In Gidley's defence, almost everything a fullback does in attack now is running off one of the halfbacks. Since he's played all year in the halves, he'll have no fluency running off a halfback and getting the ball on someone else's terms rather than his own. Yeah he's a specialist fullback but that doesn't automatically give him an understanding of how his teammates are going to give him the ball. Playing fullback you cover the most ground out of everyone too, so he was probably knackered as well.

Far as I could see Russel went to fullback when Ratch went off.

They swapped in second half.

You might be getting confused because of his positioning, he looked liked he was playing second row defending those 3 tries Ormsby scored on his wing

I get it with the familiarity of a position but you have to adapt quickly and yesterday he didn't do that and the fullback role definitely exposed his age and general condition at the moment with the amount of ground you have to cover, he was blowing out of his ass

He must of had a night out with Currie

He may have slipped into a korma he was that knackered at the end

That sounds very much like what another poster on here as repeated as nauseum.

I am not aware of the post or the poster, it is just my opinion on how a specialist in his position performed when he moved to fullback

Back on topic, to sum Matty Russell up I would say he is a strong,quick athlete who happens to play Rugby League

I'll say it as it see it.

Russell Lineham and to a lesser extent, Penny(good reserve winger) are not the future.
We are too week with them when you rival teams that have guys like Hall or Charnley etc.

Evans and Atkins cannot time a pass like the decent centres although I don't question, their knowledge of the try line and defence, and so are ideal to face up to the threats of class modern day wingers.

We just need to sort out this weak dirge on centres. We lost a class centre with Bridge although moving him on was smart, and failed to address the lack and recruit to fill that void.

I'd be tempted to move Hughes into the 3/4 position for the remainder of the season until we buy another.
Toby and Hughes at centre with Atkins and Evans on the wings.

We need strength and balance, we seriously lack it. TS still hasn't grasped the positive of having some structure in the quarters.

RD fully agree except for Hughes to 3/4 bit as not sure it achieves anything. Wings and Centres are weak although Evans and Atkins been solid enough this year to get by. Wings horrible.

What has Penny done wrong? The last game he played in was against Hull KR. The team on Saturday must include Penny on the left wing & Russell on the right.