Bring in some decent forwards, half backs and 3/4's and you'll be fine

Anybody watching the Hull v Hudds game last night must be wondering why we allowed Carvell to leave. He was immense.

Past it. Still lives in warrington area I believe

Tony Smith said in his interview after the game that we "weren't far off" and he "cant fault the boys for effort" so it cant all be bad can it?

I'm not one for over-reaction on these pages.....BUT


Tonight was horse excrement. A 13 point gap in the scores definitely flattered us. I've not been so urinated off, leaving a ground, since our nadir of 2002.

Do we HAVE to pass the ball so much, when we're in the opposition's half. As soon as we've got the ball, it's being passed like it's burning the players' hands. Now I'm not advocating 5 one man drives, just not this "I've got the ball, now you have it, then you, then you". Use the ball intelligently, don't just fling it about for the sake of it. RESPECT POSSESSION.

Too many of our players seem "undroppable"

MMonaghan looks like he's punch drunk, now. Time to go. Ta for your efforts.

JMonaghan just didn't want to know tonight. Summed up when he "messed up" on that kick chase at the end, and spent the next 10 seconds sat on his 'arris, thinking "woe is me" while his team mates were trying to stop a try being scored.

Waterhouse. WTF for the walkover try he should have scored, and HKR's first try.

Atkins. After a bright opening 10 mins, was virtually anonymous

Bridge (and I'm a fan)......seriously, WTF was that, tonight

and then, away from our "stars"

England looks "starstruck". He just looks out of place at this level. Hopefully, he'll shift up a gear.

and Harrison.....come on, son. Patience is wearing thin, now. Time to make your mind up. DO YOU WANT TO BE A SL PLAYER? atm, I don't think he does. Simply going through the motions.

Not good enough Wire. There's 8000+ that deserve better.

Rested

Frighteningly ,Widnes beat us last Easter with a much worse squad than they have this year & the players on show tonight were just as much part of our first team squad as the ones sat in the stand. We seem to have no structure whatsoever ,just a bunch of individuals with seemingly no game plan. HKR don't have any great players but they played as a team which they have been coached to do.....what are our coaches doing ? Overall Myler had a good game tonight but all his kicks seemed to be going to Evans's wing & it looks like Joel has lost the provider of many of his tries with the loss of Briers.
It seems like the coaching staff need to roll their sleeves up ,identify the weaknesses & get back to basic rugby ,because like it or not we are stuck with these players for the foreseeable future.

What's interesting is that the players named above, and I'd agree with the assessment of them all, have now been at the club some time. So has Myler, who was ok (though I do have higher expectations, or I used to, than "ok"icon_wink.gif and Grix.

And perhaps more pertinently, so has Tony.

I'm now of the conclusion that TS is too close to certain players, and that the core of the squad are basking in the glory of recent success. Sadly, it is yet to dawn on them that this success was gained largely on the abilities of players no longer playing for the club.

What is equally alarming is that the soundbites coming out of the club would embarrass Emperor Nero and stink of apathy, delusion, arrogance and collective self-denial.

With the amount of rubbish you've posted on here recently, I find it difficult to believe.

But, I guess posting bile on the Warrington forum gets you off. Each to their own.

Ah well if Tony says we weren't far off and that he can't fault anyone for effort, then I guess everything is still rosy huh?

he wont be on here next week if we pull off a major shock and beat widnes....

You must be operating way under cap looking at who you lost last season and who you brought in. Surely moran will be looking for smith to recruit?

I'm sorry.

I've just heard Smith's after match opinions, and, quite frankly, they were B0Ll0cks.

He's obviously not witnessed the same game that 8000+ attended (unless it's some Baldrickesque cunning plan, to lull Widnes into a false sense of security for Good Friday).

Weren't far off? Weren't far off Championship level...that's more the level....

not amused by that, at all

Don't be silly BF. You know very well we only win when the opposition are poor.

I know and i remember saying on my way home that he would say exactly that, he doesn't give a lot away Tony, and at times it is extremely frustrating. I just hope he hasn't got the same opinion away from the cameras, otherwise we may be in for some even worse performances this season.