Fair post bullseye

I wasn't at the game but the theme seems similar from all posters.

Still undefeated and much of what went wrong can be easily worked on.

I like the fact the competition seems much more than a 2 horse race - more competitive matches through the year will stand us in better stead for the 8's

Agreed. I was having the same thoughts last night. But it also puts the lack of a mid field general in starker relief. It's not necessarily true that we'll bounce in to the M8s and the season starts then, even if recruitment policy does seem predicated on it. Still, we're still relatively doors yet though.

Anyhoo, the championship is getting pretty top heavy right now. I did a rlCann tablerl last night to show the distances between the various groupings that are starting to form.

Whilst I think Addy is a very good player we all know he is not a scrum half. He is a ball playing loose forward and plays the game as such. Consequently he plays more from a central position rather than looking after the playmaking on one side of the pitch. Gaskell looks after the left side leaving us short of creativity on the right. A scrum half pleeeeease . . Declan Patton from Warrington would be ideal.

On a side note, the attendance yesterday given as 2,742. If their capacity is 6,000 I don't see by any stretch of the imagination you could fit over that amount of people again into the ground. Is it my eyes or is something amiss here? I seem to remember something similar last year and the figure was revised.

I've seen another quote of 3800

Looked like more than last year.

It was 2,742 in League Express. Looked more than last year to me also.

Money in someone's pocket perhaps. Cheeky gets put parking charge up to £3 was only £2 last week against Workington. On the up side nice cider at a good price and one of the best steak pies I've ever eaten.

The pies behind the Glen Tomlinson stand are fantastic. Well worth the wait.

(primarily because the wait was endured by someone who sacrificed a large portion of their firs half for my pie)

Only place I've seen that figure is Mr Gledhill. Who despite being a good commentator, seems to make up the attendance figure every week. He inflated the Leigh one by about 2,000 aswell, despite official numbers coming out differently. He's also said today that 4,000 fans need answers on the kick, even though only 2,700 were there. He seems to have some kind of mental problem when it comes to attendances.




This did my head in. Every single bomb they put up, Clare & Caro fielded brilliantly. Yet nobody on our team or coaching staff seemed to take note of the fact and try it at the other end.

As far as the goal kick at the end goes, it was fine. The video is from behind the sticks. All the fans kicking off about it not being over were also behind the sticks. Had the penalty been dead central, they would have had the best view. But it wasn't.
I was stood a bit further right and could see where the penalty was taken in a direct line through the posts. It just crept to the correct side of the posts (albeit above them, which is what confused some). Everyone around me thought it was fine, and they had a better angle of view than those in the middle of the stand.

I will say the biggest problem after the p*ss poor game management was the O'Brien substitution. Addy went to hooker, where he's way too slow. Thomas came into the halves, where he was garbage. Offered next to nothing in attack and didn't look like he could tackle a 5 year old. Thomas to me proved on Sunday why we signed Mathers.

Biggest positives out of the game were Mitch Clark, Dale Ferguson and Jay Pitts. All 3 ran their blood to water and were really impressive.

It might be easier just to leave it there.

O’Brien rolled his ankle which is why he was subbed. I hope it’s not too serious or we’ll be regretting sending Halafihi on loan.

I agree about the kicking 100%. Our kicking game was abysmal. This has long been a weakness in Gaskell’s game and he looks no better this season. Addy was also anonymous in this respect. We failed to build any pressure with kicks at all. Ok we might have dropped the ball or passed forward on a few occasions before we got to the 5th tackle but when we did complete a set the kick was usually garbage.

Although Cain Southernwood is a bit slow he looked a better scrum half than Danny Addy on Sunday.

As much as I don't want him out, I'm actually relieved to hear that. If it had been tactical rather than an injury, I would be highly questioning Jimmy's ability.