when we forced to drop out Hobson had gone down with cramp in the next set he was picked out and ran around for the try.
Hobbo should be doing 3x10 min stints as impact, but for that to happen we need C Hill, Morrison, Taylor and Armistead in the mix.

i think the difference between hobson this season to last is that hes taken the role of helping the young players and team in general and i think hes trying to cut the red mist out because he knows he is no good to them if he is sin binned or red carded and if he carries on playing like he as upto now i think this will be his best season for leigh

Noticed at the end of the London game he went straight to Meekin, slapped him on the back, and was demonstrating to him how to hold the ball, and a quick shuffle (either that or he was dancing

), and was still with him as they walked off.

he as taken meekin under his wing and is staying back after some trainig sessions and working on things with him and is always passing on his experience to him (meekin)

Hobson mysteriously gets cramp regulalry when its a goalline dropout, just watch.

firstly hobson was formally cautioned over the sending off at fev, yes he got no ban (thank god) but there was obviously something in his actions that needed to be looked at, hopfully hobbo and nk can sort it out, i too thought he did well yesterday, against a big aggresive pack in haven, if he can keep his cool then he can be a good member of the squad. i agree we need a bit more mungral in our pack.