To me those stats show we are missing match sharpness not fitness. As sharpness increases the squad numbers drop due to niggles etc. We need numbers to counter this, but due to our lack of numbers on the bank balance (assuming that incoming transfer money has gone towards our future) thats a pipe dream. I'm just hoping that the more games we play the more likely we are to score points, hopefully enough to suprise enough teams!

To me those stats show we missed just over 10% of our tackle attempts.

Nowt changes.

Oh, and Danny Addy is already joint 2nd in Super League for missed tackles with 7! (or 15% of his attempted tackles)

Donna and O'brien are fine. Great tacklers

Olbisons on the other hand is pointless. Sorry but he doesn't bust tackles, I've never seen him do an offload ever, and he misses tackles! I know we're skint but surely we can find a back rower in the championship who can do one of the above!

I'm dreading Thursday as I can see Kirkmond and lauatiti (spelling) running throug Olbison and Addy on Thursday.

Metres, Missed tackles and clean breaks tell the tale there...

400 more metres, 10 clean breaks... but 38 missed tackles!? good grief

Absolutely spot on assessment of yesterdays game

I got the feeling sometimes it was the first time they had played with each other, Nas trying to offload to Kearney was comical and resulted directly in their try also goes for the knock on which resulted in another try, if you didn't laugh you would cry.

Gaskell was a positive his kicked was much better than Sammut especially for fosters try, gale really needs to stand up he didn't have a terrible game but he is the vice captain and the player FC wants to build a team around he has to show much more for me.

That game was so depressing, looked like half the stadium was collapsing and the amount of crap and rubbish outside the turnstiles and exits was shameful, so goes for the low number of fans, cas where close to outnumbering us at home.

Anyone else slightly worried Cummins doesn't seem to be noticing this constant trend of high missed tackle percentage. Last year I remember us having 3 of the top 5 players in missed tackles. It just doesn't seem to concern him as Addy will play the full 80 the next game while our only decent tackler gets substituted.

Just find it incredibly frustrating seeing Donno tackling everything that moves, getting taken off and see Olbison and Addy making pathetic attempts at tackles for 80 minutes. Addy seems to be another one Cummins seems to like and can see no wrong.

Only just realised why Ferguson wasn't playing, he's still serving his ban from the world cup.

if I remember correctly, he got a 3 game ban, one was counted in a friendly, so he will not be available on Thursday. Shame

He was injured. He received a 2 match ban and missed the Scotland game versus NZ. The other match was taken up using a friendly.

your right, 2 match ban. saw that he was out with all the players today, which is a good sign. I was worried he might have been tempted to do a Carvell.
anyone know how long he's out for?

He has a chance of being fit for Thursday according to FC. Would be a big boost for our pack to have his aggression there. FC also said that he had held positive discussions with new recruits but was unsure if they'd be completed or eligible to play by Thursday. He was unsure of the rules regarding registration.