Wonder why it took until 75th minute to use Mulhern?

not the first time BM has done this though is it?
lad showed up ok in the little time he had

In James Websters post match speech to the Wakefield sponsors he talked about the work they had done on reviewing the Leeds defensive structures and how they had planned to attack the inside shoulder of defenders all game,
as they were never going to run around Leeds. The 2 tries they scored down the short side were from 2 set moves they had designed that week purely to exploit Leeds defensive structure.

He came across really well in that speech, talked honestly and openly about their preparation, going as far as saying they know Leeds are a better rugby team, but they knew if they got in Leeds faces and stuck to their structures, they knew they'd have more will to win than Leeds and that it might be enough to get them home.

His honesty and openness was refreshing.

Quite.

Pointless using him for 5. He should have been used properly and given a proper stint. Its not as though the Leeds pack were firing. what would Leeds have lost? Nothing. But may have gained some freshness and willingness.

In a game that could have gone either way for most of the game it was understandable that the coach put faith in the experience of Bailey and to a lesser extend Singelton. In hindsight these two were so very disappointing that yes Mulhern could not have done worse. However it is ironic that it was his introduction and Moon's departure that led to Walters being in the wromg place at the wrong time.

His introduction and Moon's departure were two different times wasn't they? or have I misread what you put?

But Elliot Minchella was thrown in the fray and played a full stint. I would have done the same with Mulhern and used him properly.

Yeah I think Moon went off slightly earlier than Mulhern's introduction and fairly certain it read at the bottom of the screen Delaney came on for Moon.

Mulhern came on for last 5, Moon had well left the field by then.

IIRC (due to alcohol consumption)

Moon had to go off in the closing stages and Mulhern came on in the closing stages

To replace Bailey I presume?

I think Minchella has been slightly ahead of Mulhern in the taxi rank and perhaps was more mentally prepared.

Mulhern came on for Bails didn't he?

Well Minchella was named in the original
19 so was possibly always planned to play. Mulhern only came in when Sinfield was withdrawn late on, so whilst frustrating to not see a sub get a bit longer it wasn't quite as ill conceived and poorly thought out as the Achurch non selection at Hudds earlier in the year.

Did Mulhern play for under 19's before hand? Is that why less game time?

i remember in 2011 we won only 4 of our first 10 games, we saw how all these players were terrible that we had no plan, no structure, our players just werent good enough, our experienced players were all spent and our younger players werent as good as we thought they were.

There are times every season where we struggle. Where injuries and poor form mean we dont perform to our potential. Where injuries and fitness mean we are a step slower and a bit weaker and that means we struggle. Once you start to struggle you play the game differently. You have push it a little more, take a few more risks, confidence fades, timing breaks down, Thats where we are now. we look worse than we are because we can't play our game. We dont impose ourselves on the game so we dont control it. We dont make it be played how we want it to be.

However our players have undoubted quality, they have proven it time and time again and have proven this year that they can still do it. We have shown and continue to show we can beat anyone. We will rise again and when we do we are still easily capable of winning everything this year. If we are to suffer the stutter every team suffers, now is ok to do it.

despite our poor form, and stinking the place up for 6 weeks, we are 2nd in the league by a point, and in the cup semi-final. We win the next 13 games on the trot and we win the treble.