Positives for me:
Lasike had a fantastic game at 12. I’m a fan of a big crash centre. He gets the nod from me over most of our midfield now. Ball carrying excellent. Excellent hands. Created space. Something we’ve been missing with Saili and Tapuai.
Gabs looks better and better each game. Good under the ball and defended well. There’s always that chance he’ll bust through the line which is exciting to anticipate, but his David Copperfield footwork draws players in. If he can offload better instead of having that wingers tunnel vision we’ll have acres of space.
Really enjoying Lawday, J Chisholm and Lewies. Robshaw - El Jefe - ‘nuff said.
Elia continues to prove solid at 2.
Marcus had another blinder.
Goneva played well but yet to set my world on fire.
Preferred Murley at 13 with Gabs and Goneva either side. That said, if Campagnaro had stayed on, Murley doesn’t start for me.
Negatives for me:
Danny Care needs to pick his audience better. He spends far too much time trying to exploit the opposition and not enough time exploiting our position. Stop trying to work the penalty and just play the game. Carley saw through him like a cheap shirt within the first 10 minutes but he continued to try to talk his way through the game. With DC whinging it means the ref won’t listen when Sinks has got a genuine issue. Carley is heard basically telling our lot to shut up so we’re clearly gobbing off far too much.
R Chisholm still feels like a liability. Good going forward but that’s not his role. Played better this match but only because Tigers didn’t press our 22.
Sinks cost us at least 10 points and if his mind is anywhere like his external persona he needs to go.