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

Gildart played right centre for all of our unbeaten run at the end of last year whilst setting up a vital try in the grand final.

Im sure some people are unable to read. I stated it is too early to judge how the season is going to go. I asked did you see anything new, any signs of what they had been working on in attack?

This is not an unreasonable question but some people seem to have it in for me on here because im not in 'the clique'.

He's also not lining up our two best players from the last few years - Tomkins and Bateman. They made things happen in spite of Wane's plan.

I think thats unfair on Wane. Its like saying that all top players make things happen despite their coaches plan. Wane was a very good coach, much better than people give him credit for. He may not of coached the most entertaining rugby but it was very effective and his teams were very hard to beat. We will miss him.

The one thing that really stood out for me was that we didn't throw a single long, cut-out pass (that I noticed) all night.

We've had a lot of success over the past few years, especially when Lockers is the one doing the passing, but we didn't seem to even try it on Thursday.

Maybe they felt it was too cold for it, or just didn't fancy it, but it looked to be on all night.

Let's just see what next week brings.

A dropped ball on the second tackle of the game leading to a try from a straight forward missed one on one tackle is not a coaching issue, it’s a player issue. It put us on the back foot from the start and we gave penalties away meaning we were pinned in our half defending too much.
Lam spoke to the players who said they slipped back into their old ways and didn’t do what they trained to do and that’s what’s disappointing for me.
Still only one game so no need to hit the panic button yet. Leeds at home will be a decent test.

True that, Oloughlin was running like a half back.