ding ding, round two.

It's a very important quality in any player. The point being that Warrington will no doubt target him during the match & he should be able to stand up to it.

he is a very tough half back with a real bit of mongrel in him, not one of the annoying ones like Long or McGuire that spend their time annoying the opposition then run off he gets in the thick of it. His defence is very good and can be hurtful, he does get stuck in rather than just working to bring an opposition player down.

im working nights so cant go or watch it live. ill be cracking a few beers open at 7 o clock tommorow morning to watch when i get in. if any nob jockey tells me the result at work i think i might actually take their head off

Cue the Monaghan jokes

I don't want to find out 24 hours after the event.

I'll tell you now then, as I told Brian a couple of hours ago.

Your wrong, Finch plays.

Geoff Toovey springs to mind.

I agree. He seems more heart and guile, that flair and pomp.

Madge has just confirmed he is.

On North West tonight

Isn't match fit & it showed tonight.

Can't fault the effort though.

Got better as the game went on, especially when he replaced Leuluai (who looked much better than McIlorum at hooker) and became the organiser. I can see the Tim Smith comparisons.

I'd like to see him take over kicking duties too, seems to have a good pair of boots on him.

I thought he had a good debut. Once the rest of his team mates lean where his passes are going he will be our best player.

I thought he was very poor but understandably so. Just didn't seem to know where to pass the ball and when so he clearly wasn't familiar enough with our attacking play. He must be lacking match fitness and had to come straight into the side in our toughest game of the season and it made things worse for us.
Once he gets more games under his belt he should become an excellent signing for us but it definitely seems like playing him in this game was a poor idea considering Sam could have easily gone to stand off and Roberts remain at fullback.

Said in the week he should have been played from the bench so he could be kept out of the hustle and bustle of the first 20 minutes and not get tired out with thr pace of the game in that period. He sadly did start and my fears were proved correct as he looked really rusty in that first spell. He did however get better as the game went on and he'll be so much better for the hit out.

The team just didn't look right tonight and I think alot of that was because they weren't used to playing with Finch and he wasn't used to playing with them. To say just he looked rusty would be unfair as the whole side did due to a lack of organisation.

Tonight will do not only Finch a world of good but also the team in the long run.

He'll come good, you can tell he's thinking ahead of the others and once he gets to settle in with the forwards I'm convinced we'll see more good things to come. You can definitely tell he's not match fit but there's enough there for me to prove he'll be a vital part of our team.