players on marquee money who simply aren't worth it. Discord across the camp looking from the outside in.

Merrin looks like he wants to go home to me. His mrs is always posting on social media about wanting to go home which is understandable given the tragic events.

I like Merrin both as a player and a bloke but if he wants to go home then let him, ise the money he’s on on an organising half back instead, that is probably our biggest need at the moment.

Salford are desparate for Cash could we tempt them to sell Hastings this season rather than let him go for free at the end of the season?

Completely agree. They'd start crying if Wane was our gaffer. Think they'd down tools quicker than they did with Furner.

Could be a good call

You do need an organising half but above all you need a proper pack leader who demands a performance from his team mates. I usually ignore most of what Peacock says but he spoke before the game about leaders who's job it is to hold their teammates accountable for their performances. I don't see anyone in that pack with any kind of aura about them. No one who leads from the front and drags the rest of the side along with them. There are decent players in the team, but the team spirit seems very poor. No one prepared to really dig deep for the cause. Bradford showed what you can do on raw determination. That's what you need to get right first.

We have 10 fulltime players.

What's happened to the Merrin family?

Merrin was meant to be that man

Not his family, his partners mum passed away unexpectedly recently

Perhaps he was, but he's not doing it. Look at how easily he was rattled by James Green. He's played for the Kangaroos ffs.

He has played well enough when I have seen him. But you need a Jamie Peacock, a James Graham, a Sam Burgess, a Gareth Ellis.

What did Ricky Stuart say the other week about Bateman? Some players try to win, others have to win (something like that anyway). No one in your side looked like they had to win today.

Is this an old Wire thread?