jinkin jimmy posted:
Who the hell decided Seu Seu would be better than Terry O this season?
Terry O in a way as he decided he was leaving! Now if you had asked who decided Seuseu was better than Craig Smith...
Was Davico fully checked out before we signed him?
When we signed him he was not injured. He got injured after we had him signed and the medical report gave the all clear. How could Wigan not take him on if he had signed a contract and was medically passed fit?
Was our plan to take on Leeds, Saints, etc with a second row of Hock (good potential but a lot of development needed), Tickle (average ability but looking good in our poor side until Friday) and Lockers, with backup chosen from Hansen, Wild, Allen or Beswick? The Hull side had Thackray and Carvell on the bench!!
No it wasn't. The intension was to have a back row including Farrell, probably in the second row with Lockers at 13. That would allow Hock and Tickle to be interchanged. Seemed like a good plan at the time to me!
As for the Farrell fiasco, that is now history, as is the fact that we started the season seriously underprepared physically.
It might be history but as you can see it did leave us with a realtively inexperienced back row and that was before the injuries kicked in. The decision to let Farrell go was
THE own goal scored by the club this season.
You make your own luck, but I agree they must keep their heads up. They are extremely fragile - you can see them wilt as soon as a try is scored.
I thought they would cave in on Friday when Hull scored so easily early on but to their credit they tried for 80 mins so that was better then previously.
We will exit the cup against Saints and will finish 6th-9th. We cannot dismantle the team totally due to contracts, so I don't expect anything better than 4th-7th next year either unless Basil can walk on water.
I agree. I don't think we will go from (say) 9th to top three contenders next year. Both Hock and Lockers will need to be 100% fit for that to happen for a start and after their injuries there is no guarentee they will make such good recoveries.
As you say we may also be unable to ship out and replace some players that are proving they aren't up to playing to a high enough standard in SL due to contracts.
Dave
