gone quiet like last year..is it me ??

Surprised he hasn’t been linked with a move away from the club.

TBF the whole team's form has took a turn for the worse.

Still dosent get enough of the ball in areas he can actually run onto it. I think the outside backs have had very little ball in hand in attacking areas to do anything with. When was the last time any of our wingers scored a try through a pass / walk in ala ainscough. Or our centres gone in in the corner i.e. gidley, yeamen, shenton - not just kick throughs on floor or high cross field kicks. Need to spread it imo

Off the top of my head, Blanch V Wigan.

Both scored from kicks.

Do you think our wingers / centres score enough try's in this way ?
'or' score on average the same amount of try's through this method as other teams?

Maaan time flies, when was it when he scored of a JD pass?

That was Bradford, ironically the same game which Atkins broke the line and rounded the full back.

I think the reason we score so many tries from kicks is because all our creative plays have quality (mostly) kicking games and sometimes we rely on it too much!

Brough is probably the only player who occasionally does something different.

Saying that though, i can't remember the last time i saw Brough dink over the top and try to reclaim it...used to do it a bit last season and sometimes it came off!

I know what your saying but there is a a Vince Lombardi quote to answer this, "In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's plays".
I think we play some nice football, and I believe its effective how we play, and suits the Wakefield players.

Is there anything this guy hasnt said


We do play nice football, but for me all that matters is the result and that method is usually an effective way, but if we cant pass the ball quick enough outwide then fair enough.

For me atkins only seems interested when theres a sniff of a try and he needs to improve his defence imho.

drew tries the chip now and again

On his day he can be as good an offensive centre as there is in SL, the problem seems to be these days are very infrequant, added to this his positioning in defence is questionable. His tackleing is usually sound just his position in the line and this leaves either gaps or the wing short of support.
In all fairness I thought these were his weeknesses last season aswell and hoped JK would have progressed him a bit by now, after all it's not long since he was being mentioned as a GB player.

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I hope JK motivates Ryan and others to play better against Wigan...

You know me to well

Atkins ball in hand can be dangerous. We need to get him more ball in attacking situations.i also believe he needs to take it on himself to get more involved. For me he could be outstanding!

Atkins is a quality centre and given the right service you would see it week in week out. The problem we have is that we do not have a decent stand off at the club to provide that service.

same happened last year, went missing..to me he likes it when things are good but doesn't seem to want to "roll his sleeves up" when we are in a hole

cant agree with that. it is oh so easy to criticize someone as not looking interested if they aren't performing at their peak, when in reality there are many more likely factors to be contributing to below par performance.

What I like about Atkins is when he takes the ball up he on most occassions will break through the first tackle. I think it is harsh to say he isnt interested - He didnt get sin binned at Headingly because he wasnt interested. About time a few others got fired up like that, Cant remember the last time there was a flare up at BV.

no..at headingley he was STUPID !

He was stupid but at least he is showing passion or at least that is how I see it

passion is getting sin binned for 10 mins..joey barton also shows that kind of passion !

As an athlete or a man Joey Barton couldnt carry Ryan Atkins Jockstrap.

Ryan needs to spend less time playing poker and more on DEFENCE.
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