Went to the game today in high hopes of something better than the last few years have served up. That was soon shattered by the atrocious display today..

Some takeways for me....

Frawley should be gone - can't kick for toffee and offers less than i would on the pitch
Ackers - one of the most dissapointing signings in the last few years. Expected so much more
Handley - is not a centre and never will be.. back to the wing please
Croft - another dissapointing signing who i don;t think is worth the wage bill or quota spot
Riley Lumb - cracking effort under the high ball. A good player
Connor - will give him time. If we play the new guy at centre and Lackie at FB then i would play him at 7 with Handley back on the wing
Cameron Smith - kills plays and well over rated. Not impressed. Certainly not captain quality. I want a leader who takes the battle to the opposition. That is not him.
As for the rest... mediocre. Hall ran it in well, but looked like he showed his age today.

I thought we were on the wrong side of a few decisions : the first Wakey try and the one when the ball pooped out from COnnor on the line

All in all, this was as bad a performance as i have watched in the last 2 years.

Wakey deserved the win, more structure and guile than us. Tackled harder and ran harder..

LOT of talk this preseason about accountability and doing the right things.

That team must’ve had their fingers in their ears the entire time.

Absolutely shockingly bad first game out. No intensity, no control just the same old headless chicken routine.
We’ve players in major positions that look and play like they don’t want to be here.

Also highlighted how bad we are going to miss Martin on that left edge it wouldn’t have been perfect but a lot less flaky than it was

Ironically Martin was really poor himself on Friday!

Inthink Gannon will end being first choice this year

Different year same crap

You need to change your username

I think there's only one answer for it, the players need to burn some more sentimental crap in JJBs bin and have some more forced talks about identity and culture...

I really really hope I don't have too

Utter downer. I thought with the new, more basic style of play it would be much harder for us to be as headless as last season, but I was wrong. Our spine was really poor. They are the guys that need to take control when its going pear shaped and yet none of them did. Frawley just again looks a really poor player, but Ackers was poor and so were Smith and Croft. Add to that an edge defence that seemingly panics at the first sign of pressure, and it's all over.

There's a reason why Handley, who was a centre in his youth, has never lasted more than a game there - for all his talk and training there he shows no composure at all when defending in that position. Not just his fault - the lack of communication between second row, wing and centre was awful.

If available I think we have to bring in Clark-Wood and shove Handley back on the wing. Tough on Lumb but that edge will get taken apart every week. Hopefully either O'Connor or Sinfield are fit to take over at hooker. We need much more from there. I'd also put Edgell to full back and Connor to 7. Connor can't do worse there and his lack of speed will be less exposed. Jenkins must come in, maybe for second row, but I also find watching Cam Smith really painful in games like this. He's no captain and even after another off season with a changed style he finds a way to cripple attacking moves. I do not care how many second or third man in tackles he makes, before anyone lobs out the rather pointless stats.

It makes no sense to have a back sat on the bench all game. Why choose to handicap yourself?

BA does have form for this I think.

You thought your lads looked fit?!

I thought the forwards were blowing very hard after about 20 minutes.

With us having to run with 2 small guys on the bench I thought your fitness would see you dominate in the second half so seeing your forwards walk to the restart when the clock was ticking down really surprised me.