I gave Gaz Moore a lot of stick before the season but I have to say he's been one of, if not the best player this season. The problem is that the team has been inconsistent week after week. We need a settled team who can get used to running lines and support play. We also need a game breaker such as Jonno who can play with his head up and see a gap rather than play by a playbook.

The players need to put their hands up because they haven't delivered what they did last season. Some of it is coaching and some of it is attitude.

Not being critical, just voicing my opinion.

I agree, Gaz Moore has been one of the better players all season. The fact that we cant accommodate Johnston in the squad with the current players available is no fault of Gaz Moore.

I also agree that Murrell has been a bit off the pace lately and would probably be best suited at Loose forward, isn't that where he played his super league years?

Not sure what the answer is but we are currently playing worse than last season in all aspects of the game, attack is void of ideas and defensively we have eased off, not hitting hard, not moving up quickly, letting some very sloppy tries in.

Last year our squad was too small and now its too big in some respects, we need to try and keep a consistent team together without change but then what happens to the guys patiently waiting their turn? They get p*ssed off with not playing and morale takes a hit. Not an easy thing to manage and right now we certainly aren't getting the combination right to suit the team

There is also the fact that other teams are stronger than last season and thus increasing the comp for top 4. London, Fev, Batley all stronger than last season. Plus i would say the teams promoted are holding their own making it a very tough league.

I am still fully behind Richard M, give him time to sort it out. What happened to "in Marshall we trust". I think at times some people lose a grip of reality in where we are in terms of a club these days. We aren't entitled to be in the top 4, we have to fight for it and I'm sure we will. We didn't get going last season until midway through the season so lets hope this year will be the same.

The next couple of games are massive now.

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Mitch is back for friday.typifies the season for me that he's not really kicked on from last year.Hope he comes back re-invigorated,

People saying Gaz Moore has been one of are best players, over the first 4 or 5 games I would agree with you. But he's gone backwards since then. He has a good kicking game but he very rarely takes on the line. Ben Johnston and Connor Robinson had great games against Widnes and that's why I can't understand them both been dropped for the Batley game. I'm not signalling out l Gaz Moore as the only player who had a bad game against Batley, I think with the exception of Tangata Manning and R Moore the rest of the team had a bad game against Batley. That's why I find it Bizzare that firstly Jonno and Robinson were dropped for Batley and secondly after the performance of the team against Batley they're not even included in the 19 man squad for Oldham?!

hasn't gaz moore scored most of his tries taking the line on?

Yeah, exactly.

Scored one against Dewsbury doing just that. He's been a little quieter in the last 2 games but any talk of him being dropped is insane.

Murrell to 13 for me and give Johnston a proper run in the side.

Exactly, in fact he takes the line on more than anyone in the side, i wonder what game other people are watching sometimes.

Absolutely spot on!
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I agree with the people that are backing Gaz Moore. One of the better players this year so far.

Murrelll at Batley was poor but its not the first time this season that he's been poor. Complacency kicking in after a pretty much guaranteed start for the past 4 years? Maybe. Drop him completely for me and give the other lads a chance. Jonno has to play, wherever that can be decided by Marshall.

Hopefully we can get back to winning ways.

No changes to 19 man squad from Batley game apart from Mitch returning in place of Ben Johnston. I genuinely don't know what game Marshall watched on Sunday because it wasn't the same one I did.

Saxton out on loan to York.

These guys now really need to step up and prove they are the starting 17, if not RM has got to bite the bullet and make some very definite changes to how we are set up and how we play.

Friday night is massive as far as I'm concerned, time to put up.

Gareth Moore has been one of the most consistent players of the season, as well as best. The criticism's made are strange. He is also our top try scorer I believe...

Murrell has struggled for a few weeks and I actually thought he went well against Dewsbury at Loose Forward. Jonno and Moore didn't particular click that day, but we won, it was a working progress and so on. Not sure why we have not gone this way again.

The same mistakes are recurring weekly and the same players are busting a gut each week. Some need to raise individuals levels massively if we are going to get some sort of run going.

Seems Aston still thinks the Seagulls can reach the top 4 so we must be in with a hell of a chance, but only if we improve our defence.