I know he's not our first choice goal kicker but after kicking so well at Widnes I've been a bit disappointed since, Missed a few easier ones today and I know it wasn't important in terms of the match but it could cost us in bigger matches. Also lost me my handicap accumulator!...

Weirdly he struggles with the easier ones. I do think he has quite a good action though and just need practice at dealing with the pressures.

A bit of work with Deacs at training will help no end I'm sure. Josh looks like a natural kicker that just needs to work at it to be more consistent

Practice makes perfect, I've no problems with him being our regular kicker once pat leaves, unless we sign Danny brough

If pat's going to be out for a while, I hope they really work on this. In tighter games, his inconsistancy could really hurt us. Going back to the other thread about Gelling / Pat, if Pat is fit, what he loses in attacking potency is more than made up for in his defence and his goal kicking

Amos Roberts still holds the NRL debut points scoring record with his kicking and tries, where is he?

Felt sorry for Josh today I think its more to do with nerves than ability.

He kicked much better on Good Friday than he did today. Surely he'd be more nervous there than against Shakey Wakey at home without national TV coverage?

i can see your concern, i had wakey in an accumulator +32 so i just got away with it



sadly Hull fc and wire let me down

I know what you mean. I had us -38 so didn't totally effect me. Could have done with us being a bit more clinical all round. Our going through the motions performance cost me £64 in lost winnings

Tough, gambling is a mugs game.... The rest of us all won 2pts

A lad on the row behind me had Leuluai first scorer and Wigan to win by 26-30. His mates were calling for a drop goal for the last 5 minutes.

Makes a drab game more interesting though

Josh Charnley's the new Joe Lydon. Joe used to boot them over from the touchlines on a regular basis, but put him in the front of the posts, and he had more chance of hitting the corner flag!

I had Wigan -32 and Castleford +26, twice now Josh has let me down with his kicking

Josh's missed kick earned me £25

I very nearly took wakey as I thought the conditions would make it more difficult but went for it anyway. tbh I'm disappointed we didn't post more points in the end with the amount of possession we had on their line. I had Cas +16, Bradford -12 and Catalan +2 in a 4 fold so Charnley isn't my good books at the minute

Back to the kicking game............he just doesn't look confident IMO. With Faz, Tickle and Pat, you just expected them to make the kicks, and you forgave them the occasional miss. What's Josh's kick percentage? Bilko?

If it is a confidence issue then I hope he can sort it out because if Richards doesn't get back to full fitness it is key that we have a good goal kicker. I was surprised at Widnes when Charnley was banging them over from the sidelines so I'm just not sure what has changed since that game.

Missing the game clincher at Widnes hasn't helped IMO.

If he's kicking from sideline but missing easier ones it's mostly about technique and angles.
That can be sorted, no danger. I'm sure they club aren't sitting back.
It's just takes time

Sam used to kick for the under 20s when he was in there, i know we cant expect it to be the Sam show but we need a back up kicker he has a good percentage ratio.

Not much that I remember, he didn't...though perhaps Bilko can confirm - it was mostly Nicky Stanton or Josh Veivers that kicked in that age group, from my memory.