Quote: cheekydiddles "Our whole pre season is geared for peaking for the WCC
But with the experience we had out there today a very disappointing performance all the same
Wakefield defence was pretty good and their kicking game was a massive difference, especially in the first half as ours was none existent as was McGuire all game and Burrow for the first 50-60 mins.
I thought we would have given Baldwinson more than just the last 9 minutes
Golding was rightly adjudged the MOM for us and Garbutt was his usual self and Singleton tried hard as well and I thought Achurch also had some decent moments and was given lots of minutes
Falloon knocked out twice with his front on jump into the tackle technique so hard to judge him as I bet in his 2 spells he only had 10 mins combined
Galloway had a few half decent runs and odd good tackle but lost the ball (or was adjudged to have) three times in all so not the greatest debut but the conditions were dire, especially first half.
Let's hope there is a lot more to come from him as the first impression he left today was more Ben Cross compared to the immediate impression Cuthbertson made in the same game last year
The plodder Finn ran the show for Wakey with a great kicking game in the conditions
A well deserved win for Wakey and on that plucky showing they should/could avoid finishing bottom'"
I need to know what you mean by plodder?
If you mean he's not got the pace of a young McGuire or the agility of a Burrows then I concede that he indeed does not. He is pedestrian and due to his build always was and always will be.
However if you are talking about his ability as a RL play maker then you couldn't be more wrong. He's one of the smartest in the game and had we had the technology to sow his head on McGuires body we'd have had a world beater at H/B - but sadly that's not how it works.
Few players in SL is more competent and reliable than Finn. Nearly always finishes with a good last tackle option. Good short and long kicking game. Good hands with the ability to read the game and put the man in the gap. Robust defence. Sadly without the gift of being a true athlete he will never be a superstar and will always be dependant on the players around him to finish what he starts.
However because his game isn't built on physicality he will only get better with age and that will do for me any day of the week, all teams need that kind of player.
So a bit dumpy, quite slow both off the mark and over the distance and clearly not a world beater but a plodder - nah.