I went Saints by 8 however for me Handley is a winger not a centre and Lisone and Frawley should not be in the 17 next week. Connor in the halves Holroyd back in for a totally ineffective Lisone.
Silly penalty by Jenkins to gift them a try and a stupid offload by Lisone contributed to another try.
Hopefully next season we replace both Frawley and Lisone with some quality.
Fingers crossed Arthur recognises Connor`s worth and stops picking Lisone for week on week poor effort..

Beaten by the better team on the night though played better by far than last week. Next game goes one of two ways. We either dial it up another couple of notches and start showing some signs of direction, or we throw in another stinker and another season dribbles into mediocrity.

Needs to get Handley back on the wing. The centre experiment has as predicted failed. Is ECW a ? Need a few decent signings and a plan that occasionally involves attacking before the game is lost to get to the front.

Handley at centre or Wing is not our Issue. He’s not getting any decent ball nor are we showing any attacking shape or plays. Nor are we trying anything from deep, Handley scored two world class trys at this stage last year and he was in the Centre position when he scored both.


We are playing boring one up rugby with maybe a drop off to Macdonnell.


Thought we looked better with Miller back but I do not enjoy watching us in attack one bit

We have an aussie coach, what do we expect? the difference in NRL and superleague is the speed of the play the ball. NRL still have 4 - 5 drives and a kick. Its all BA knows. I get he has improved our defence and line speed but that is it.

I’m starting to question the signing of ECW.


Surely we had the chance to bring in a player of quality in a position we needed added strength?


All we seem to have done is bring in a quota back to play in the reserves, when it looks like Lumb and Edgell are the preferred options to replace Sivo.


If we are not intending to use ECW in the matchday 13 most weeks then what was the point of signing him as we are effectively wasting the quota spot that became free on losing Sivo, when it would have been better used brining in another forward?


It’s looking more and more of an odd decision for me.


IF there was no one of real quality available then don’t use the quota spot for the sake of using it, wait until mid season when some players often become available from overseas 

There were signs that Croft, Connor and Miller will form a decent combination. 
McDonnell, Mik and Palasia were good.


Lisone needs to stop thinking he’s Crooks or Cuthbertson during his 15 minute spell and just revert back to his usual 2 drives. Won’t be sad if he’s not at Leeds next year. 

Saints had an extra half second in every tackle by holding down/flop.
That's not moaning at the ref. That's either earned from impact or by application. Either way it made a big difference. Honestly still think our issues are in defence rather than attack. 

I've calmed down a bit and rewatched the game after getting home.


That game was there to be won, I'm putting that loss down to Lisone, that pass when we were really getting on top of saints with territory was just a really dumb play.


Id like Connor to stay at 7 bar that ridiculous pass near the end I thought he went well and can see a decent link up with Miller.


I think I was harsh on the attack, rethinking it we haven't had the same spine in any of the games this year, that's really hard for a team to fire.

We were the better team in the first half, and were unlucky to be losing at half time. The starting midddles were impressive against the saints pack, Jenkins the standout but Oledski looks so much better with some decent forwards around him.




Our defence much improved on last season, apart from the 10 mins where we switched off and lost the game.  saints struggled to get out of their own half in the first half. 


Attack still needs work, not many ideas but hopefully a settled spine will improve that.

With the poor performing season of Akers and Frawley hopefully we see Connor and Croft at Half back now. With Miller back our attack will improve. Lots of good things to like about defence now we can build on this. We also have a decent squad now that’s interchangeable it’s early days to take the cue off rack for this season. Frawley to hooker would be my way to go but don’t let him get his hands on ball to kick on last tackle he’s dreadful. Frawley and Lisone a million to be here next season  imo Neither good enough