Quote: urbancarrot "We were missing Ben johnson and Adam Robinson.. Our form forward and half back.. It happens....
What was apparent for me today is people complain about the way we have played all year but what I saw from Widnes was utter garbage to watch. yes effective and grind us out of the game but one out plays with a jon clarke scoot was pretty dull viewing. Thought we played some decent stuff but ultimately got done by fast defensive line speed, quick play the balls and kevin Browns kicking game.
We seemed to lose our heads when we smashed Hep Cahill making him spill the ball only for that waste of oxygen with a flag to rule a penalty. Widnes got on a roll and really made us pay.'"
I totally agree Lee. Johnston's pace would have skinned some of their forwards who i thought looked very flat-footed in defence, he would have also exploited their side-by-side marking at PTB, how they got away with that from start to finish is beyond me ! The first half we were magnificent & the Cahill incident was disgraceful, the big soft puff changed his line to pick out our winger & he got clattered from the inside fair & square, he winced like a playground bully when he lost the ball & then took delight in the wrong decision which penalised us, poor effort from him. All three match officials had stinkers, that's Thomason's worst performance that i've seen, maybe he got SL flu for the day.... at least our game wasn't decided by a dodgy drop-goal decision !!!! That would have hurt.
Onto next week now, three points is a necessity i.m.o. if we're fit & healthy we'll be in a good position with our current form.
