STORY OF OUR SEASON PAL WIN ONE LOSE ONE

How ironic that the gamechanger came off two ridiculously forward passes for the Burgess try (who was having another below par game up until that point).

I thought Marshall was tremendous tonight.

I had other rugby commitments today. Where did French play when he came on, and how did he look?

Wasn't on long, 15-20 mins. Came on the wing for Burgess.

Did okay, took the ball in dummy half a couple of times and made decent yards. Did a little run-around with Williams.

His best piece was a half break where he chipped the ball inside ended up coming to nothing but was enterprising.

Made one tackle I think. Like I said did okay.

Marshall absolutely superb. Playing out of his skin and has done for weeks.

A lot smaller than burgess, probs on half his wage but double the size of his heart.

Burgess bang out of form and looks disinterested, French to start next week.

Cheers, appreciated.

God knows how those passes were missed after all the ones that were spotted.
Re. Burgess and Marshall, I thought Burgess played like he was expecting to get hooked off while Marshall played like he desperately didn't want to get subbed.
I really hope Burgess can rediscover his spark but he looks miles off the pace at the moment.

He had a brainstorm at that moment, thinking he was back at Paramatta and that all the flyers were going to come charging through. But then he realised that he was at Wigan, where most of the strikers were still in bed.

Is it just me or do we still look a million miles off?
Do we still look flat in attack for large spells of the game?
Do we still have lapses in defence and let in tries which we shouldn't if we're going to challenge for a run at the GF?

Have we still only had one 80 minute performance all season? v Cats?

I was hoping with the buzz around the club with the new signings and the break post CC would see a reinvigorated side come back and really start to click. 2 games back and we still don't look anywhere close to being a contender.

I actually think Wire, with all their issues and missing players will turn us over next week.

I agree with all of that.
I'm just relieved that we are safe and a playoff place will be an unexpected bonus to effectively a transitional season.

Apart from a lack of top class props we over rely on TL defensive qualities at the expense of an attacking option in the halfs. It's obvious Lam doesn't rate Sammut so we are stuck with 2 halfs who don't complement each other and a poor kicking game.

I desparately want to beat wire next week but unless we significantly improve our attack then we will probably fail again against a top 2 side.

Areas where we seem to be struggling still is possession in the opposition twenty. It's dire at times with a little bit of clueless thrown in.

Fifth and last. Tommy's aimless bombs are just awful. A good kick and chase to the corner with the ball finding the floor is basic stuff but we might as well at times just hand the ball over.

Any coincidence that our relapse in performances at the same time Sammut isn't getting a look in again?