Hey I thought we'd use this thread for some discussion on the game and on our team.
Overall I was a little dissapointed, I did give up my weekend sleep in just to see my team get done however I am not too dissapointed either, I did get to see a solid game of football after all.
I thought our backline never really got a chance to shine. Karmichael Hunt played his usual game but he's got to stop with his risky passes when they are not needed. I thought Michaels was good, very promising and will be on the wing come March 16th, while Boyd got very little oppurtunity, played alright I guess.
Tate and Hodges were both solid in this hit out, below what we're use from them, however this was their first major hit out and to make matters worse, they never really got any good clean ball.
Halves were alright. Lockyer tried but just kept choosing the wrong options or went for a bad pass. Perry played one of the worst games I've seen him play.
As for the forwards, I think this is where we went wrong IMO.
Carlaw is not a Prop forward, he's a second rower who attacks at the fringes. Berrigan should've been on the bench and come on and created havoc up the middle when St. Helens were getting tired. Ennis should've been on at the start as he really added no impact. Civo and Thorn played their respective parts, didn't see much of them though.
Parker was everywhere and was one of our best on field IMO. Same goes for Carroll who made a lot of big hits.
As for our bench, Thaiday didn't do too much. Eastwood looked promising, made some good runs and made some heavy tackles. Hannant was solid as ever. Ennis looked rusty as I've said, however should've started the game.
Overall not too phased at the moment, just hope we make the right team changes and we should be sweet.
