I personally felt that we handled Chase better than Orr. We gave Orr way to much space and gave him time to pick his passes.

AaronBull wrote:No, sarcy. I reckon the club will be in a better place when he leaves though. I aren't aiming to win SL this, or next year. I'm looking for steady improvement, with our excellent juniors flourishing, like they did at Saints.


Yes, AB, pretty much as I said before the season started, its a three year project, and this year I would be glad if we are in the play offs, but say it again, our defence is just not good, if i was coach thats all I would focus on for the first year as break even on points will certainly get you into the playoffs, and a good defence will get you there. Looking at the table now we are 10th with a points difference of -102. keep this defence up and we will be playing Keighley in the league next year. And getting beaten.

and since I made this comment in April, the points difference has got worse and Keighley have got better...

The most depressing thing about yesterday's defeat was its sheer inevitability, even when we were 12 points up against a tired team.

We clearly need more quality in the team, but also there does seem a need for more "mongrel". It was hugely entertaining to watch Peacock, Sinfield & Co lose their rags in Catalans, but at least they did. We just seem to slip to defeat far too meekly.

Obviously we aren't in the market for big money signings, but if we'd had players like Bradley, Dwyer & McDermott in the team yesterday we would not have lost (or at least would have done so more spectacularly!).

Our average f/a is 21-30 per game. The average points scored by a SL side per game this year is 23. That would seem to be fairly sound objective evidence that while we may be a bit off the pace in attack, it's the defence that has been the real problem.

What I can't get my head round at all, with all these people on here giving technical appraisals of where our defence is going wrong, and what we should be doing, is this: it is crystal clear that our team DO know how to put together an excellent defensive pattern. Because (you know which games) we have on several occasions defended like real heroes. The question is why, unfortunately more often, for long spells teams only have to get the ball, anywhere on the park, and they're in.