we keep losing in the last 20 thats the bloody problem, read Bilko's match preview same old same old

We lost the last hour mate. No idea with ball in hand and stupid errors.

All the ball in the first 8 mins should have been infront by t least 12 points.

Problem was we seemed to want to try and knock ten bells out of Warrington, at the expense of any composure.

In the second half around the hour mark it looked like we were trying to bring Prescott off for Fielden - did Fielden refuse to go off? I wasn't able to make the game but that's what was alluded to on the Sky commentary.

Fielden seemed to be fighting his own battles out there, and he wasn't the only one. We seemed more interested in trying to whack Mathers than playing as a cohesive unit.

Kicking game was dire tonight too.

We should have had it won in the 1st 20. I knew then we would lose. Didn't take our chances properly.

So why not put Roberts to fb ,Richards on Kings wing and Ainscough on Rileys wing .

Because Noble doesn't have the mental capacity to figure that out. Plus Tony Smith would probably just switch King and Riley around

could have but didnt

Edited for accuracy.
Other than that, pretty much exactly what i was thinking.
We must be the worlds best at throwing games away via stupid petulant penaties, lousy decision making, and unforced schoolboy handling errors.

your right, I am

Still the problem was that Ainscough could not handle the highball which led to Wire's first try. It would have made sense to put Richards out wide against King, but Ainscough made the error and he needs to develop that side of his game quickly.

one of the main reasons we lost the game tonight was on territory. wire's pack were fired up tonight yet we gave them the ball in terrible position most sets, by the third tackle they were on out ten meter line, time and time again. we defended well but had our kicking game been better and pinned them in their half we may have edged this one. i cannot remember one time we split the winger and the full back, it was always down their throat allowing them to make 20 meters each time. in fact the only time we did was when amos kicked it dead. needs to improve

At the start of the season there were lots of posts on here saying it was about time the young players got a run but that if they did, we should not be impatient with them and we should expect the odd bad game here and there.

That idea has seemingly gone out of the window with Ainscough as he is used as football in the ongoing Noble debate.

Does that very poor effort at a tackle from Carmont last week mean he is not ready to play every game? He made a bad mistake. Ainscough has had a bad game tonight and so what? He was bound to have one sooner or later. No doubt he will be dropped like a red hot brick when more established players would not had they made an equally poor mistake.

Dave