If the players ahead of him were stoping them get within 30 meters of our goal posts then the bomb wouldn't be an option, they'd be forced to be hitting the ball 50-60 meters into or corners giving him more time to think, if you look at Hull KR they have fast line speed stoping teams getting yards to give Shaun Briscoe time to sprint the ball up field, that was the difference between us and Castleford 4 weeks back.

I agree. Seem to remember Patten being pretty solid under kicks earlier in the season. A couple of cocks ups at Wire and at home vs Quins and he is suddenly an awful defensive player? Not for me.

Not quite true though Karl he's made massive errors all season long and could have prevented many of the try's we have conceded, just go through all our games this year starting with Crusaders at MM and count how many 4 pointers should have been prevented by him.

Right this sounds like I've got it in for and I've not honest! He's miles better than fitzy and IMO the second best attacking fullback in the league behind Hodgson, but as I've already said I just don't think his defensive weaknesses can be brushed to one side just because of his attacking ability.

Anyway I'm leaving it at that now. See you all Sunday or the same 50 of us that always make the trip to Hull KR anyway!