Just a few thoughts on the game tonight.

Yet again the pack were outstanding and in particular Ogre. I honestly believe he is the best prop in SL ATM by quite a distance. If Horney was MOM Ogre wasn't far behind.

I can see a lot of our games this since season following a similar pattern with it being a tight first half but eventually the opposition running out of steam and us taking advantage of the tired legs.

My main worry is when the opposition kick to Briscoe as we look really shakey out there but then on the flip side if Briscoe catches it the opposition could well be in trouble the way he returns it.

All in all the signs are there that if we can continue to progress and turn up for each other we could be in for a very good season. Will be really interesting to see how we get on at Wigan next week.

Spot on. I looked at the countdown clock with 33 minutes to go and said to Mr B we could do with O'Meley back on. 2 minutes later he's on and putting Horne in. He's a great signing - wins the collision, good legdrive and great hands. We lose our shape when he's off IMO.

Don't say that, Agar will have Ogre playing 80 mins next!

i noticed as soon as he came back on we improved and the tries came again, he adds so much aggression to our pack, he is immense.

O'Meley was fantastic again tonight. I was worried when he went off but thank God he was OK. He is a real powerhouse and so far is proving a certain few people wrong.

Big test for us next week against a Wigan side who will be hurting after tonight's loss at Odsal.

Totally agree with whats been said on this subject.IMO next week i would put Brisco in the centre and put Hall as his winger and pair Yeaman and Calderwood together because i think Wigan will kick alot to Brisco purely because of his lack of height and Richards been crossed with a kangaroo.

O'Meley was awesome, and so was Fitz again, 2 fantastic signings

Think Lauaki was caught out in two minds tonight though been told to off load but not sure when to

Great post, agree completely, especially about the kicks to Brisc. Noticed it a lot that only they were kicking to him a lot, but he seemed to be really exposed when they did so. This was our main weakness tonight I thought.

O'Meley was fantastic tonight as was Fitzy and Manu. Cant take the mom away from Horney though 2 tries and 2 assists from his grubbers.

This will upset a few people on here especially the Cusack/Radders knockers but i dont think Sam Moa is up to it at the minute (yes i know its his 1st game) and he will get better. I just believe Cusack offers us more in workrate and experience. You dont play in all those Aussie grand finals if your a poor player. Id love to ask Adrian Morley what he thinks of Peter Cusack a real players player in my opinion.

And Richard Silverwood.....well the less said the better.

Good job Richards will play opposite Calderwood then

i think this is a good thing because it makes the opposition think a bit, when he gets the ball he might not just charge forward but instead offload it like he did to set up the try against huddersfield.

another good performance tonight, the forwards are working hard week after week (well maybe except our trip to Wrexham!)

its rare that we score so much at home also.

a few problems that need ironing out here and there, but stick Long in that side and we will look very good indeed.

Thought's..
I thought we looked laboured for much of the match barring the 15 mins just after H/T. Elements of last year creeping back. Short 10 by the ref didn't help much either. Cas did there homework on Briscoe , So why didn't we do any on Ainscough ?. Also , Where's the cut out pass. It doesn't need to go through everyone's hands to feed the winger.
We never got out of second gear and spanked 40 on Cas . Fook me , When this team clicks .....

Well if i hadn't gone to the match and just listened to gollums views after the game i would have thought we were terrible and lucky to get the win. The guy really cannot give credit to us.

I thought we did all the hard work in the first 40 minutes tonight. In the second half we took advantage of a tiring Cas pack and looked good in patches. Still some work needs doing but it is good to see we have other players in the side who can step in and create stuff when Long is not in the team.

Only a couple of negatives for me, Briscoes inability to take a high ball under pressure and his lack of positional awareness in defence. And a few sloppy forced passes when there was no need to pass. But overall very happy with the performance and you can see improvement each week from a lot of the players and the team as a whole.