Agreed!! Just hope he hasn't ruined a young lads career. Ridiculous decision!

The lad was struggling in the first half and seemed to have picked up an injury. Should have been changed at half time and put Richards there especially with the Leeds fans behind us.

Don't blame your young full back for dropping the bomb. Blame the player who gave us the penalty for offside.

Amos Roberts to full back?

I think anybody would have done what Farrell did 5 yards from the try line with Burrow running at you, to be honest Burrow ran straight for Farrell knowing he would be offside, again big players doing crucial things at the right time, Leeds did a lot of that last night and we didnt.

I was waiting for someone to bring this up, just cant believe it has taken until now!

I disagree. Had we done that we'd have knocked on from the kick off and they'd have scored anyway. You can't look at it and say we could have had 2 more points so we should have taken that option when the game from that point of would have panned out in a completely different way.

What lost us the game was having no composure whatsoever and being completely clueless at times, especially when leading with not much time left. The players didn't have a clue what they were supposed to do and messed it up.

Could not agree more, SW contradicts himself in team selections.

SO is not a 9 nor is he a 6 yet SW played him a 9, when TL was injured SO played at 6, he was average at best. Last night again he was played at 9 with Farrel at 13. It takes something away from the strucutre of the team, you could tell when the ball was moved wide it didn't look slick at all and missed SO as a link out wide.

The main issue here is he is playing SO a 9 because MM is suspended hence shuffling the team around, yet when Tomkins was injured he chose to pick Murphy from the U20's at full back and promote from within...he has played one SL game against Bradford to mind - terrible decision on reflection.

Personally I think Pat at Full Back and Thornley on the wing with either Smith or TL at 9 in a game of this magnitude woud have been better. If your going to 'shuffle' the team around then do it and be committed or if his philosphy is 'youth driven' then bring Logan Tomkins in as a specialist Hooker on the bench.

I just think he contradicts himself with his coaching philosophy and tends to go through spells having bringing youth in and then you dont see them for a few games i.e. Crosby, Spencer, L Tomkins.

Either way Murphy dropped a vital bomb from which the winning penalty resulted, I hope this helps Murphy and his development rather than hinders his confidence.

personally i think it had something to do with the wind.

maybe bombing him in the first half in easier conditions may have boosted his confidence had he aught them.
dont think it was a half time decision tbh...think it was pre planned before the kick off.
it worked anyway......but lets not crucify Murphy...Sam would probably messed it up as well

Didnt start this thread to do that mate, all i am saying is that if Wane would have gone with his head and not his heart, putting Richards at full back ESPECIALLY in those rainy, windy conditions we would be making plans for Old Trafford next week.

I think it was massive mistake picking a young Inexperienced lad at fullback in suck a high pressure game. I thought murphy looked very good with ball in hand.