Sorry, I know you said don't quote me but I thought I'd look and see if you were right.
As far as I can tell from Superleague website he has played 3 games for us.
Hull - 14 tackles made, 1 Missed
Salford - 10 tackles made, 2 Missed
Wigan - 11 tackles made, 0 Missed

So he has missed a few but not many, and given that he's not played many minutes in those games then I don't think those stats are bad tbh

Also stats don't always give the full story.

Of those 3 tackles did any lead to a try?

Likewise did any of the completed tackles stop a try, and so on.

The only issue I see with Butler is match fitness. If he works on this on and off the field there’s definitely some player in there. He’s had a solid start. I feel a few more matches good pre season will dim the world of good and we could see Butler at his best.

I’m not understanding where this animosity against Hood is coming from though. He’s been perfectly fine imo. He’s also a very strong defender which is useful in early exchanges. Suggesting Crowther at 9 instead of Hood seems absolutely diabolical imho. Crowther is a good 13, play him there.

Hood and Bowes should interchange at 9.

I agree. I'm happy with Hood.

But "dim the world of good"? Are you Voldemort?

Oh Hufflepuff

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Don’t you just love predictive text. It’s just laziness that I don’t spell check on here haha.

arguably this is one of the games of the weekend for the neutral along with wigan saints - hopefully it will encourage a few along to the stadium early. Im expecting Saturday to have a higher attendance than Sunday, although wigan and saints fans have a nasty habit of only coming and staying for their own games.
Should be a cracker - think nerves will play a big part for both sides though.

Of all Chesters star signings, Hood has turned out the best . However if you look at every SL hooker to me he ranks the lowest. He is solid defensively in the middle and tough but he lacks that zip,guile and skill of the modern day hooker. I think we lost some of that with Woody. He needs complimenting with someone sharper comming on later in the game and to me Crowther is not suited for that role.

Arrived in Newcastle. Sun is shining. Hoping for a win tomorrow.

Let’s hope so. This needs a thoroughly professional performance from the players. They need to go out there and be ready to rip Toulouse and their opposite number to pieces. There will be no excuse for lapses in effort tomorrow.

I do hope that we have considered Toulouse will attempt to spread the ball across the line and put some defensive structures in place to combat that.

Also from memory Bott is a danger close to the line with his change of direction so I hope we close him down well.

I land back at 6pm so I hope I have a recording to watch rather than one just to delete.

Lol

3 of us going, the last magic i could get to was Anfield, so looking forward to experiencing another iconic football stadium. Like you, hopeful not expectant. I doubt Toulouse will be lacking in enthusiasm and desire, let's hope we are up for it.