That's who I was addressing Eddie! But for the record I do think you and others need to reign in the criticism a tad. There's lots of effort out there, it's just not going in the right directions for a number of reasons (injuries to key players, inexperience etc) and it's disappointing but it's not like the bad old days of McBanana yet.



In terms of current quality on the field we can improve but I think that'll come when we get the likes of Kearney, Manoakafoa, Gale and Bateman back from injury and some others into some form. It is a problem but I'm not majorly concerned. Unlike you I probably expected a period like this given the small squad we have in comparison with last year.

Course you should have started it Eddie, I'd have been amazed if you, or someone else, amongst those those who think the year is just one long summer with never a dark cloud to spoil the view, hadn't done so. Though, I have to laugh at you, above many, complaining that [iothers[/i can't see the wood for the trees - jesus wept

This was your quote. Apologies if I mis-read it. It looked like you were going on about OUR fans clambouring for new props.

No, but could have separated those two sentences into 2 paragraphs. Fancy helping me draft my annual report to the Board of Directors here at my work?

Just watched the tries from Sunday on super league full time,I'm speechless about that defence

It's Sky money to blame though Roger. Had we got our full money we would have made those tackles in defence.

First time I have seen the tries from Sunday,so apologies for joining the debate/ argument couple of days late.That defence was nothing to do with lack of sky money,all them players apart from Ben Evans were super league players before the Bulls were robbed of half of their sky money

There was more turnstiles in that defence than there is on the rooley ave end of the ground

The voice of reason strikes again.

Thank you Edward

Rather than money being the problem, I think the fact that we couldn't put a squad together until Sept was more of an issue.

We played 3 props. 1 experienced, 2 inexperienced and on loan. 1 only been training with us for 11 days.

2 back row guys covered the other prop rotation slot.

Markers & middle defence were one problem.

Brough with time & space was the other.

We just do not have the squad (due to time rather than money) to cope with the loss of 2/3 of our experienced props.

I accept that a lightweight pack is going to struggle at times, especially making the hard yards, but a lot of the tries conceded were purely down to lack of commitment to make the tackle, which is mental rather than physical.