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Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:29 pm  

Prior to this match I hadn't seen our last three matches, but I thought Dagger played really well. He caught all the high balls and seemed to field most of the kick offs as well. He backed up one good break ( Gidley ?) when few of our team did any backing up at all, and then there was that scorching run from our 20 metres through the Catalan defence I thought at one point he would go all the way, but he ran out of steam, although even then he got the ball away. At the moment he will be getting away with a few plays because teams are unfamiliar with his moves, plus under-estimating his ability, but even so he looks pretty good to me.
In contrast Hughes made Cromwell's statue look dynamic and seems to have inherited the right foot step from Rhys - on every single play that he makes. He really needs to have a time out.

So for me, give Dagger a skull cap and leave him at FB with Ratchford at centre for the Wakey game.

Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:34 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

So for me, give Dagger a skull cap and leave him at FB with Ratchford at centre for the Wakey game.

Hiku?

Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:48 pm  

So why does Smth persist with playing Hughes at centre, if i didnt know any better id say he does it just to pee us off.

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Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:57 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

Hiku?

I thought you had written 'hiccup' for a minute there. Yes, if he is ready perhaps move him to centre with Ratch at the back, but I don't know when we can get our hands on him.

Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:11 pm  

karetaker wrote:

So why does Smth persist with playing Hughes at centre, if i didnt know any better id say he does it just to pee us off.

Because he trains well. Just like Russell. Hope it's not true that Savelio is on his way back to Saints. Would be great to have the young ex-Newman trio at the heart of the Warrington attack under a new coach with fresh ideas and different man-management. But despite what my heart says, my head knows Smith and Agar will be in charge for many more mediocre seasons whilst we watch less-expensive squads win trophies with other coaches. Once I accept that fact I feel less anxious and ready for what lies ahead.

Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:18 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

Hiku?

Try drinking some water, or getting someone to drop a cold key down your back.

Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:16 pm  

shinymcshine wrote:

Try drinking some water, or getting someone to drop a cold key down your back.

It's ok, the shock of 2 points snapped me out of it.

Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:19 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

Hiku?

Bless you

Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:45 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

Prior to this match I hadn't seen our last three matches, but I thought Dagger played really well. He caught all the high balls and seemed to field most of the kick offs as well. He backed up one good break ( Gidley ?) when few of our team did any backing up at all, and then there was that scorching run from our 20 metres through the Catalan defence I thought at one point he would go all the way, but he ran out of steam, although even then he got the ball away. At the moment he will be getting away with a few plays because teams are unfamiliar with his moves, plus under-estimating his ability, but even so he looks pretty good to me.
In contrast Hughes made Cromwell's statue look dynamic and seems to have inherited the right foot step from Rhys - on every single play that he makes. He really needs to have a time out.

So for me, give Dagger a skull cap and leave him at FB with Ratchford at centre for the Wakey game.

Don't deny that dagger did ok, however my recollection of his performance is that he dropped a high ball in the second half. At the end of his run when he should of scored was a brain fart and nothing to do with him
Running out of gas

Re: Dagger and Hughes : Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:36 pm  

It's the third game I've watched Dagger, he looked lightweight against Cas, he was anonymous on the wing last week, but today was his best game, his couple of breaks caught the eye but his performance was error strewn, he did drop 2 or 3 but they went backwards so got away with it, wayward passes & he got caught out with the Myler try in particular

He does look like a talent though & has all the raw materials, like Charlie eluded to he still has the element of surprise on his side & the one thing that stood out for me is he seems a brave lad in the tackle & going for the high balls

Jack Hughes this year has not been the same player obviously but today I thought he defended better & his error count was down but he offered very little in attack, he is normally a very solid 2nd rower but he is a poor option at centre