Agree with that, in the main he had another good game but he does need to pick the right time to skoot more consistantly. ATM its everytime he sees the square markers not quite set when he has other more beneficial options.

Hookers will always make the odd wrong call per game because they handle the ball far more then any other player on the pitch. In Danny's defence I would imagine he had been told to run more against a very big Catalans pack, they are the kind of team that Houghton can cause all sorts of problems for and if the ref had clamped down on their third man into the tackle slowing the play the ball down I suspect he would have had more joy scooting.



Not disagreeing with your original point but suspect every game we could highlight a couple of times Houghton doesnt make the correct play.

I know where Berrigan played, loose forward. Are you saying I'm wrong in my statement of Houghton totally outclassing Berrigan then ?

Especially when the 'evidence critique' contains a lot of critique but very little evidence!

I'm just wondering why on earth you would be comparing how a hooker playing at LF performed as opposed to a hooker playing at .....well......hooker?

No he didnt, he played 6 and Washy moved to LF

Houghton imposed himself on a 50/50 game as was a standout player for us. Berrigan didn't and wasn't. If you'd attended that particular game not knowing either player and said one of the two had the far bigger reputation and salary, you'd be hard-pushed IMO to pick Berrigan out as said player. I'm not having a go at Berro, but Houghton took it upon himself to take the game to Catalans and did so with gusto. Good on him. Fans, unsurprisingly, respond positively to that sort of obvious attitude and effort.

No he didnt, Washy stayed at 6. You can tell by the defensive pattern. Washy stayed defending wide right and Berro defended down the middle like Fitz normally would. Berro may have gone in the middle to ball handle but that was as a 13.

Houghton was good but imo Manu was motm by a country mile.

I didnt have Manu in my top 3. Briscoe and Whiting were up there for me with Houghton.

Really? I actually thought Catalans had picked him out as our strike player and contained him fairly well compared to some other games he's rampaged his way through this season. He's the dog's bollox.

I must have watched a different game, he was immense.