So were his minutes on the field

There isn't room for 2 hot headed forwards in our team that play the game on the edge and run the risk of costing you points.

Hocks a justified selection because he's superb and he's worth the silly stuff but when he plays id keep Lauaki away from the side. He's been pretty good so far but he got it totally wrong last night and cost his team big time. He simply can't be allowed to get away with it to the point where if I were Wane I'd want to fine him.

Spencer or Dudson should get a shot on Friday.

Quote MadDogg="MadDogg"Lauaki last night did exactly what most said he would do in the big games. Lose his cool.'" your not wrong some pretty underwhelmed pie eaters from the initial rumours of his signing... notice the post from dany1979 after watching him play for hull viewtopic.php?f=28&t=502890&start=100 Quote MadDoggEven his own players were annoyed with him last night, Tickle was certanly not happy with his dumb penalty on his own line.'" not a great signing....and on the forwards I thought Prescott was a handful more so than Lima I'm just off to watch the game again now but he didnt appear to get much game time from what i remember which suprised me??

Quote MadDogg="MadDogg"Lauaki last night did exactly what most said he would do in the big games. Lose his cool.'" your not wrong some pretty underwhelmed pie eaters from the initial rumours of his signing... notice the post from dany1979 after watching him play for hull viewtopic.php?f=28&t=502890&start=100 Quote MadDoggEven his own players were annoyed with him last night, Tickle was certanly not happy with his dumb penalty on his own line.'" not a great signing....and on the forwards I thought Prescott was a handful more so than Lima I'm just off to watch the game again now but he didnt appear to get much game time from what i remember which suprised me??

Quote the flying biscuit="the flying biscuit"your not wrong some pretty underwhelmed pie eaters from the initial rumours of his signing... notice the post from dany1979 after watching him play for hull viewtopic.php?f=28&t=502890&start=100 not a great signing....and on the forwards I thought Prescott was a handful more so than Lima I'm just off to watch the game again now but he didnt appear to get much game time from what i remember which suprised me??'" It was only Prescott's third game back after having back surgery in the off season, so he's not likely to be fully fit yet. When he gets up to speed though he could be a real handful. He's knocking people flying when he runs which is good, but he hasn't even started to use his ball playing skills yet, which IMO are as good as any forward in Super League.

Quote the flying biscuit="the flying biscuit"your not wrong some pretty underwhelmed pie eaters from the initial rumours of his signing... notice the post from dany1979 after watching him play for hull viewtopic.php?f=28&t=502890&start=100 not a great signing....and on the forwards I thought Prescott was a handful more so than Lima I'm just off to watch the game again now but he didnt appear to get much game time from what i remember which suprised me??'" It was only Prescott's third game back after having back surgery in the off season, so he's not likely to be fully fit yet. When he gets up to speed though he could be a real handful. He's knocking people flying when he runs which is good, but he hasn't even started to use his ball playing skills yet, which IMO are as good as any forward in Super League.

I still feel even with a fit Mossop we're a prop short at the minute. I'm made up with Mossop, Prescott and Lima who are all amoungst the best props in the league but Flower isn't big enough and Lauaki isn't smart enough to be that 4th prop.

I think Spencer and Dudson need to be given some opportunities to nail that spot if we can't get Fielden back on the field.

I never knew dropping the ball every match means he has good handling. His ball retention is awful at times.

That's one error!! His average errors last year were 0.4 errors per game. That's hardly enough to warrant concerns about ball retention.

His error last night was just one of those things. When you burst through a tackle you're always susceptible to a ball steal.

Besides, ball handling generally refers to offloading and passing ability.

I did like this tweet from Ryan Atkins: @samtomkins1 body bit sore but that's prob from when Prescott used me as a speed bump from the kick off ha #massivehuman

I hope there are a few more sore players as Prescott gets his match fitness back.

Prescotts really maturing now and he gets better and better. He was flagging at times last night but once his match fitness is back I expect him to push on towards an England place.

I really do think he's good enough.

agreed

To be fair to Lauaki, it's the only two brain farts I've seen him do this year.

Ignoring Friday night, Lauaki has been a good signing. Simple as that.

After only watching replay last night and taking the stuff that went against us in the game out Lauaki cost us the game . That's top and bottom of it . Use of the arm = 1 penalty 2 points ,then that tackle = 2 points that give them the win , but before the last 20 mins where he lost his head he was doing ok

I've seen him do a few more. Against Leeds when he needlessly lost his cool against Bailey, against Catalans when he stupidly rushed in to shove Sa when he was stood about 30 yards away, and against Widnes when it looked like the game was lost he went around hitting players late off the ball.

In terms of his performances, he's had one good game, a few average games and a few poor games. Both Flower and Lauaki have been unspectacular but Flower has made up for it with his excellent work rate. Lauaki hasn't made up for it with anything. His technique in defence is pretty shocking and his technique running with the ball is incredibly ineffective. He runs at the defence, then turns around and steps backwards and goes looking for another player to run at. It's exactly like Fielden when he was playing terribly. If Lauaki just ran as hard as he could like Prescott, Lima, Mossop and Flower then he might be slightly useful.