Agree but that weather makes every high ball a lottery and both sides really struggled with it on the deck too.

We did allow too much field position though which made us more exposed to the luck of the bounce.

It wasn’t as bad a performance as some are making out: literally swap Olpherts (I am just not a fan) and Hooley for Handley and Myler I reckon we win that game or it’s very close.

Again for Austin fans; tonight is yet another example of why we should let him go. He is inconsistent: he was at Warrington and he is for us too.

Not sure why Roberts gets in ahead of Tindall although he took his try well.

Not winning the arm wrestle playing when we’ve not earnt the right

Claptrap. Fusitu'a went off, obviously in a great deal of pain. How many beers have you had?

Edit: Looking forward to seeing Hooley in action on a dry summer evening with a light to moderate wind.
Olpherts should now, however, be behind McDonald, Handley, Tindall and Roberts (and Vickery) in our team selection.
Not great conditions but that pack and massive subs bench should easily have been good enough to get us at least into their half in the first half.

Taxi for Olpherts (to Odsal)

That was a drop out

Ridiculous

That’s how I feel

Don’t get me wrong we weren’t at the races but we didn’t lose because of sloppy defence, we lost because we made two clangers.

Id like to see Olpherts dropped because he was dreadful tonight

Agreed, he’s definitely been underwhelming as a signing, but has horrendous luck with injury. The sole of his foot was pretty much perpendicular to the ground when he went over on the ankle, that’s got to be ligaments and at least a few weeks out. We need to replace him at the end of the year, he just doesn’t play enough.

The defence wasn’t sloppy but we did miss quite a few tackles. We lost because we invited the leagues best kicker to kick us to bits, and dropped it every time he did.

Olpherts does need dropping, out of a plane…

Just on Hooley. I know he had a mare, and he clearly didn't play well enough, but as well as the poor conditions I think he's only played one game (maybe 2?) since coming back from injury and was in the team at short notice. So I think its best to hang fire there. Olpherts I though had got past his clangers last week, but clearly not. Regardless of ability you can't carry players who make too many errors.

I put drop out on my original post

That was the worst possible game for Hooley to make his debut

Yep, horrid conditions for a fullback. What struck me wasn’t the errors, they were always going to come, it was the poor attitude he displayed. That’s a much harder fix.