We were (cant believe I'm saying this) missing one of our starting half backs, too, in Sammut. This is likely impacting set plays. But i agree, i was expecting a bit more structure in attack. It doesnt help our pivots are Powell, Leuluai and Williams and Hardaker...

Way too early too say. Judge him in summer when the grounds are firmer, no pre season rust and he's had time to settle on his best team. As I've said on another thread, I think this one was lost by us having three subs whilst adjusting to 8 interchanges. We lost the first 20, worked our way back into it but ran out of steam.

Much to early to say one way or the other but I’d be tempering what he says in terms of attack he’s set his stall out now let them try to adjust to the style he wants them to play.

As said wait till the summer and we will see.

He's been in charge for one game against difficult opponents on their turf. Way too early to judge him. Give him time.

He has said repeatedly that he wants to bring more attacking flair but that will come later in the season when the weather is better. Let's see how that turns out before we pan him too much.

Don't forget most of our players have only ever been coached by Wane so it will take a while for them to get used to a coach other than Wane

There is probably something in that but Lam didn't do our attack any favours by switching Gildart and Faz to accommodate Sarge and Greenwood. Lam didn't really have much choice with Greenwood/Faz but it shows when people say Greenwood was Batemans replacement, no he wasn't. No one should be switched to accommodate a player as bang average as Sarge. In both cases though, it's square pegs in round holes.

What side does Hankinson naturally play on? Would he be a better bet than Sarge if it let Gildart play on the left?

Apart from his early missed tackle on Niquama I thought Sarge did ok after that.
My preference would be Gildart left and I saw enough from Hankinson in his 2 games to say I’d give him a crack on the right ahead of Sarge.

Lam will do a good job for us, it was never going to click in to place on night one after a unbelievabley short pre season (especially for the internationals). I didn’t think Saints were crash hot either tbh but took their chances when they came. It didn’t hurt them being piggy backed down the field with penalties as often as they were.

Fair point, I didn't realise they had brought in the shot clock to replace offsides

The biggest problem is with players playing out of position, why switch around what was the most lethal edge in super league just to shoehorn a distinctive average Sarginson because “ he prefers playing on the left” We should play who’s best on the left and that’s Gildart. I’d also swap around Greenwood and Farrell although given a few games I could see Faz adjusting to the right