Débutants : Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:55 am  

Six débuts last night by my reckoning. Any stattos know when the last time we fielded so many new players? 2002 would be my guess since we basically bought a new (rubbish) squad that year.

My ratings:

Lineham - the quietest of the lot, with one poor error. He hardly saw the ball though and in defence his side got a lot of pressure. He will be ok.

Jack Hughes - or 'J'accuse' as my French-speaking wife already affectionately refers to him. Strong, hard-working, harshly penalised once or twice. A very solid signing.

Cox - couple of big runs, he is bigger than I remembered. Promise.

Westerman - really put himself about and looked up for it. The challenge will be getting that level of commitment every week. Undoubtedly talented.

Jullien - saw this lad at London Skolars last year and at that level he was a stand-out. Obviously a different game at SL level, but he still managed to make his presence felt yesterday, even though it is odd for a centre to come off the bench. Looks a capable squad player.

Gidley - the brains we were lacking at the sharp end of tight games last year. One or two errors sure, but as someone said he was all over the field and looked like he had been in the side for years. Very pleasing.

Re: Débutants : Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:07 am  

I think your summary is a about right. It's all good news. All we need now is for Dodds to prove himself and then later on Ryan Bailey will play and drop a 40 yard match winning goal. We Wire fans are on Cloud 9 this morning. Yahoo! I've not even mentioned King Sandow yet.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Débutants : Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:09 am  

just_browny wrote:

Six débuts last night by my reckoning. Any stattos know when the last time we fielded so many new players? 2002 would be my guess since we basically bought a new (rubbish) squad that year.

My ratings:

Lineham - the quietest of the lot, with one poor error. He hardly saw the ball though and in defence his side got a lot of pressure. He will be ok.

Jack Hughes - or 'J'accuse' as my French-speaking wife already affectionately refers to him. Strong, hard-working, harshly penalised once or twice. A very solid signing.

Cox - couple of big runs, he is bigger than I remembered. Promise.

Westerman - really put himself about and looked up for it. The challenge will be getting that level of commitment every week. Undoubtedly talented.

Jullien - saw this lad at London Skolars last year and at that level he was a stand-out. Obviously a different game at SL level, but he still managed to make his presence felt yesterday, even though it is odd for a centre to come off the bench. Looks a capable squad player.

Gidley - the brains we were lacking at the sharp end of tight games last year. One or two errors sure, but as someone said he was all over the field and looked like he had been in the side for years. Very pleasing.

Spot on generally.

Whilst his organisation skills were to the fore I think Gidley will play better. Also as far as Gidley is concerned turning those 4 points into 6 in tight games are a real bonus.

Re: Débutants : Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:19 am  

45 tackles for Gidley last night as well... He is going to bring so much to this side.

Re: Débutants : Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:38 pm  

morleys_deckchair wrote:

45 tackles for Gidley last night as well... He is going to bring so much to this side.

Put himself about abit like great signing for you guys.
May i add i think you may win the GF this year good luck

Re: Débutants : Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:49 pm  

I said to many colleagues before your game last night that Gidley will be the difference in the tight matches for you this year... definitely in the reckoning for silverware this season if everyone is kept fit, I think

Re: Débutants : Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:01 pm  

Good to see Gidley barking out the orders behind our tryline whilst Leeds were lining up their conversions, something which us Wire fans have craved for years!

Re: Débutants : Fri Feb 05, 2016 1:04 pm  

Gidley was great...especially if you consider the hit he took very early on in the game ...he was in involved in tackling a Leeds forward, I forget who, and got absolutely steamed ....I actually thought he was going to have to go off! He looked very shakey..but he got up...shuck himself down and got back into it

Re: Débutants : Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:39 pm  

Very impressed with the two 'bargain' signings, Cox and Julien, both ran very hard when they came on and made plenty of ground. I have a feeling that if Cox stays fit he could be the bargain signing of the season. People seem to have forgotten that he was in the England KNights squad a couple of years ago.

Re: Débutants : Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:24 pm  

I was really impressed with cox as well. He looks difficult
to tackle at pace, and he has plenty of pace for someone that size.
The only problem was that I felt a bit weird shouting "come on cox"
when he was running in.