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.

Do you want a cuddle bullseye

That's a reasonable assessment of the playing problems imo.

On the field, this season is just as much about time as money since even if we had had more cash, the opportunity to spend wasn't there, though there are things other than players to spend money on. The money angle comes more to the fore next season though as far as the players are concerned, when we haven't sufficient funds to make significant improvements. FC has already ruled out 'marquee' signings for next season so, whilst hopefully we'll get a few new faces, they certainly won't be big money new faces.

Naturally that won't prevent me from demanding success and castigating everyone involved when we don't win the league!

Missed tackles:
Walker:51
Whitehead :51
Addy: 49
Top 3 in SL

Errors:
Sammut:39 - highest in SL
Whitehead:22 - 8th highest in S

If we want to be a strong side we can't be having this & I think Huddersfield put us in our place this weekend. Need a massive improvement for KR who I think are our biggest rivals for 8th

Whitehead's had an issue with missed tackles for some seasons now. I wonder if he'll ever sort it out and become a better player or whether he's just happy with where he is. Hope it's not the latter. The errors are a concern too.

Walker's played a lot of rugby this season in the backrow, he started off very well but he looks very much in need of a rest. I'd suggest that he would've had one by now if we hadn't such a small squad.

Addy's another one that needs to work on his defence. His attacking play, particularly his kicking has come on very well but his defence isn't good enough even if it is on a par with Whitehead who gets less flak than Addy from some quarters.

Sammut's one of those players who can brilliant or awful in the blink of an eye. To be able to withstand the brain farts he makes we need the rest of the team to be more disciplined in attack and defence.

I too remember Sir Keith. He'd have shaken his head at the "attempts" Jamie Foster made at the weekend. Obviously there's another man that could work on his tackling technique one on one.