If pat's going to be out for a while, I hope they really work on this. In tighter games, his inconsistancy could really hurt us. Going back to the other thread about Gelling / Pat, if Pat is fit, what he loses in attacking potency is more than made up for in his defence and his goal kicking

If it is a confidence issue then I hope he can sort it out because if Richards doesn't get back to full fitness it is key that we have a good goal kicker. I was surprised at Widnes when Charnley was banging them over from the sidelines so I'm just not sure what has changed since that game.

Missing the game clincher at Widnes hasn't helped IMO.

If he's kicking from sideline but missing easier ones it's mostly about technique and angles.
That can be sorted, no danger. I'm sure they club aren't sitting back.
It's just takes time

Sam used to kick for the under 20s when he was in there, i know we cant expect it to be the Sam show but we need a back up kicker he has a good percentage ratio.

Not much that I remember, he didn't...though perhaps Bilko can confirm - it was mostly Nicky Stanton or Josh Veivers that kicked in that age group, from my memory.