Agree. We've had a bloody tough start so far and without our first choice halfbacks and best forward for most of it.

Was anyone genuinely expecting wins from the opening two games? We are very much a work in progress, and the performances have been nowhere near as disheartening as been made out.

I have every faith we'll get it right.

It's gonna be a tough one for the bulls lads next up. They will be desperate to get the monkey off theirs backs. Think the saders may take the points if you are not on form.

Nope. In fact I was glad we got Leeds & Wigan first. Mainly because they were games we were highly likely to struggle in anyway, so better to use them for players to gel, rather than games we would otherwise be looking to win with a cohesive team.

That's not to say we can't beat Leeds & Wigan once we are all sorted, but better to have players learning to play with each other in harder games I feel. In the long run, I think that will be more benefit.

And I said repeatedly yesterday our main problem was the halves. Which is purely and simply down to injury (bad luck) and nothing else. Not sure we'd have beat a Wigan in that form with any side we could put out, but we certainly wouldn't have looked as bad with Briggs and/or Herbert running the show instead of Kearney having to do absolutely everything.

As gutted as I've been after the losses, I have not lost faith in this side yet.

Well I did not see yesterdays game but I did follow the radio coverage online and whilst it was clear that we were beaten by a better side, a wee bit of luck going our way may have made a lot of difference.

However, to put it into perspective, we are rebuilding from being a laughing stock, Wigan will probably be crowned the best club side in the World next week. They are not there for no reason, just like us.

We will win more than we lose this season, I am sure of that.

Well said Optomystic Eddie!!

Agreed.

Its going to take time for the team to gel, we matched Leeds for 60mins and we were outclassed by a very good Wigan team yesterday.
I for one didnt come away from yesterdays game dreading the next im looking forward to seeing us improve and im confident we will do.

Just hope we get our first win under out belt on Saturday and get a bit of confidence and if crusaders score first, DONT let our heads get down!

Crusaders have had a solid start to the season but we should be very confident heading over there. It would be nice to have Herbert in the side right enough!

Well said. It is still early doors and I still have a lot of faith in the players and the coaching staff.

We'll be there come September.

Just thought I'd remind you of your pathetic attempt to rile me up last year. Notice I don't stoop to your level.


Back on topic, after the way you played against Leeds, I expected a much closer contest this week. Could have, SHOULD have beaten Leeds, but thanks to some bad luck and questionable officiating, it was not to be.

It's a long time to the return fixture, good luck in the meantime.

^ Obsessed.

Back on topic I'm expecting a better performance next weekend. It won't be easy but I can't see us getting a tonking from Crusaders like Salford did.

We've possibly had the hardest first two games to kick off our season. Added to the fact we have a new head & assistant coach as well as 11 new guys in the team including a new half back combination. These guys need to gel and that's made harder by the fact that our new half backs haven't been able to play together in a competitive game due to injury.

Had we come out with 2 points from the first 4, it would have been a bonus. But really, our season starts Saturday. Hopefully we'll have Herbert in to link up with Kearney and that should give us the ability to actually break that last line and score some points like we did in Cardiff.