When Tony Smith came to our club he made two massive statments.
1 got rid of Martin Gleesson..
2 Dropped Lee Briers..
We all thought he had lost his marbles,I am sure he will turn things around and in the near future no one will look forward to facing Warrington Wolves home or away again..

Similar. I wasn't saying they were the worst, just using them to disprove your daft point.

Im disappointed Briers didn't step up when Myler got injured

The team needs to give the tackle bags some hammer this week. Too much s cragging and not enough solid tackles going in resulting in Catalans breaking the line on too many occasions. Right across the board tackles were missed. GOB seemed to be one of the only ones who had read the tackling manual.

Always interesting to see the posters who only contribute when we get beat.

How good was Higham in that first half though? I was looking through my hands in the second hlaf.

Always busier on this board when people have something to moan about!

I thought Higham was our best player today, and not for the first time this season.

Yeah i'm noticing that. I'm a longtime Wire fan but a newbie to these boards, can't believe how negative the vibe seems to be though.

I'm not convinced that there is anything that TS needs to sort out. From memory we weren't in blistering form at the start of last season either, it was only once the summer months rolled around that we hit our peak and reeled in the Pie Crusters. Given our relatively easier schedule for the next couple of months I would be surprised if we don't go into the Leeds and Hull fixtures in June in something resembling decent form and performances.

Exactly what I think....the hard away fixtures all completed!

Poor discipline was a really heavy contributing factor in our defeat today,we cant afford to keep giving teams as many penalties as we did today. We were the same against Saints and Widnes, We need to cut it out!

Re. penalties...the team are giving the same stupid penalties away week after week ,these professionals know exactly what they are doing wrong & should be able to correct the situation.

so in a nutshell: we are !

It's a test for the coach, I agree. We're not playing well at the moment other than in spells. He's paid well to sort these issues and I'm sure he will.

As an amateur, if it were me, I'd start by focusing on improving our discipline and completion rate. By being poor at both were surrendering territory and possession. That impacts everything, including attack and pereceived 'fitness' (with emphasis on the word perceived cos no one has the first clue how fut they are).

With an even share of possession and territory, we'll win most of our games because of the quality of our players. I appreciate the way we play is high risk but there's a time and place. If we clean those up, well be top 3 easy.

Personally, and I'm probably not the only one on here, there is a definite sense of trying not to panic at the moment.

I've been happy enough to go along with the whole 'playing poorly/still winning' line and the 'look how Leeds did it last year' thing too, but if we are being honest, then its fair to say there is a bit of a rot set in at the moment, which needs stopping pretty rapidly.

Performances are getting worse, certain individuals are way, way off form and some are looking, I hate to say it, a little old and past their use-by date.

I'm sure Tony Smith has it all in hand, but at this point in time, I'm a little worried that there are 3 or 4 sides who are just that bit stronger than us at present....Not that there is much in it - A sudden change in form and we might just be back to our exciting best, however, at present, I'm probably half empty, rather than half full.....