I think he's trying. If you look at the Bradford game for example he clearly understands the importance of the game and the game situation and visibly tries to raise the intensity. He gets fired up and ends up battling with Elima and a couple of others for a while. His inability to do anything about the outcome is down to his lack of physicality. He tries to force the issue and get us on top, but their superior pack just swamped ours. We're one of the softest teams in Super League at the moment. Soliola and Puletua are the only players with any real physical presence and it's the reason we're often bullied in the second half of games.

Our backs are tiny and our front row is primarily made up of back rowers. Size and physicality are important attributes Saints need to look for in their recruitment over the coming seasons.

But over the last two games Lance Hohaia has been our top tackler hasn't he? (No wonder Lance has struggled to make impact going forward with over 50 tackles per game - ludicrous that one man is working so hard in defence; where are our other players?)


Well, they should be. He is one of our longest serving players, an international and very experienced. He needs to get his backside in gear because attack is where we have most needed him, obviously, since we have inexperienced halves.


Players feeling clueless on the pitch suggests either (a) there is no leader there to direct them (and that is definitely the case) or (b) they are not following the game plan/the game plan has been disrupted or (c) they haven't the capacity to think for themselves and create something in which case are they good enough to play in the first team? I don't buy the excuse of feeling clueless. There is enough talent in our team and enough experience in our team for somebody to give direction on the pitch but nobody appears to be willing.

I think this is really harsh and he was trying to lead by example at Bradford (alongside Wello). I thought he put in a decent stint and is one of the few players in our side who appears to remember that running off the ball is required.

It's no good just leading by example though. Somebody needs to give direction, to talk. He wasn't talking - except at the ref. He's been with us 10 years. He's in his late 20s. He is fully capable of taking on the extra responsibility of leader up front. He needs to do it.