I watched the second half but Penrith didn't have much attacking ball and tackled for the majority of the second stanza. He put in a pretty poor attacking kick, made a decent tackle and fell of one late on. He had no influence on the game as Melbourne completely controlled the second half and Penrith couldn't get into the Storm's half.

how some wakey fans are spoilt by our stand offs ,i watched all game and he was very influential in penriths game,worked much harder than id seen him do over here plenty of tackling and his passing and running was pretty good.i was a big critic of him over here but eh these were the world champions at full strengh as far as i could see these fans saying he was averagecant watch wakefield .bet he plays next week

Like i said, i missed the first half so can't comment on it. But in the second half he hardly touched the ball such was Melbourne's dominance of the ball and field position. Hard to judge him when the game (second half) wasn't conducive to allow him to show his ability!

He tackled pretty well, but that's not what you want from a half. I'm a fan of his, i think he was unlucky at Wakey and i hope it goes well for him. At the end of the day they beat the Storm and that's only Penrith's third win this season so i'm sure he's happy

Played well against Melbourne. First game at his new club and he offered more than our halves did on friday. Shame he wasnt one of agars favourites. Not like were short of a half back at the moment is it.

so what you want till death is a halkf that doesnt tackle, weve got one in tim smith and another in paul sykes so were ok

What i like to see in a half back is creativity and an intelligent and accurate kicking game. I didn't see that from John today (In the second half, have i mentioned i didn't see the first half!!). There are obvious contributing factors but tackling whilst an added bonus is secondary and only applicable if they can create.

I think you're reading too much into my comments. As i stated above, the second half wasn't conducive to a half back to allow a creative edge for Penrith. You can't read much into that second half as Storm dominated field position and possession. After a couple of games it'll be alot easier to judge him, because as you alude to he wasn't all that at Wakefield in more than one game.

Paul Sykes can't tackle? Are you been serious try scorer, I doubt if he couldn't tackle he would of got to this level while playing Centre and Fullback through his career!
Isaac John did show some good glimpses for us but it didn't seem to click. He played today alright he wasn't a stand out nor did he look out of place but the whole team played really well. Sometimes it just doesn't work out and I wish him the best in the future.

I watched the first half yesterday evening... the second half clashed with Doctor Who!!!!

I thought Issac did really well... good hands, excellent defending, broke the Melbourne defence a couple of times.

It will be interesting to see how he grows (or not) over the next few games.

Watched the game and thought he was average.

You my friend are so negative, why not take a back seat and take a while off watching Trinity?

Watched the whole game and thought he played a solid game. He was the one running the team most of the time. If you are going to comment on Isaac's abilities i think you also need to look at some of the idiot things that Luke Walsh did.... and he is coming to Super League umm can see interesting comments when he does. For the fact that he hasn't played this level since well over a year, i think he did well. Isaac said he enjoyed his game but he knew he needs to improve in some areas. Good on you Isaac and i hope you get more chances in the future.

stating fact jinger ,if you dont like reading em, take a back seat

No you're stating and opinion not a fact, unless of course you are as monumentally arrogant as you are beginning to appear.

ok in my opinion thats a fact