The top tackler in the match (from either side) 'went missing'?

So what exactly did Goulding do wrong? Lockers was one of the better players, Aussie back row of Watmough, Gallen and Young are hardly big players.

Graham is not international standard and lacks aggression and size? He's over 17 stone, pretty much same height/weight as Morley, and had a good game.

The whole team were on the back foot from the off, NZ came out in the same way that Melbourne and Wigan play when trying to blow other teams off the park in the first 20.

another graham hater, best forward with westwood on pitch today, plonker.

Tompkins (second rower), Atkins, Griffin & Fielden were absoultely rubbish

Sam T offered more from FB

Titter.

O'Loughlin is the Frank Lampard of the England RL team

The issue for all of our backs, halves and hookers in the first half (all have been slated so far) is that we didn't earn a platform to work form! We dropped too much ball and gave away daft meters. it's tough to create on the back foot. Fielden was poor, Graham was quiet first stint and our kickers couldn't hit the grass.

Widdop 5. Lack of chances in attack, didn't do himself and favours grassing that bomb
Goulding 6. Quiet, didnt make many meters on kick return. Didn't do a great deal wrong though
Shenton (First half 4, Second Half

Prime example of being a different player on the front foot! Got his nose through a gap and put it on a plate for our second try
Atkins 5. Quiet in attack, lack of opportunity possibly. Got rounded twice.
Briscoe 6. Reacted well to scramble situations, loose ball etc. Should have took his chance or put Atkins in outside of him.
Brown 5. Looked very passive, slow, no conviction at the line and stuck for ideas.
Tomkins 8. Looked sharp in a flat team performance. Full back next week for me.
Graham 8. Best stand off we have! I think he may need an enforcer with him against the Aussies, to get a quick play the ball and get him running at them with support.
Roby 7. Good, but not great. Bit hasteful at times. Sub hooker by trade, but forced to do 'the grind' period bue to lack of options.
Fielden 6. Dont want to be too harsh on him, but he looked slow and 1 dimentional.
Ellis 7. Challenged them. On the front foot, we will see a lot more dent's being punched by him
Burgess 7. Lot on his shoulders, carried the ball well, got stuck in. I'd like him as a 13, get a bit more central and find an offload.
O'Loughlin 7. Did well, worked hard. No. 6 next week, play an old fashioned 5/8th role, carry it and take them on with a bit of pivot work.

Robinson 7. Challenged them. Looked ok as a 7 again, that should be his role next week.
Westwood 8. Worked hard and stood up to them. Loads of graft in him, starting jumper.
Griffin 6. Slow and 1d. No worse than Fielden, but no better.
Tomkins 6. Not quite their yet. Got thumped around a bit.

NEXT WEEK
Tomkins
Hall (just fancy him to run the length more than Goulding)
HELP US! Atkins as the best of the bunch!
Shenton
Briscoe
O'Loughlin
Robinson
Crabtree
Roby
Graham
Westwood
Ellis
Burgess

Lunt
Fielden
Griffin
Harrison

O'loughlin went missing? yet made the most tackles out of anybody on the pitch and gave a couple of great passes. you need to watch the game mate, understand the J tomkins rating because of time on the pitch but he gavethe pass to shenton which sent him off. Goulding wasn't out of his depth, he made a heck of a lot of meters for a winger without making breaks. Robinson was also better than you suggest.
Roby had a poor first half but much better second and thought westwood was really good when he came on.
But still, i don't see what what O'loughlin has to do for peopel to rate him.

Oh wait i've only just noticed the rating you gave Graham, making your whole post no longer valid.

Definitely. From a lot of comments, I was expecting to shake my head at Widdops 2nd half in particular. They guy did just fine in his Kiwi initiation. That was a huge game for him, I can't consider it a "bad" game by any measure. If this and the France game is what he's provided at 21, then compared to his last few predecessors, he's a keeper unless playing Sam Tomkins there.

Next week's team:

Tomkins

Pryce
Gleeson
Bridge
Hall

Maguire
Eastmond

Graham
Sinfield
Peacock
Burgess
Ellis
O'Loughlin

Roby
Westwood
Morley
Crabtree

Good team that. And then I woke up.

Sorry Hudds fans, but the only real changes I'd make are Griffin and Brown. On the other hand, I'd replace them with Crabtree and Robinson, with Lunt coming onto the bench.

When you consider how poor we were in the first half, where everyone made mistakes, it wasn't that bad a result. We just needed a little more composure. The thing that always gets me about NZ is how much stronger they always look. Nature/nurture? Or, do we just lack confidence?

Think Shenton is really starting to come of age now. If Atkins is injured, though, lets get Gleeson out there!!! Quickly.

I thought Kevin Brown had a decent turn of pace, he looked like he was running in cement for Widdops try. Danny Mcguire would have been under the sticks there and we'd have kicked the goal and had all the momentum