If we can give a 2 year contract to Russel et al we can give one to Vaughan. He is the heart of our pack. 


We already need to strengthen the prop department and losing Vaughan will make that doubly difficult. 


He will want to stay with family settled so long as we get close to the York deal. 

Agree.  Keep Vaughan, Harrison, Currie & Yates and I’m actually not averse to Crowther staying as a squad player.  He brings great energy and enthusiasm but isn’t a starter for a team wanting to win trophies.  All teams need a few like that in their squad.  Ideally we need to add 3-4 big bodies to cover prop and second row.  


I do wonder if Fitzgibbon may call it a day due to persistent injuries.

Let’s not forget Wood and Thomas not top end players yet but good young players, shame if Whitehead is moving on. We definitely need another go forward prop it needs to be a priority.

Crowther is a real strange one. He has limitations on attack and not a hooker ... but you would not enjoy playing against him. He's another one (like Yates) when the opposition get flattened ... you think who was that? Just need the right balance of creative players as well.

Last nights stats make ugly reading - 40 missed tackles, and 40 line breaks by Catalan,  and some paltry yardage gains by the usual suspects.


Fortunately, they had Luke Keary at 6 - a player with all the penetration and incisiveness of a eunuch after 12 pints.


We'll probably snap him up as Williams replacement.

Last nights stats make ugly reading - 40 missed tackles, and 40 line breaks by Catalan, and some paltry yardage gains by the usual suspects.


Fortunately, they had Luke Keary at 6 - a player with all the penetration and incisiveness of a eunuch after 12 pints.


We'll probably snap him up as Williams replacement.

So 40 "line breaks" seems a bit strange. Where did you get that from? I do worry about stats.
Surely no side could make 40 line breaks without winning 100 - 0.
I checked Leigh v HKR and Leigh made 46 tackle busts. 

Luke Keary has really been a poor signing. 

Yeah no problem with Yates for defensive work. Just Yates + Crowther is too limiting and Yates is the more effective player. Crowther as squad back up. 

They'll be saving it up for the next defeat.

1. Denial  x 
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression 
5. Acceptance 



Some way to go yet  

I thought we got the rub of the green on Saturday night. If I were a Dragons fan I would feel pretty aggrieved. In the first 5 mins Makinson should have been in under the posts if it wasn't for the ref blowing the whistle. 
In the first half there was lots of effort. Dragging attackers back towards their own goal line. Lots of kick pressure etc but then that all changed. 
I am often guilty of reading too much into things but it's like our attitude changed almost at the point that Ratchford replaced Sneyd. From almost the whole team the demeanor changed. We starting whingeing to the ref about the speed of the ruck and then the synchronized displeasure when Gardner was hit high (I didn't see much in it myself and I think Gardner and Phil in didn't see much in it either). It is like we stopped working hard to earn the win and started looking for easy way outs when under pressure. 


When you are up against it and the opposition has had a kick up the backside at half time then roll your sleeves up and get on with it. Oppositions know we are fragile mentally and just like Darryl Powell correctly pointed out when the pressure is on we cave in. Yep. It was a great piece of magic from Williams at the end but we should have been out of sight after 60 mins.