i only post now & again but some of you may remember i said, look at the lower league table in OZ ...well thats what the crusaders did bought a number of fringe NRL players we only bought one holdsworth & he will be a good buy for the club...as for Mr Mcrae well ....i also said a year ago souths are no bunnies... Pun... when they ditched him we got him, not done a thing for Salford look to the Kid souths dumped at the seasons end Jason Taylor good young coach..need i say more...

Very tempted to make that post my new sig.

If I knew for a fact that tha majority of Reds players read this board regularly I definitely would.

I too was bitterly dissapointed on Friday night.I looked at the size of our team against the size of Crusaders and thought straight away we were going to be in trouble.I agree, why on earth after the first try in the opening minutes did the alarm bells not start ringing. To concede one try to the bomb into the corner was bad , two was terrible, but five is criminal . It was painful to watch it coming [ if we could see the bomb coming, why didnt the coach ] I have seen no progress what so ever under SM in two and a half years.
Is it his coaching , or is it the players he is working with ?
All the other teams will now spot this weakness and try to exploit it, you can bet on it.
You need somebody who can at least jump to try and diffuse these bombs.

Just to let people know.

I looked at the weight of a few other packs in super league and if the super league website is correct we actually have one of the heaviest in Super League!!!!!

Think somebody else hit the nail on the head pointing out we didn't come up in a line at all and we didn't hit the ball at pace until LULU and Boyle came on.

I have yet to see our new pack in action - not long though until the Harlequins game. However, it's not just about weight. It's also about presence and what you do with it.

Correct. Also, an 18 stone fat lad is always going to lose against a 16.5 stone muscle bound athlete.
Furthemore, don't be fooled by the stats. There's about a hundred reasons why the could be wrong. Far from scientific.