Trust me he was. At half time I actually said to the guys next to me he was world class. Maybe a bit OTT, but it seems when the half-backs and outside backs don't take advantage of the work he puts in to get us on the front foot we blame him.

I bet a lot of people forget that last week we dominated the giants territorially for much of the first half. MM had a massive hand in that. Just a shame we can't watch it back, or access his stats.

I too thought Mcilorum was excellent on Saturday but until he develops a little creative nous and directly instigates breaks/tries, I will always have my doubts.

Defensively awesome, much improved distribution, directs the side increasingly well. But the very top hookers like Roby and Monaghan create things on their own and make things happen. Its very rare you get that from Mcilorum from my perspective.

Same team as v Leeds. No one should be dropped after that performace.
Faz can wait for his place in the team. If he can't get in then perhaps he will learn to be more disciplined in future.
Him not being an automatic choice will send a warning message to all the others as to what ill discipline can cost you.
Same 17 for me!

I've brought in Farrell and Russell for Tuson and Spencer. Now no disrespect to Tuson and Spencer, but they were hardly the difference between us and Leeds now were they? Despite beating Leeds we still lack pace in the halves and we still have a very talented youngster (Russell) who is being wasted in our academy. Why not try out a possible solution to this problem part way through a game we *should* be looking to win comfortably?

I think Farrell should get back into the side. He was one of few good players against Huddersfield and I expect he will come in to replace Spencer, although I still can't quite see why Tuson seems to be an automatic pick despite getting less game time than most other players.