You've misinterpreted Jukes' strategy. The better they play, the bigger the chance of being dropped. Hampshire, best game against Wigan -- never to be seen again. Reynolds, best game against Catalans -- disappeared. McNally (arguably Leigh's most improved player) does negate this concept, however!

The masterstroke of the season must be sending our most creative to the opposition. The numbers don't lie, he quickly helped secure their SL status. Some of Jukes' decisions this year have been mystifying. Has the team selection been the same in consecutive weeks more than once this year -- or even once?

Rowley's legacy of throwing the ball around with some pretty smart offensive moves is now completely dead. Today's attack was miserable at best. Since the 8's 12 months ago it's been a steady decline, relative with increasing investment which must really thrill DB. Apparently, last season 700K was invested, this year £?. Could this current team beat the team from 2 years ago?

The question is, who is picking the team, the coach or the chairman?

We lost , the world hasn't stopped revolving , the sun hasn't burst , nobody's dropped an Atom bomb ( yet ) , life will go on , we play Catalans next week ' I'll be in the pub hoping we can get a result and then in the north stand against Widnes supporting MY team

Exactly so, but it is the manner that loss came about, the title of the thread says it all "Very Poor" you can obviously take it on the chin with a shrug and a deep breath Starbug, I on the other hand prefer the route of what can or should be done to improve matters.

P.S. how is life on the Red Dwarf these days?

Ive said for weeks he disappears for large amounts of the time.To me hes a short pass near line and than a long pass out wide and that s his attacking skills.He never attacks the line with any threat

Well after strong medication after yesterday's game (I needed it)and some sleep ,I still feel the same,why Hopkins can't get a game is beyond me,I would have either of Reynolds or Hampshire before Fleming,and quite simply we didn't deserve to win.
We are still in with a chance though,a slim one but a chance,for me the MPG is nailed on, HKR next 2 games are against Championship teams and they will probably be on 8 points after them, Warrington will cruise the 8's ,London will be hard to beat and that means we must beat Cats next week,folk keep saying we will beat Widnes

we haven't done yet this season,a bit more urgency in play is needed,otherwise it's back to Batley, Dews , and Blackpool next season.

100%. I honestly believe had Jukes picked a consistent team (barring the injuries which obviously caused some disruption), instead of trying to people please and outsmart the opposition, Leigh would be cemented in the top 8. Leigh are SL's biggest underachievers this year and that stings. They were superb in the 8's last year and recruited well with what was available. However the ROI has been abysmal. If Leigh stay up, will DB have the courage to pull the trigger?

Everyone is entitled to their opinion on here. I don't post much, but that doesn't mean if you say anything negative about the team,coaches or owner you should be hung drawn and quartered for it by the "Rose Tinted Glasses Brigade". Personally I agree mostly with the original poster. We didn't create one decent break (if any) yesterday. We never use an inside pass or do anything creative to break the defensive line. Our forwards were dire and lacked any real firepower. The only time things look positive is when Micky Higham comes on for a period. If they all had the heart of Mickey then we would not be where we are now. Too many of our players are only playing for the paycheck. Regarding the coach, yes we need a change but its far too late to change him this season. If we want to survive in Superleague, then things have to change.

A contradiction , nothing can change now

Personally Mickeys trying too hard and is the least effective of our hookers

Yes we are missing power up front but again , not much we can do about that but go with what we have

Contradiction? Er no. I said a change is needed (which it is) but its too late to do it this season. That is not a contradiction.

Mickey Higham is least effective of our hookers? You cannot be serious.

Missing Power up front? Agree, they need to put an extra 20% effort in.

Spot on. Add Hock and Crooks, the guys that really dug deep to carry others early on, now paying the price out injured!

So we stay up , job done , just improve next year

We go down , change needed

Yes Mickeys trying too hard , scooting too much , restricting our options

3 strike players , Hock,Jamie and Dane no longer available

We played one man clueless rugby. Only Langi came out with any credit. HKR are only average but the better team won. That's twice they have beaten us this year at the LSV. A SL side should be putting 30 past HKR at home. We've signed SL and NRL players. You have to look at the coaching team now. They obviously aren't getting the best from the players. Hope they prove me wrong against Cats.