Quote: daveyz999 "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. ..'"
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.
) 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.
Send him over...all help appreciated!
