I think this is a good article with Sinfield explaining the long term nature of the club rebuild. I think we as fans do have to be quite patient and not just for this season... https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... -1-9646430

I think this is a good article with Sinfield explaining the long term nature of the club rebuild. I think we as fans do have to be quite patient and not just for this season... https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/ ... -1-9646430

I whole heartedly agree but the fact remains he & GH failed with recruitment/retention this time round 2 marquee signings are great when the rest of the squad are up to it ours arent.
Also giving his mates Jjb & Ablett new deals were shocking calls it takes up squad & cap space when we're desperate for more quality.
Us fans will ALWAYS be here & i doubt anyone is demanding to win every game or every trophy but the dross that replicates last years disaster is & should be unacceptable with players getting hoofed for poor efforts nit just 1 or 2 either .
If that means we struggle then so be it some if them arent woeth the shirt.

Don't mind being patient about most of the rebuild but a lack of commitment and organisation in defence is a different thing entirely. Furner and Sir Kev would do well to stamp that out, b*ll0cks to patience in that regard.

But how do you know players won’t get hoofed after this year, Sinfield is saying this won’t be an easy quick fix, that’s the point, we have let quite a few players go already and the ooint Sinfield is making is that it’s pointless recruiting if those players aren’t right for the club hence the need to be patient.

As for the current defending issue, I am sure that its worrying for them but we’ve had two poor performances after two great performances I think we will be inconsistent all year but I really don’t think our squad is ultimately the squad that Furner and Sinfield are building towards.

I find it quite sad that after only 6 matches Sinny feels he has to come out and reiterate the patience is needed message. I'm pleased he has if its felt necessary but a sad indictment on the 'i want it now' view from some fans.

On another note and in terms of rebuilding I will be looking for small signs of positive growth on Friday. There is a worrying trend where we collapse in the second 20 minute period. We have lost 4 out of our 5 defeats in that period. It's no coincidence that that is generally the point props are subbed. If we can stay switched on and muscle up during that period I have no doubt we will win on Friday.

Well, one thing is that Furner will naturally lose some old guard next year, and doesn’t really have attachments to any others - he’s in a great position to give a fairly impartial and professional view, and I’d expect some axing. I’m sure the players are all well aware too.

I’m growing to like Furner’s pressers more now, he does talk a lot of sense and he’s very honest. I miss McDermott being y with the reporters though...

The point is there are many players still here that SHOULD have got hoofed already & that was on Sinfields watch.
The fact he also re-signed 2 old guard shows his impaired judgement along with giving Ferres the captaincy.
He/GH & the Club knew full well what was needed & they haven't delivered simple as that.
Yes it will take time yes fans should & will back them but that doesnt mean they are or should be bullet proof.
This isn't an knee jerk 6 games into a rebuild ott reaction this is a response to the same dross same selections & no depth in quality of recruitment stretching back to last year.

Thing is with recruitment is that it needs to be done far in advance to get decent results. Yes there’s always the opportunity to score an unsettled player mid season but the best deals are done in advance. We for some reason seem to really struggle with this and end up scrabbling around for bargain bin project players who more often than not never make the grade.

It isn’t Sinfield or Furners squad no, I agree and we’re obviously trying to replicate the emergence of the next “golden generation” from within the academy which takes time. We’ve lost the ethos and mentality that made us so successful and we are now desperately trying to get it back, again this takes time.

I would rather the club did their homework on players and make sure they are willing to buy in to the ethos and history of the club much like Kylie and Delaney did, this again takes time to do.

Unfortunately, time doesn’t wait and despite two corking marquee signings we are still struggling to erase the horrors of 2016 & 2018 mentaly. It’s hard going from everyone patting you on the back to everyone criticising you and some of the players are really struggling to live up to the standards needed and required.

The transition has been bungled, there’s no other word for it. We’ve taken our eye off all fronts and lost our edge. We have players in our team who just can’t live up to the pressure of wearing the shirt, we’ve got players in the team who have lost the appetite and fire for success probably due to the amount of it we’ve had for 15 years. It’s not an easy fix, but it is being looked at I’m sure, KS & DF can’t afford not to.

I’ll admit after watching that sublime 30 mins against saints I, in a refreshed state boasted “we’re back!” Which obviously in hindsight, I was wrong, though we have shown in spurts we are getting our ruthless streak back. We were so good against Salford and Saints that I think we maybe got carried away with just how good we are, when there’s obviously heaps of work still to be done.

I have no problem with a rebuild and time. I don't really think Sinfield needed to come out with it, it should have been clear for all it would take time, from the mess McDermott left.

However, where I do have a problem is the way they are going about it. We are still persisting with players who will never make a difference to our long term fortunes in a million years. Why do this? Why not lose with a bit of planning at least, knowing that you are working with players with a future to make that difference?

I also can not accept the defensive effort thus far. That is inexcusable and not something to hide behind long term rebuild. Effort and desire, should be must have requirements at any time.

We are persisting with players who are not good enough and the worst thing is we are signing more players who are not good enough . I have said on other threads i do not expect us to win things every year and certainly not at the moment , but for goodness sake we should not as a club under any circumstances be looking at finishing in the bottom 3 and from my prediction of finishing 10th i have now revised that to 11th . That prediction will change to relegation if we lose Friday . Who does anybody see us beating at the moment apart from London at home and the magic game ?

It’s fair to level some criticism at McD, but he got more out of his squad then Sinfield, Lowes and Furner have IMO. How much culpability remains with him for years of poor signings, rather than GH, who knows. I expect he’ll do very well with Toronto.

I agree re defence - I can handle losing much better if at least we make the opposition earn it. I do think some of the reason for this is again losing the plot in our academy for a number of years previously - honestly Stevie Ward is the most recent product still with us that can tackle. Maybe Oledzski too, he’s pretty solid given his age.

To not have produced technically complete players for the first team in all that time is a huge part of why we are where we are. Rob Burrow had more defensive tiger than most recent products put together.

There clearly has been some issue around talent identification and recruitment in the face of stiffer competition, but with all the coaches and facilities, and years of time, I just can’t believe how many lads have been coming out and grabbing at shoulders etc, getting caught out of position...

In my view, technique can be learned but defence is an attitude, and we’ve not got that right at all for whatever reasons. Maybe it’s too easy for talented lads to shine among a shrinking player pool at youth levels, maybe people get too wowed by flashy tries and fast/big lads - who often get found out at open age.

A couple of good performances would make a huge difference to the side and make things look much rosier quickly.

However a rugby league side IMO is only as good as it’s weakest links, and we have just too many and an unbalanced, disjointed and pressurised side.

This IMO is ridiculous (I'm not saying it's a not a possibility). Look at Huddersfield last year at this stage and Catalans and Warrington on the flip side look at us at this time last year, and Hull - you surely get my point?

We have played terribly for 40 minutes in the last two games, and the two games before that we played really well, at the moment our defence looks shot in the middle and on our goal line but history will show you teams can pick up a string of results which will change the look of the table - Wigan look just as bad as us at the moment are they staring at relegation?

Furner's difficulty is in screwing a good defensive effort out of the group of players that have shown signs of giving us a good attacking edge. If he can do that, in answer to your question, I can see us beating most sides. If he cannot, he will at some point revert to a selection capable of defending but that is poor in attack. I'd much prefer the former but either way I don't think we'll be in the bottom 2.