Spot on

Couldn’t agree more. It seems like we have a league based purely around attrition and who drops the ball less. I’m struggling to see more pure quality across the league. Also probably why Catalan are leading the way. Lots of effort players with a coach who plays a hard hitting attritional style.

The pocket was set a couple of times, and we seemed to go for one more drive each time. That is just putting the ball through an extra set of hands unnecessarily, tempting an error that eventually came.

On one occasion, possibly when Mik drove it to the line, the pocket was set and the forwards blocked the path from the dummy half. Sangare was one that was out of position spoiling the play. That's a case of communication breakdown.

We definitely don't look like a well drilled team that deserves to be challenging for silverware this year.

That’s a fair summing up. Drifting slightly off theme the most spectacular and successful winning drop goal was Englands Jonny Wilkinsons in the rugby Union world . Every play going up the field was designed to give Wilkinson the space and time to drop the goal. Apparently Woodward had rehed several different plays in training to accommodate a drop goal scenario.

That’s a fair summing up. Drifting slightly off theme the most spectacular and successful winning drop goal was Englands Jonny Wilkinsons in the rugby Union world . Every play going up the field was designed to give Wilkinson the space and time to drop the goal. Apparently Woodward had rehed several different plays in training to accommodate a drop goal scenario.

The easiest one to go for if we had the brain power was when Oledski was held over the line. He goes back to the 10 to play the ball, HKR are all on the try line, you stand in the pocket 20 yards back from try line, they can’t get anywhere near you.

Was that when Myler chose to just hoof it into the air? I just don't think drop goals are a part of his skill set. I'd be surprised if he's kicked more than half a dozen in his entire career and even more surprised if he's kicked one to win a game.

I agree wholesale changes in recruitment need to be made Austin and Sezer can't produce its that simple Sangare is a championship player no more with his size he should be ripping teams apart but just not up for it if we loose Bentley we only have one forward who the opposition are looking out for and that's Holroyd who seems to be playing to orders aggression wise and he's just not as effective.

2018 Widnes away in the CC game is the only one I can remember.

I've a vague memory of him getting one at headingley - maybe v Catalans?

Myler's kicked 2 drop goals - against Widnes in 2018 in a 23-20 win and against Cats in 2019 in a 31-12 win. So only one important one and none since moving to full back. we only scored one all last season and one this (Austin at Sts). It doesn't suggest we particularly train for it.

We didn't play well and didn't deserve the win, not that I thought KR deserved it either.
Last couple of games are showing realistically what we are, a lower mid table side. So frustrating as I believe we could be better than that.
So many twists and turns in this season that the top 6 won't be decided until the final week so never write us off making the playoffs.

I went to the game on Friday. A pal from work had never been to Headigley so I said I would take him.

I normally sit in the North stand nowadays when I go to games, but I thought I would treat him to the Southstand atmosphere. I stopped standing in the Southstand years ago as I was sick of people going backwards and forwards all the time to the bar. But for one game I thought I would put up with it.

We were late because of a train issue, but still got to the ground with decent time as I knew the SS would be busy because of the rain. Anyhow, we get a pint and go up into the stand. It's busy as I suspected and we find a place to stand. Only to have someone moan and say 'well this is what it's going to be like now they've reduced standing, p!ss heads coming in late'. I turned and told him that it was my first pint of the night, I wasn't late, the player were still warming up and I wasn't obstructing his view nor squeezed in. During the game I tried chatting about the match and he was miserable as sin!

Anyway, the game. We looked shattered. We didn't seem to have any energy. Was that down to the weather? We didn't move the ball quick enough. Our tacking technique was poor. It was constantly going down the middle and we lacked total leadership on the pitch. KR first half better team, second half we had more of the ball but looked clueless.

How the club's social media can come out and call it 'heartbreak' or whatever they saif is laughable. We had prime opportunity to go for a DG and we didn't. Why?

thing is, they should have dropped a goal v saints and blew it.
to do it twice is criminal. there is a mountain of experience out there. no excuse

We've seen countless times that our 1,6, and 7 really don't take charge often enough. They can all look great when things are going well, but all too often vanish when we need them to drag the team with them. Reality is they are a bottom half of the table spine who don't lead the team well. They are the players who could change the game from one-up rugby, or add structure to sets by demanding the ball and getting others into position, or prep for drop goals. Forwards and outside backs can't make that happen.