reay took a lot of presure of our forwards took the ball in and made good yards higson should have put him away for 2 trys thats why higson is a seacond row maiden looked lost on the other wing

one thing nobody can say about our team is we have a lack of desire or effort, because we have them in bucket loads, what we don't have is organisation, or any creativity, but we've known this since the squad has been assembled, our ball retention at times today was poor to say the least, haven to me seemed to make yards easier than us, and looked more dangerous with ball in hand, but today was a cup tie, and one thing in a cup tie you want to do is win, we did that, well done boys for your effort and committment.

Even second rowers can pass the ball. I dont think Adam was that bad in the centre position.

Good post.

As the season progress we will get better with ball in hand but we are in desperate need of a leader. There is nobody who takes control of what happens on the field and at times they look lost.

Sorry
But one natural leader is sticking out like a sore thumb...... James Durbin.

When he is on the pitch, yes.

The problem being he has to be spelled as he gets targetted an awful lot in defence.

Well thats upto the coaching staff to sort out because this lad is head and shoulders above anyone else in giving us go forward and building momentum . Saying that I thought Jock had a good last 15 mins today. Was this because he took the lead over Watson?

Jock is always very, very solid and provides a cool head when it's needed. Durbin will be very effective over the course of the season by coming off the bench but we need Jock on to set a platform and be solid defence which was needed towards the back end of today's game.

Sorry again
I have to disagree.
Jock can do everything you say.
Durbin should be on from the start at scrum half working with Ridyard. Two young lads with fresh ideas instead of some of the hospital balls Watson dishes out consistently !!!!!!!!!!!!

I actually thought that Jock coming back on for Durbin might have been a tactical switch as we appeared to be taking things up the middle a whole lot more late on, and that isn't much of a surprise as 'Haven ripped us to bits out wide at times.

Thought our line was pretty sluggish, both in attack and defence, while we're really lacking a strike player in the centres at the moment.

Must admit, I take back my recent criticism of Hobson as he was awesome today, made some great yards ball-in-hand and worked hard in defence. Granted, he missed a couple of tackles, but you're always likely to miss a couple when you're involved in so many, while he did well to keep calm in the face of some obvious provocation from the 'Haven forwards.

Defence is a 7/10 for today; very solid down the middle but a little weak out wide.

Attack is a 4/10, poor handling, few breaks and a lack of cutting edge at half-back.

Definitely room for improvement, but it's a sign of a decent side with bags of character when we're getting wins like that. Thought we'd won the Challenge Cup when Jock scored near the end, love it.

Does he have a kicking game?

Watson's been there, done that and worn the t-shirt. I agree at times he throws silly passes and is unbelievably slow but he punches above his weight in defence and provides lots of experience.

Sorry dissagree. Durbin should start with Jock coming off the bench. Its pointless having a defence like today and nothing in attack. We need to get the other team worried and our pack moving round the field then bring on Jock. Durbin is wasted sat on the bench. If our sliding defence was a little bit better he could do most of the game. Watto plays better with Jamie too. We were on their line today and wasted an easy chance because there must have been nearly 40 yards between Jock, Ridyard and Watto.