Wow.. what a game!!!

Plenty of decent second half performances and one or two maybe in the first half to choose from so let voting commence. Voting ends at 12pm on Tuesday.

Mine are:

Matt Orford - Asked questions of Wigans defence and found the answers in the second half

Wayne Godwin - Wagga changed the game for me with his runs from dummy half, especially in first 20 minutes of second half

Jamie Langley - Another good effort up the middle

Orford


Scruton
Godwin

Langley
Orford
Scruton

Right, i will forget the first half and base my selections on the positives from the second half:

1) Man of match - Langley - Despite Orford scoring a brace of tries and being so influential, Langley showed AGAIN what an asset he is to us and is arguably playing his best rugby

2) Orford - influential in the 2nd half and really took control of the team and lead us around the park

3 - Crookes - This may seem like an odd choice but to be faced with Pat Richards challenging you for the bombs and to come into the team after so long not playing first team footy for us, I think he did well. Plus I always like to encourage one of the youngsters and hope they all get their chance!

Orford
Langley
Menzies

Honourable mentions to Godwin, Nero and Scruton

1. Langley - absolutely immense. Solid in the tackle, and immense in driving the ball forward. He kept his legs pumping to gain those extra yards. I really hope he stays fit for the whole season.

2. Orford, put some kicks straight into the hands of Amos in the first half. Really pulled the strings in the 2nd half and controlled the team. 2 crucial tries that really gave us hope. A vocal presence on the pitch. The Ox is our little general.

3. Steve Menzies. Put in some bone crunching shots today. Solid in the tackle and impressed again.

Honourable mentions:
Whitehead - very impressed with the amount of tackles he got through.
Wagga - really helped us with speed at the play the ball, something I think we lacked with L'estrange.
Lynch - put in some really hard yards.

Getting a bit repetitive this...

=1st Langers
=1st Ox

3rd? Perm any one from a number. Scrutes (again) Lynch (again) Whitehead (again ) Beaver (again) Wagga...his best game of the season and did more than anyone to break their defence second half...hell a lot of them done good second half...Koppy is maturing nicely...Crookes did not go to pieces after the first half and with Richards to handle.... quite the opposite...

Think before watching the replay will give it to Wagga by a whisker over Beaver...but half of me says should give it to Scrutes again...what a signing he is proving to be. OK provisional result from the Moldovan jury...

3rd = Wagga.

But I reserve the right to edit it to Beaver or Scrutes after watching the replay!

EDIT: After watching the replay, I'll stick with my choices - Beaver was great again, but Wagga made the difference when it mattered. But I have to say that Crookes, Koppy and Whitehead can all stand proud - and THAT gives me more cause for optimism for the future than almost anything.

Thought Langers was awesome tonight. . . . . as were several other in addition to those mentioned above.



Our Lass thought Godwin was tops too after watching his "dance"

in the changing rooms after the match courtesy of some "[iperhaps we didn't ought to film live after a match[/i" moment by SKY.

Langley
Orford
Godwin

1st: Langley

2nd: Orford

3rd: Menzies

On top of that I felt that Koppy had a cracking game, and instead of coming on looking like a bit of a plodder, he brought some real impact.

need to watch again as steam boated. But probably...........


Langley
Orford
Godwin

Whitehead was great again and deserves a mention,

How big did George look at half time????

He looked even bigger in the bar after the match!! Those two kids are freaks!!

Not 'alf! What a future awaits this kid if he keeps his feet on the ground...and his eyes set firmly on the stars.

was privileged to see the team in the coral after the game thanks to an unnamed official.

The players were very humble about the victory. Langers got a lot of slaps on the back but was very very level headed about it.
Steve Mc Had a grin so wide it could have housed the WCC. I have never seen him so happy either as a player or a coach.
Peter Hood was a very very happy man also.


I was upset to hear that Mr Hood got some unwarrented attention from critics at half time. The specifc circumstances would have made a lesser man react with some force. He was the man smiling at the end of the game and the critics suddenly left.
If you are one of those kind of so called supporters who call the result with 40 minutes left to play then I will say it if others are too polite

**** OFF AND FIND ANOTHER CLUB!!

Hood is a club man and anyone who has met him knows that. If you want to dispute that then at least have the decency to give him the chance to live up to his ambition of getting the club into a place where we can seriously challenge!

1. orford
2. langley
3. godwin

honourable mentions to :- whitehead,menzies,crookes and kearney

3pts - Langley
2pts - Orford
1pt - Godwin (it was between him and Whitehead but Wagga's willy shake won it)


Mentions to all Kearney, Crookes, Lynch, Scruton, Nero, Menzies & Hall who could have all been in there.


Donno back in next week for me though.

Orford & Langley seem to be automatic picks for this every week. If we have a good season, both of them have got to be contendors for Man Of Steel. Langley was immense again last night with Ox once again guiding the play.

I kind of wanted to give the 3rd choice to Hall just for his try and big hit, but it would be unfair to pick him solely on that, so I'll go with Wagga, although Beaver pushed it very close.

Langley
Orford
Godwin

Langly- Another great preformance
orford-Quality kicks in the 2nd half again
wagga-Good running , And quality celebrations in the dressing room Haha

Langers for mine.

Stood up to be counted in the second half and really gave us forward momentum.

Langley
orford
wagga

Thought wagga would of got starting spot for this season, but hes alwasy been an interchange hooker and hasnt let his head drop, you hardly notice the difference when him and heath swap over as they compliment each other that much..a vast improvement on the two hookers styles last season..wagga has always given his all for whatever club hes been at but looks as though he has improved ten fold this year..hope he can keep it up proving that stamina is better than size.

Orford
Godwin
Langley

I thought Godwin's spell in the second half was key for us. He made a huge effort to get out of dummy half and our play there was much smarter, we went from being totally predictable to pulling the Wigan ruck defence around. We got some momentum and then by the end looked by far the more threatening team.

1 Langley- by a mile.
2 Orford-
3 L'Estrange/ Wagga/ Kearney

NB. Just a thought i had, if we has not let deacon go & therefore not signed Ox & signed walker instead, i dont think we could have won that game last night.

As the boneheaded one would say..."without a doubt!"

Langley - (the best curly haired number 13 in the Super leauge. Shirley O'temple?)
Orford
Worrincey (almost put Godwin in there simply for showing the Wiggin forwards what a pair looks like but I'm putting the Worrlord in until he has a decent game)

Langley Not sure how anyone can pick anyone else for No.1, he was everywhere!
Orford Superb second 40 mins, however I am sure he'll admit it wouldn't have been possible without a much improved 40 mins from the pack.
Wagga Some smart play from Godwin and some excellent runs.