Still worried that we are not making meters in the forwards even against a semi pro outfit. We are just not giving the defenders a decision to make.

I think we did what we had to do against a spirited York team. It’s a tick and job done for me. Defence was again impressive

Positives:
Smashed them up in defence, I don't remember ever worrying they might score, never mind beat us.
We played the game at a different pace to them, resulting in a lot of set restarts and retreating lines to run at, as they struggled to cling on to us.
We looked like scoring any time we got field position.
We stayed professional and didn't try to go off script which you sometimes see in these games.

Negatives
We struggle to make the hard yards.
Too many errors, which better teams would punish.

It's a no win situation in games like these ,unless you win by a big margin it's dissapointing but we're through and that's all that matters .I thought after first two games criticism of Hanley was OTT but after tonight I think for the lads future development he needs a break,I thought Hallsall did ok tonight so if French isn't ready for next week I'd give him another go

I worry that Hanley struggles with the basics, not safe Under the high ball, loses control in contact and struggles physically. It’s a worry that he is considered the best option.

He’s considered the second best option behind Bibby when we have Manfredi, Marshall, French and Field out.

But still the best available to fill a wing spot?

For York you had K Dixon who despite a lack of size has shown some pace and offensive threat during his career. I just haven’t seen anything from Hanley to suggest he will trouble teams. The only team he appears to cause problems for is Wigan.

Let’s sign 5 back up wingers. That makes sense.

Shouldn’t have signed Hastings to accommodate at least another 3 wingers on the cap to sit in the stands nearly every week for the duration of their time at Wigan.

Without an Academy comp last year and 4 others players out injured who would play normally he doesn’t get a game.

I wonder if any other team could rely on someone like him as backup when they had 4 other lads that can and would play wing ahead of him out injured.

He’s our 6th choice option tonight he showed some very promising touches, and the mistakes are a concern but he is playing before he is probably ready especially off the back of 1 game in 2020.

Job done for me. Loads of lads to come back, in the quarters of the cup and two from two in the league. This spell had the potential to be a huge banana skin but we’ve managed it pretty well. There’s a pretty big issue to fix with that go forward through the middle and hopefully an opportunity will crop up to fix that during the year but there’s enough in this side to go close in every company.

Genuinely a bit sorry for Clark tonight.

Thought he was our best prop in the preseason game.

Bullock isn’t doing it for me from the start, he does though impress later in the games, and I’m not saying Clark is the answer but it seems very odd he hasn’t had an opportunity especially when Clubb got a run tonight.

Clearly he’s doing something that Lam doesn’t like behind the scenes.

It was a professional performance against a spirited York side. I felt we had another couple of gears if we needed them but just went through the motions at times.

I find the continued OTT criticism of Hanley disappointing. If fit, Manfredi and Marshall are our wingers, Bibby (though he has played himself into contention) as backup then its possibly Hanley unless we shift a few players about. For a kid who’s played a handful of games. A kid who isn’t really ready for the first team having missed a year’s development is doing ok. Yes, he’s made a few errors but he’s done ok overall.

Wow the critism of Tony Clubb tonight is deafening, played 50 odd minutes, scored a try all in all a good first hit out, enough to make the 17 next week?