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Pratt needs to work on his passing game, he has great foorwork but currently possesses none of the subtle handling skills needed in an international centre

It’s was barely a penalty but a penalty is a fair decision based on what’s gone before

That penalty for Cas is everything that’s been wrong about Wakefields game this season. We are absolutely dominant and then the sloppy passes, unforced errors and penalties let the opposition take the momentum

Having been under those bombs and not being so good at defusing them, I’m full of admiration for Full Backs who make it look so easy

In the current climate and immediately following a sin bin for head contact also with it being a nothing situation with the half time hooter sounding it was about as thick of an act you’ll ever see. As for the tackle itself, he tucked his arm, rotated his torso, lead with the shoulder, direct to the head with no mitigation. I’m not sure there’s a Ref in the world that wouldn’t have sent him off!

A Donk pudding! As in “ I don’t need a gun, I’ve got a Donk”

Knight, thick as pudding!

The commentary team called it as typical British forward play, great ability to handle the ball and play out of a collision. Canberra were locked in an arm wrestle for 20 minutes and couldn’t break the Melbourne defence. Thats why the Nicholson offload was so good, because it was going to take a Brian Lockwood type pass out of the tackle to break through. That said, Sutton, the Ref, did his best to be involved in who was going to win, one way or the other. The best Refs are anonymous and Sutton was too prominent during a crucial phase of the match.

Sin binned for out jumping the fullback, honestly that’s a ridiculous decision

No probably about it, The Premier League is 100 times the NRL is and that includes media scrutiny more than anything

Hard for a halfback to show anything when his forwards are being dominated in every aspect and the teams getting ripped to shreds on the edges by the oppositions play makers

The big conundrum is Jake Wardle, Watson couldn’t get rid of him fast enough! Then there’s the Senior twins, Dom Young, Cruise Leaming, Darnell McIntosh, Owen Trout and Sam Wood. I’m sure there’s other HOME GROWN players who left the club under Watson that are real head scratchers. In his final few weeks Watson was doing his utmost best to get rid of Matty English too

Think its been a combination of Watson and Thewliss, I can see a big churn of playing staff coming over the next couple of years

It’s a difficult one this because Cas have recruited and Wakefield have so many injuries so we don’t know yet, Thursday, what either team will look like. On current form you’d take the Wakefield win and if Trinity have a few returning like Trueman, Nikotimo and Uele passes a late fitness test then we’re favourites. That said Cas have had to do an early season rebuild, their front row is completely different from the start of the season with Singleton, Amone, Salabio Deseria and they’ve brought in Atkin who’s a good organiser and will be a suitable foil for Milnes. Ill stick my neck out before seeing the line ups and go Trinity by 10

I enjoyed it, I think being away in France makes it a bit tougher to get footage but it was good to see how far we’ve come in terms of travelling to France

But even going back to him doesn’t preclude what I said from possibly being the case!

Inside Trinity Episode 12 - Into the Dragons Lair

Not every departure is the same, maybe there was some animosity going on in the background. It isn’t unheard of for a club to turn to another player who will be staying rather than build around a player who’s known to be leaving.

Last year I got the impression that Sts weren’t picking Dodd because he’d decided to leave rather than because he wasn’t good enough

I think they’re pretty desperate at the moment

Correct, however, the club and team have raised expectations and have largely delivered but we’ve lost 3 games by a single score when we’ve arguably been in the ascendancy. Thats breeding a bit of pride but also frustration because if we were a bit smarter we’d have beaten HKR, Hull and also won tonight. Like most Trinity fans though, I’m more than happy with the clubs trajectory and I understand that we’re in a process that will take years

Except for last week when we broke your heart

Well we have 100% thrown that game away with bad discipline, sloppy last plays & poor goal line defence

Soft defence again

We really are in trouble now, we’ve got no halfbacks available at the club. WOw! he is really lucky there