Well there was effort and comitment tonight,to come back after a bad start showded character.In the end though as has been mentioned a veteran halfback was the difference,Gaskell did well to recover after such a bad start and will of learned some valuable lessons tonight.I thought there were some 50/50 calls that could of gone our way but overall allthough we lost there are a lot of possitives to come out of it.

Moranovich can offer front row Take That seats though. You wouln't want front row Gaga seats, imagine spending the whole night staring at her c0k.

I went to the match. Our attitude was 100% better tonight. However, three things are still undermining us: our poor defence, our poor ball control and our tendency to lose composure when things drift away from the game plan.

And thirdly, can I just really abuse Meli for his atrocious defence tonight? Where the fook was he when Foster rolled King? He should have been in bloody support! Fancy leaving Foster, a sprig, to deal with King on his tod.

PS: Meli irritated me tonight.

Are you really being serious, or have you got everyone on the end of a hook?

A better start, and a bit of luck and we win that game. A young halfback combination and we are there or there abouts. How anyone can say something negative about the props after that effort is beyond me.

I get the impression you weren't pleased with Meli tonight.

Im assuming when you say when Foster rolled King you mean they try King scored ? if so then Meli was were he was supposed to be and thats in the defensive line.The other defensive issue was a 50/50 call imo and ive seen them dissallowed.

Before I start thank you for your respect to Darbs before the game. You were a credit to our game.
Thought it was a great game plied in bad weather and big TP was very good. It could have gone either way.

tired cliche. When was the last time you saw that? When was the last time your attendances [iincreased[/i when you were bottom of the league?

Great match though. Hard luck saints - was cheering for you

No, I wasn't!



He also made a totally dumb pass to Foster when clearly Foster was about to go into touch. Meli's an international. He should have known better.

He just irritated me and I thought I'd share it. I know everyone will appreciate me sharing it!

However, I stayed until the end and clapped the lads off, singing all the way. I thought our attitude was 100% better. If they can carry that forward and work on the defence, composure and ball control (the two latter aspects may be linked) then we have a hope of making something of this extremely disrupted season. I just hope the lads don't let this defeat get them down. They mustn't let their heads drop.

Hehehe

I agree there are only a few things we need to work on to be more consistent, I'd also add that we need to have a better plan b in attack, I'm tired of the drop off pass we persist with trying, I really don't see the point of dropping a pass back to the man inside just so he can run straight into the three defenders that we have just bypassed and are essentially lined up ready to tackle you!? We gain 0 yardage and fool no one. I can't wait until (touches wood) Leon comes back and he does his greedy little shoulder drop ever now and again, at least it is something different!

I agree. I have a theory about that. I don't think our halves can cope with much else! I think a simple game plan was thought out back when we played Leeds away in order to facilitate our rookies and we have been unable to move on from that because of the subsequent disruption through injuries.

In addition, we lack original thinkers out there. We have no potential Longys. If either Pryce or Wheeler had been out there, play would have been varied as those two are thinkers.