Although I am still worried by some of the things going on at the club at the mo, I can't tell you how happy I am to get off the starting blocks finally with a win today! I'm also glad we got a good few points on the board after shipping so many in the first two games. A hard few weeks are in store for us but i'm happy we've got a win under our belts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least it was passed around yesterday which in those conditions was a minor miracle.
A few green shots of progress were on show, but the whole team will have to up their game 70% to give Wigan a contest.
I again felt sorry for Jodie Broughton, he must have been freezing to death the lack of ball he got.
Most times he was stood free but again our quickest player was just bypassed.
A wins a win but I am waiting for the Wigan game to see if we really have turned the corner.

Spot on, we lost the penalty count 9-2, however it was already 8-2 at half time so we sorted things out, the only pen was against Boyle, if he did catch Smith late then he needs to be brought up about it, he's been warned about that before. Besides he was sent off and banned last season and he's already been suspended already this year, he needs to clean it up. I will add, I thought he was outstanding yesterday.

Like Ryan Boyle, he provided good support to Big Ray in that opening 20 minutes that set up the game for us , his hits are hard , but I don't think he's a naturally dirty player , just a bit mis-timed
I'm sure his charge down was just a way of saying hello to Jeremy Smith.
At least he was charging down the kick , should this be left to a prop forward ...

I'm not even sure it was mis-timed.

On the day I thought it looked OK and was a harsh penalty (and hence a MASSIVELY harsh sin-binning) and now, having watched Wakey's highlights real, I still think he was committed to the tackle before the player released the ball.

Had he pulled out of the tackle and the kicker had gone to kick but then dummied and stepped past Boyle I would've been livid, so think he was well within his rights to make the tackle (and it wasn't even a bad tackle either?!)

Wonder if he's already maanged to gain a reputation amongst referees and that's gone before him??

I agree, the impression I got was the officials saw the tackle about to be made, looked away when the ball went in the air, looked back to him sprawled on the floor and then played to the crowd.