I think with our 1st choice squad we could hold our own against the bottom half of the League but that team has never been out there. We had too small a squad that is being decimated particularly in the forwards. Would be good to pick up 2 or 3 new players to bolster team or even decent loan signing but both these don’t seem available at moment. Today game was frustrating particularly late on with the Bell sin binning and for those who didn’t go score did not reflect the effort that was put. Was always going to be a touch ask parachuting into a higher league and tasks gets tougher every week. Sid low and Russell injury looked bad.. not sure about Peteru may be a concussion.

As an away fan I thought we sucked up any pressure you put on us in the first half quite easily and you had a bit of a leg up from the ref helping you up the pitch quite a few times with soft penalties. You seemed to put a lot of effort into the first half and ran out of steam quite dramatically in the second half. We just stood back and withstood any pressure you put on us and then put you to the sword in the second half.

Our quality shone through in the second half and in the end the score reflected the game. You are missing that bit of quality and leadership around the pitch but that’s due to where you’ve come from and lack of time getting a SL squad/match day 17 together.

We’re getting better as the season goes on with Watson’s ideas slowly but surely becoming evident with the more competitive games we play and we won’t be far off the playoffs come the end of the season.

Good luck for the rest of the season.

Theres no playmaker..

Ellis and Mellor we’re got as playmakers but not played together since St Helen’s friendly game

Change the 'age lark' to 'expierence' Atomic, it is very relevant in my summing up of the selection of Ellis

As for your second comment I have not a clue what that means.

Surely you have not forgotten the much used selling pointSUPERLEAGUE READY"

So please explain the selection of Ellis yesterday Leyther, Bell was at first reciever most of the time right or left of the ruck except when a kick was required, when Bell wasn't on the field I'm sure I observed Reynolds and Ellis looking at each other and shrugging their shoulders saying "what are we supposed to do now"

Like I intimated to in the opening post, Duffy is a rookie coach not up to this standard but in his loyalty to ex Leyth players it seems Mr Beaumont is blinded as to what is required, on his watch we have had Rowley, Jukes, Purtill and now Duffy, is Mr Beaumont so out of touch with what is required or has he some other issue with employing a strong experienced character who will insist on doing things his own way? It pains me to say such things as I believe we would in all probability not have much of a club without his generosity over the years but he needs to let go, employ someone of proven expierience and take a more passive role, in a recent column in the match programme he says he approached Kristian Woolfe but the timing was wrong at the time, so having lost out on him why stop looking? He also says he discussed an ambassadorial role with Mr Wane but again that was fruitless, don't stop looking Derek!

Struggling to keep upbeat, fitness is a big issue

Until DB stops putting yes men into key positions and picking the team himself this will keep on happening.

The consistent selection of Reynolds at stand off baffles me. Again his tactical kicking was abysmal, as was his kicking to touch from penalties that usually barely got further than 10 yards but the nadir came midway during the 2nd half, when it was only 6-16 and on the last tackle on their 20 metre line,his attempted cross field kick went backwards!! How Brierley gets left out is beyond me. He is the best goal kicker in the club, and his superb chip for Ellis’s try against Wigan was a delight to watch.

Bit baffled on Brierley being out myself thought he was a threat against Wigan. May be back next week with Russel injured. Think is passion and pace is worth a place.

I don’t see that changing without a change in personnel.

It’s looking like we won’t win a game unless we start to get a bit of luck and belief

If we need luck and belief to win a game then this just highlights the inadequacy of the squad.

Have we started recruiting for next season?

Luck has nothing to do with it but whose belief are you referring to?

If it is players they should pack in, if it is fans it won’t affect dire performances.