Woolly --- I agree with 95% of your post. My only doubt surrounds Kear. Your strategy for the next 2 years is great and I hope Bulls management adopt something very similar. However whilst I do like the man, Kears record since he left Sheffield suggests to me he's more of a short term fix than someone who can lay a firm foundation.

Can you explain the maths behind this please, because I really don't think we'll be getting anything close to that.
If we're in SL2 next year we will get £780k funding - and that's including the parachute payment.

I would like a complete clear out of most of the present squad if possible and get some guys in who are gonna give 100% when the chips are down.Its Rugby League Jim,but not as we know it.Fooookin,complete,lifeless garbage,especially in the context of the overall importance of the game.I'd keep Kearney.) and Obrien and a few other youngsters.Let's get some fresh blood IN if at all possible and rid ourselves of the Can't/Won't do attitude of this season.Bring back Leon if he's up for it to lead the charge back to Super League and some forwards who can actually make ground.
Jimmy Jimmy!

I actually though most players last night gave as much as they could.

I thought the effort was there, but unfortunately, the layers are just not good enough. Lots of praise for Kear, was by far our best player.

If Disco only concentrates on 1 thing this week, it has to be showing the forwards how to run onto the ball at pace. I think we've even managed to train that out of Fakir!

i disagree. Sitting in the bar before the game, it was clear that for once, man for man, the teamsheet should have been in our favour.

If you went into the dressing room and said to each player: "Is your opposite number a better player than you"? - how many would say, "Yep, I'm afraid he has me beat"?

How many fans would have said before the match that on paper we could not win? I'd suggest none, because we put out a pretty strong team (or would have, if you could wipe from memory their recent actual efforts).

I am not bothered enough to go into any analysis of why yet again we were paggered, all I'll say is two things: first that there's perhaps a difference between whether the players ARE good enough perhaps and whether they TURN UP. Second, I'm sorry but you are never going to convince me that getting mullered by yet another virtual half-century, by a weakened HKR team in bad form, means that there WAS enough effort and the players DID give as much as they could.

Sure, it wasn't a game where players stood about and tossed it off, but you have to compare the teams on the day and in my mind there is no doubt whatsoever that HKR wanted it more, they had more desire, hunger and dog. And as the game progressed we allowed them to skate away with it. I simply do not accept that the names on that sheet of paper could get stuffed by 50 every week, like clockwork, if they "gave as much as they could". Or if I'm wrong then each one who thinks so should pack the game in and do something less arduous.

My thought after the game was an ironic "good job they sacked Cummins". It showed that our current problems go far further than the coach.

Funnily enough once we got into the 2nd half I thought the atmosphere improved. So what if we're going down. Let's have a fresh start and build some confidence and put some pride back in.

I thought the atmosphere improved as more and more accepted the inevitability of us going down. Not that anyone was happy about it but, at each mistake, there were more '[iwell, what do you expect'[/i shrugs and jokes than shouts of abuse or even anyone being upset.

There seems to be a head of steam for a party at the London game, so maybe there should be a final conga around the Hive [stewards permitting] involving us and and the Larndan supporters?

IF we had the HKR 6 and 7 players, I think our squad would have had a better chance.

I actually thought Addy played better than Gale yesterday, although I'd much rather see Addy in the number 13 role.

Also, is it just me or has anyone else thought that Addy is putting quite a bit of weight on? He looks a tad unhealthy compared to earlier in the season.

He does look a tad 'chunky', doesn't he. Maybe Franny was thinking about him doing a stint at prop, along with back row and halves?

HKR 7? Take him. Please.

Send him over...all help appreciated!

Best of luck for the rest of the season.