Did he head that ball last night straight from the kick off? I know he had to come off with a badly broken nose ( i was stood near the dug outs and beleive me it did look bad) ??

Can it get worse??

Seems Patten may now need surgery

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Believe me it did look bad. In fact from one angle it looked like he did'nt have a nose!! he will be very lucky to play next week ( i fear to say) one things for sure i bet hes bloody sore today

that was in the 2nd half, so the miss tackles and unable to catch a ball in the 1st half, was due to the fact he is on holiday or just another over rated player from down under.

From where I was sat (in the Austin Truman stand) it looked as though he broke his nose scoring the first try in the corner, he appeared to catch his nose on the leg of a St Helens player scoring what was a first class try.

He did receive a bit of treatment after the try but if he did break his nose then why on earth did he stay on the pitch until the second half!?! A broken nose not only hurts like hell but it effects your sight and judgement, which I assume is rather important for a fullback!

he did do it scoring the try in the first half! Looked like it really effected him and if surgery is needed no wonder he had a mare after it!

Feel stupid yet?

If that is the case then Luke I'm sorry for slagging you off the rest of the game. To carry on playing like that shows true commitment to the cause and that he's here to prove himself in SL.

So if he can't play the obvious option is to move Ratchford to fullback, oops can't do that as he is playing at number 6 to cover for Smith who in turn is covering for Wagga. Makes me think that we are at least a player short in the cover of those areas.

Can't he play with a broken nose, Sean Briscoe's noes is broke all the time.

I feel sorry for Luke. He wasn't having his best of games and just started to get some confidense back whan that happened. I was about 30 feet away. The high ball was moving about all over the place and it hit him right in the face. I would like to know who was supposed to be the on field leader. After every try you just stood about saying nothing to each other waiting for the man from the bench to talk to you. There seemed no cohesion in the team at all. I hope you can turn this around and quickly.