Originally Posted by
Dos Cervezas
I thoroughly enjoyed the first 25 of today. We looked dangerous with the ball, could have had a couple of tries but for dropped balls, good defence and a bit of bad luck but at 12-0 I thought we were relatively comfortable as the attack was pretty strong, if the scoreboard wasn’t, and our defence was mean and on top. The decisive moment was Knowles’ brain exploding and trying to slow the play the ball down the one time Salford had the ball in our end. It cost us a try and the momentum swung their way and I don’t think it ever really swung back our way and only the sheer talent of Lomax saw us home.
Does that mean we need a new attack coach? No, I don’t think it does. We’d have played Grace, Dodd and Walmsley, if fit, and maybe Hopoate (though that’s a Hopoate v Percival debate given Hurrell’s consistency) and Grace, Dodd and Big Al are all major points of our attack for different reasons. I’m aware we weren’t at our best, though it doesn’t mean we can’t improve in a weeks time. That without mentioning Lomax has played with one arm for half a year and he’s still comfortably one of the best English players in the game.