Is it just me or was mika struggling today?? He seemed either very fatigued or carry a knock in the first half.good show from cox and lovegrove today onwards and upwards we will be fine!!

Didn't Mika go off after the knocked the ball on with Carlile coming on in his place with Hodgson moving to second row? I thought Carlile had his best game for us yesterday

1st half - Lincoln Withers at dummy half giving hospital passes to our forwards and giving no creativity to the side.

2nd half - Lincoln Withers moved from dummy half and Carlisle takes over the roll. More expansive and creative game.

I don't blame Withers for this, he was played out of position, however, having a bad bad at the office combined with a position he should never have been in equals bad idea.

Let's not do that again please Mr Sandercock.

I was almost wishing for Murrell back at stand off during the first half!

Second half we may have performed a little better but that was also on the back of more penalties from Bentham and more mistakes from Catalan. I have struggled to find any positives from the performance on Sunday.

The stats show Mika was our second highest tackler behind Josh Hodgson on Sunday which validates his high work rate - especially when you consider he went off early in the second half.

They also show
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He made the least amount of metres of anyone in the team
Had the least amount of carries of anyone in the team
Equal second for total errors
Equal second for missed tackles
Equal first for penalties conceded.
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Of course the stats can be twisted to suggest all sorts. His high total tackle count could imply he was targeted by Catalans. This resulted in him being knackered and why he only completed 3 carries and made two errors. This possibly being the case, the opposition should do this week in / week out. CS to avoid this should have spelled him earlier. His inability to play long minutes continue to be a pain.

If you want to be really harsh, we improved outta' sight when he went off. On the other hand, others suggest he was injured coming into the game.