Burrow has been one of the best players in SL so far this season and people still want to critisise. Watching the game back Burrow made a few good runs and was always dangerous, and given the amount of times we moved the ball wide would suggest that Burrow was a key part to a decent [iteam [/idisplay. FWIW I thought McGuire was MotM.

Hood looked very nervouse when he came on, his passing from the PTB is generally better than he showed on Friday. McShane has been unlucky to be left out.

You may wish to check my comments about McGuire in his last three games. I've done nothing but sing his praises.

You're making stuff up again here, I have never said Diskin is a better player than Buderus.

I don't think anyone at all has said Diskin is a better player than Buderus. However, in the future when people look back at videos of the GF wins and read about the great Leeds team of the early 21st century, they'll see the name Diskin a lot more than that of Buderus, and Diskin will be far more worthy of "Hall of Fame" status than Buderus.

I still don't think McShane has been dropped either.

Is it just me or does anyone he lay some of the praise/criticism at the dorr of the coach? Clearly burrows 'apcking down' at 13 was a tactical ploy from the coaching team, much like the instructions for him to run with the ball more.

For what its worth I thought he had a good game in terms of his willingness to run and try and create something. The problem was that Wire were ready for him.

The issue then was, what do we do now? And if we had had McShane on the bench I think you would have seen him come on and break up the play more. As it was we had Hood who we are bedding in slowly (which is correct I might say) so Burrow stayed on and did what he had been told to, and Wire kept sitting on him.

Greasy night, lots of dropped ball, slippery conditions underfoot, quality opposition. I don't blame Burrow for carrying more frequently than normal.

A break from Burrow earned the penalty that put us in the driving seat.

A break from Burrow set up the clinching try.

He got man of the match, Granted there were other contenders but it shows he had a good game nonetheless.

Don't get sucked in to the agendas of Sal and Gotcha.

It speaks volumes that Burrow biggest genuine critic, Harrigan, has been very quiet about Burrow recently. Unless he's been too busy cheering on the Bulls.

His time yanking off over Watkins seems to eat up his time.

Bet his balls are like peas now.

I guess that depends if Harrigan was being genuinely critical of Burrow when he was being used almost exclusively out of dummy half as he appears to have been this season to date.

McGuire is clearly being favoured in the scrum-half role now and the creative side of his game is developing well. His short kicking game seems to be causing problems for the opposition on a weekly basis as he takes on more of the responsibility.

Not sure I accept the OP's assertion that we are increasingly moving away from being a passing team. I thought we actually played a very expansive game on Friday, and our use of set moves and runners from deep in the attacking line was probably greater than I've seen in the previous few years.

If Burrow scoots a bit from dummy half, I have no problem with that. It becomes one of the many threats an opponent needs to be alive to. Any side facing Leeds knows they need only switch off at marker once and there are going to be points on the board. As a team we hardly played one-out rugby did we?

On the hooker position, I thought Friday both showed Hood's potential, and also the reasons he's being introduced gradually. He looks so far (big caveat, he hasn't exactly had loads of game time) like he has good instincts and awareness, and looks sharp. However, he also got a bit over-excited a couple of times and his execution suffered. That will almost certainly improve with experience, which I'm happy for him to get slowly this season. I suspect the same might be true of McShane, so we may not see both of them in the same match day 17 too often, unless injuries force the coach's hand.

It's this that gives me such optimism .... I can now see the sense of blooming both young hookers gradually at this end of the season while the injuries are few and the team with Burrow at hooker is playing well enough to still win matches.
Come the business end of the season both hookers ( plus the likes of Watkins and Hardaker ) will have that much more experience and confidence to win the club another GF

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Can't wait to see a future interchange hooker combo of McShane and Hood ...

Is this the new Nantwich again?

True this, and we did it much more effectively than Wire who seemed intent on playing their exciting brand of fast and wide rugby at too great a pace. Many of their errors were forced by good defence but I think we were much more aware of the conditions. Warrington on their day are very, very good but I reckon they came unstuck by believing they could be that good with a ball that seemed like a piece of soap at times.