I cannot believe how you have started this season after last.

The Grand Final could have gone either way if your kicker had the right boots on. I'm glad he didn't.

I know you took a lot of good natured stick from our lot over the 'country mile' statement by Calland but your team cannot be as bad as the scores suggest. The coach has to carry the can. Someone has to.

Somewhere in this thread it was suggested that you have 5 leaders out on the park which cannot be good. One leader, whether it's Larder, Penky, Black or whoever it don't matter. One leader who they all will listen to.

Watene looks too big to be of any use to a team other than for a couple of minutes. He's carrying too much weight around to be of benefit to your team. Stanley, come on, who in their right mind would sign him on at his age whatever it is. He looks as old as me and I'm 52 FFS.

Stick with it guys. I've witnessed some dark days up here in South Cumbria over the years. We need each other among the traditional clubs to keep believing. Raiders haven't started as we finished last season. Both of our teams are 'top of the ground' teams. I'm waiting for the sun to start shining and dry out the grounds so that we can see the type of play we had last year.

The future is Blue and White as they say.

Seriously, after a superb few seasons, the last 3 games for you, have been a little bizarre to say the least. I really thought the Hunslet game was a one off. But Fax aren't just losing are they, it's 40+ each time ? Surely the squad/coach haven't become 'terrible' overnight.
You've already ticked on of those stupid bl00dy boxes, is Matt Calland under any REAL pressure. Apart from Miles Greenwood, how many other regulars are you missing ?

Awwwwww, I love you too!x

Injuries are no excuse.
Alright we have missed 2 key players, Gleeson and Branighan but we should be able to cope without these.

The squad available for last 3 games was good enough to turn out good performances but just haven't.

MC is under pressure, the next 2 games are key for him.

The problem IMO is our go forward from the pack, we saw glimmers of it against Widnes but nothing since. Players like Black and Penky cant do their thing without a pack going forward delivering quick ball.

What's the Answer? well Aizue doesn't seem to be it but Ostick is a positive move. We need to delve into the loan market to address quickly IMO.

If MC can address the pack 'go forward' over the next few games we will be a team again, I hope he can. It's too early for knee jerk reactions, the fellas not stupid he just needs a bit of time and luck.

Its all a real shame though as the crowds are starting to swell with the promise of 2010 all this momentum could be lost

the last 3 games have been very concerning. not only did we lose all three, we shipped over 40 points in each. right now we are looking like relegation fodder unless someone does something