Are you sure you weren`t reading the Beano? What about Brough?

Just back from Hols and it sounded like I didn't miss much at the weekend.

On the issue about some players not being happy with FC I'm not really surprised. It's been a long tough season, we missed the top 8, there's been uncertainty over wages twice and that's not going to make for a team of happy and contented players. If it did I'd be amazed.

It was always going to be tough this season. I'm not sure many realised just how tough. With a rookie coach and a wafer thin squad and to be quite honest a bit of a circus running things off the field I'm surprised we haven't done worse.

I can't say that Cummins was the wrong choice as obviously I don't know the budget, who applied and obviously FC was recommended by MP.

However, I was disappointed at the time we couldn't get somebody more experienced to at least steady the ship for a couple of years. The last appointment of a rookie coach didn't go too well for us, and I really am praying that FC can show us why he is rated so highly next year.

Fingers crossed, looking forward to seeing Gaskell, I also like the idea of Sammut having a little more freedom to do what he does best.




The only way he should be 2nd from the top is if the form guide was upside down.

Brough... what about him? I thought we were discussing scrum halves? But since you mention him, he was the form stand off for the rounds in question.

I see Gale picked up the Bulls foundation player of the year just now too.

In your original post you stated Gale was second to Chase in Half backs. Talking of Scrum Halves its only my opinion but Gale is Behind Dobson, Smith, Soward even the young kid on loan at Saints from Warrington on present form. I thought when we signed him he was just what we needed but his form lately is on a par with Herbert.

I assumed it would be obvious that a form team would have both a 6 and a 7!



And you're entitled to your opinion but according to that magazine he was the 2nd best 7 in the league during the rounds covered. I'm prepared to cut him a little bit of slack for it not being a vintage year for him, perhaps he had other distractions.

There aren't a huge amount of quality 7's around and for a club in our position right now I don't think it's an immediate area of weakness.

Maybe the magazine reporters actually watch him play, and base their opinion on that.

[iRLW[/i uses Opta for it's Team of the Month ratings.

However, that particular team of the month may only cover the two SL rounds played in July, which in our case was Wigan away and Hull FC at home. It may include the two Challenge Cup rounds, however this is irrelevant as far as we're concerned.

... I won't even go into the confusing part that the current issue of [iRLW[/i is September which came out on the first Friday of August and covers things from July.

What do you think is an immediate area of weakness?

I'd probably say centre.

Some fair points which certainly balance the argument. There's no doubt, he HAS had good games but at times he looks so poor, so lack lustre and down in the mouth that he looks the worst player on the pitch. Fitness/injuries must at play but he needs a big pre-season.