The Fc roadshow rolls on (and on and on!!)


Apart from the two penalties which led to Williams try, the first half was about as perfect a forty minutes of rugby that we have witnessed in a long long time from us. We ran hard, we tackled hard, we looked sharp in attack, and when the chances came our way we took them.


Second half was a bit more of a struggle. Thought Wire upped their game and when they started to move the ball quickly from side to side they began to stretch us a fair bit. But we scrambled across often enough to limit them to just the three tries. It was a good job our old scrum-half didn't have his kicking boots on or those last few minutes would have become very nervy!


Once again we look a different side when Herman and Knight are in tandem, they are a real handful for the opposition. But everyone played their part and contributed to a massive gutsy win.


11pts from the opening seven games!! This is way beyond anything even the most super-optimistic amongst us could have dared dream of. Bring on the top of the table clash (pt2) next Friday.

I read on twitter that yesterday while our game was been played live, sky were showing in on the red button, while the main channel was just playing a replay of another game. It's just nonsensical.

Well what is he then?….isn’t he now injured AGAIN….is it a exaggeration to say he is injury prone then…like I said,I rate him but we can’t get him on the pitch for a decent run and Knight would offer more value but I don’t think it matters what I say as you have your opinion and it won’t shift…hows the clique btw.

FWIW,I agree about Cust…he has been very very good this season but some won’t change they minds about him as the didn’t want him here to start

Should have been better composed for that period in the second half. I don’t think you can read too much into a game situation like that though, it’s such a unique situation to be in. 

Warrington have some serious firepower, Williams, Dufty, Ashton, Vaughan, Sneyd etc they literally had nothing to lose at that point at home. They had to throw the ball about they’re bound to score points, they even did similar to Wigan in Vegas when the game was effectively over. 


Most pleasing is our backline options are better than I could have imagined at this point. Spine now for the season in theory picks itself 1 Pryce, 6 Cust, 7 Sezer, 9 Borough 14 Balmforth. Realistically though injuries suspensions are always going to kick in and we’ll always have to reshuffle Pryce/Rapana/Moy at 1 at times. Even the magical Rovers who can do nothing wrong look like they might start to be under a bit of pressure with injuries. Litten, Rapana, Hardaker, Chamberlain, Briscoe all look like good options for the centre positions when needed, that was easily what I thought was our weakest area going into the season. 

Also just on Knight. I absolutely love him. If we can pull something out the bag then great but we have to remember that first time in a long while we look to have a really good recruitment plan and might not be wise  to make decisions on emotion. The Treister/Swain situation in 2003 is similar. 


He’s here as short term signing I’m just going to enjoy watching him while he’s here.

A 9/10 first half, 3/10 second. Very happy with the result but we do need to start playing for the full 80 if we are going to have a chance in games such as the next two.

I don't know where Pryce will end up long term, but at least for now I really like him at full back. It's obviously going to take time to really bed in and learn the calls and systems properly, so in the mean time I am happy to leave Cust and Sezer doing the creating and organising and allowing Pryce to just chime in as he sees fit. He looked very dangerous at times and his break in the second half was gold.


I've seen Rapana getting some stick, and some of it is deserved because he's making far too many unforced errors. But I think people underestimate just how much his enthusiasm and competitiveness rubs off on his team mates. He really is in into everything and it is infectious. It doesn't give him a free pass, he does need to tidy his game up, but you have to look at the good as well as the bad. His effort to force a goal line drop out in the second half sums him up. 70 odd minutes gone, playing right centre, and there he is to pounce on a loose ball and force a drop out under the sticks. No it didn't come to anything, but they are little extra efforts that Cartwright will love to see.


Ese'ese and Knight excellent, Litten took another step towards making the centre position his own, Hardaker looked at home in the second row. Plenty of good performances all over.


Cartwright needs to really stamp out the off the ball hits. Every single game we do one and often it results in a card. Needless indiscipline and it needs stamping out asap.