Quote stillinthepast="stillinthepast"A lot of people on here have criticised Crosby, but has I pointed out in a post last week Crosby has a bit of a "get in their faces" at times , whereas Mossop is so robotic when he takes it up.
As well tonight I am starting to see the emergence of what could be an hooker in Powell.
Hampshire did what was asked of him even though the conditions and still not clear if a definite position was set out for him tonight did not help.
Finally on a bit of a sour note Wigan seem to be getting a Wigan version of Ryan Baley in Joel Tomkins, cause a row when you have been given a penalty on your twenty and then stand behind the melee whilst your team mates sort it out.
Liam Farrell takes the ball up twice has much and makes twice the tackles has Tomkins, but because he is not one who has returned to the fold is probably on far less money. Also about 4" less in height and a stone and an half less in weight
Finally Lockers seems to be setting himself up for a grand finale.'"
Re Tomkins absolutely spot on. Talks the talk but has never and probably never will follow through.
I've criticised Powell previously but must admit the last few games he has shown up really well and last night really looked the part. I love it when one of the young guys come through.
Clubb is becoming a bit of a talisman for us. He always looks for work and I like his aggressive style and his apparent honest approach to the game. I've watched his try from last a few times and you can actually see him telling Smith he wanted the inside ball as he had obviously seen the gap in the defence.
I think I saw Mossop doing something similar...................Nah that was just the Wainrights ale kicking in!
The most pleasing aspect from last night was just a little glimmer of Flower returning to something like the player he was. Steveo's reaction to the handbags just before Gildarts try was a joke.
Further improvement is required but at least you could actually call them a pack last night whereas a few times this year that couldn't always be applied.
Oh another good point was that Sutton quite rightly was preferred over Patrick.