I also thought Roderick Tai was much improved on his previous appearance - some decent defensive reads and hits and injected pace into the line which created the space for Thewlis’s third try.

Quite a bit of negativity here - some justified but not all imo.

1. Pre match Burgess/Myler incident - I don't know the full details but from what I have seen /heard someone at the club made a mistake - a very basic one. Now if Hull weren't in such a dire position and scrapping for every single small advantage I think they would be more likely to agree to Burgess's request. But they are where they are and in all honesty I don't blame Myler. It was a Wire cock up.

2. Given the conditions we were very unlikely to put 50 on Hull, but it was a 'flat' performance. I do think that with a bit more composure if Hull play like in future they'll win.

3. We had 9 dropped balls / knock ons, and 2 penalties (one for a flop and one a high shot). The conditions dictated the former and that gave Hull some breathing space.

4. The in goal kicking for the repeat sets we had at the start of the match was impressive - even though it only resulted in 1 try at the time I think it gave us benefits later on.

5. Dufty is revelling in his role but I wouldn't be surprised if he has a week off next week as he appears to have quite a few knocks - but that could depend on if Thewlis comes through.

6. Thewlis - great performance, BUT he takes far too many head high shots. Not his 'fault' (would a head guard help?). Whether the offenders should have yellow/red is one point, but the more serious one is concern for his long term welfare. I am very uncomfortable with this.

7. Hull try seemed to me to be a mistake by Lindop coming in when there was no need, but apart from that I think he did ok.

We need to be more consistent in our performances. At the moment we're not playing at the right level to win trophies.

Call me crazy but I think Thewlis leans into a sizeable amount of those high shots. I think he is by far our top penalty winner because of this. He is quite the drama queen and will stay down at the slightest bit of foul play. Brilliant lad and don't blame him as such but if he were on any other team we'd be shouting bloody murder at someone playing for penalties like he does lol.

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How the game has changed that this is centre play. For the better?

I thought King was good. It is what it is with centres these days, there are very few exciting centres out there who can create space for a winger. Players like Lyon, Gasnier, Gidley, Gleeson and the like are just not seen anymore. Even Joey Manu who can do that is being looked at as being “too creative for centre” and they’re looking at getting him on the ball more.

Got the job done last night, not much more than that. But a professional job and never looked like we were at risk, despite missing 3, 5, 7 (a stretch, granted) and 8. Its one of those boring games that is easily forgotten, but usually we make a complete dogs dinner of.

Matty Nicholson will be hoping Williams gets a rest soon, I bet he made 50 tackles again with teams looking to take some energy out of Williams and targeting that right side, but he stood up well again, great engine.

I have to disagree here.
Didn't they say something like 14 (or was it 40?) stitches last night?
His overall size and footwork often means his head is often lower than most BUT the whole point of the new regs is to stop head high shots, so the attackers need to modify their technique.
I certainly wouldn't want to be on the end of any of the bell ringers he takes.
Faking it? Not for me.

Yep you are crazy. But it is a forum so anything goes and you can pretend to be a Wire fan.
"Thewlis is honestly a bit of a wet wipe." was another of yours. WireWireWire my ....!

What the...?



Are we watching the same team here?

For the record, I don't think last night falls into my general opinion on Thewlis. He did genuinely need to go off and get fixed up. But I'm still adamant about his general persona on field. I've been noticing it over the past year especially. He stays down at the slightest bit he cops trying to win us penalties. Don't really care, just an observation.

Totally agree.

I was surprised that the fact that King knew that he needed his passport to travel to France wasn`t listed as another positive.

Ha ha. I'm not bagging King at all this season, but I preferred RL with the centres like the ones listed.