Quote: - Neil - "Feka was not in the 17 as he would have got targetted in defence. Leed's have speed around the ruck and they would have run at Feka every minute he was on the field ala Monaghan in the cup semi last year.
I think Ben Davies should have been involved for a 20 minute spell or so. He would not get targetted around the ruck like Feka would and would offer some good impact going forward.
In Maguires defence when selecting the 17 for the match you have no idea how the game is going to pan out. Had Wigan got a comfortable lead in the match I have no doubt we would have seen both Farrell and Tuson involved.'"
I understand what you mean, but in such a close game when we were applying the pressure but lacked punch in the middle Feka would have been ideal. He can create something out of nothing especially close to the line. 1 spell of Feka on the attack for 60 seconds would have contributed more than Tunson was allowed to.
I am also sure that both Farrell and Tunson would have played more game time had we been running away with it, but I think if that was the idea behind the team selection it was very naive.
The coach selected but did not have faith in 1 potentially 2 players, now ok I understand the reasoning but why not have Feka sit on the bench and drag him on for 1 set when we have the ball near the line and ask him to take 3 of the 6 drives then pull him off rather than waiting those bench spots.
All 3 games we have lost we have attempted to defend a lead rather than win the game, this is my only criticism of MM as a coach thus far, but it cost us dear vs Leeds regards progressing in the cup.
Feka would have given us an extra option for just the situation we found ourselves as oppose to playing Leeds at home with 15 players.
