Quote: fookinmayo "how can you blame 1 player for a loss! he had a mad 10 minutes and everyone wants him out!
There were 70 other minutes in that game were we were dominant but when it gets to the 4th and 5th tackle we are clueless. We have no strike outside, i think carmont and pat are past their best and goulding offers very little.
He was a fool, and will get a ban but to blame him just pathetic and think a few wiganer's should start watching without the blinkers on!'"
Lauaki is still an issue regardless of whether some blame him for the loss. He was to blame for the 2 points which led to the loss, but the team should have won in spite of that.
That doesn't alter the idiocy of Lauaki though. The penalties he gave away were ridiculous. It surprises me that some are saying that it's the first time he's really looked a liability because of his aggression because he showed glimpses of that indiscipline against Leeds, Catalans and Widnes so far.
He is capable of much better than what he has shown, and his performance against Bradford shows exactly what he can do when he puts his mind to it. He needs to become consistent and keep his cool. Hopefully a ban will give him a wake up call but you've got to have your doubts about a player who seems to have had that same problem throughout his time in Super League.