Quote: TheUnassumingBadger "Went along to Widnes v Catalans on Sunday (toss up between that the Leigh v Toronto, from the sound of it I didn't miss much).
Widnes - Houston had the best game I've seen since his Newcastle days, really strong carriage of the ball, particularly coming away from their own line. Mellor and Gilmore are good players and it showed when they punished Catalans defensive errors 2nd half. I think they suffer from receiving a lot of slow ball when they are trying to go wide, happened a lot last year and in the first half here. A year too far for Heremaia, too slow around the ruck and Catalans spotted him heavy in defence and he didn't stand up to it.
Catalans - Rusty more than anything in attack, if Langi, Walsh and Mead can start to click then they're dangerous. Still plenty of firepower in the pack, they will be hoping McIllorum becomes more of an influence on them he was pretty quiet and Albert looked better than him when he came on. Defensively shocking, it's a sign of a poor coach when the team you have had a full pre-season with do not seem to be communicating in defence. Most of them didn't seem to have a clue whether the man next to them was shooting or holding and they were picked off with ease.'"
Only going of the highlights, but Chris Dean seemed to have a stormer of a game for Widnes. Did he get MOM? Catalans defense looked to be even more easily exploited than last season which is a big worry for them.
