Keith, to be fair we are in a position today due to having to spend what we can to try and sustain SL status,but we've not had much luck with injuries and suspensions on top of that.The academy will come subject to staying in SL next year.

The answer to your last question is no, but i also don't know who else was available.

So , today ? , well again some dumb RL , 5hit or bust will not win games , applying pressure does as proven at Salford last week , the difference was 2 repeat sets before they scored the winning try

It's fairly simple , get to the line , try to score but don't run into touch ' if not scored by the last put the ball over the line with a decent chase , come back with a score or a repeat set

Then repeat , eventually you come back with a score , you also tire out the opposition forwards defensively , this causes them to drop off tackles allowing you to offload , 48 minutes till our 1 st offload today

We have ( had ) 3 quality hookers , so why is the one who is 36 yrs old playing 2 matches in 4 days ?

Yes we are suffering ATM , injuries are cutting deep , missed Hock and Acton today , again they are needed to tire out the opposition forwards

But keep the faith , no need to panic the target is now 30 , could have done without a Challenge cup match next week , pity we can't concede without playing

Chin up Neil , keep at it lad

Yup. Not his fault. A lot of the good things ARE his doing though. Bongser is sure that he's learnt the lessons of the past (so let's not dwell on the past - great to be champs years ago, but we ain't now) and will plan accordingly as circumstances dictate.

Do prefer milk in my cuppa also - lubricates my voice, Mr C. No need to lose yours (no sound on the forum). As to your sanity, you seem to have clung on longer than your mates.

Didn't see the game again today, Gubrats (wrong side o' th' 'ill for Easter) but sure that you're right in you assessment. We haven't got Jamie or Gaz though. We can't get an Easter weekend out of Mickey (as seems proven - any news btw). Leythe are on damage limitation. What the game plan WOULD be is immaterial now.

Bongser too supports NJ. CCup? What happens if we default? Answers on another thread. Need as much quality as possible on the paddock next time out in SL. Then see what the target is.

Hull kr sent a mainly academy team to Toulouse yesterday and gave a very good account of themselves,and in doing so rested first team players for this weeks cup tie at LSV.In my opinion all sl clubs should have to have an academy team or reserve team.We will never develop youngsters in this country without doing so

It's a relatively simple fix for me. Stop letting Reynolds be so dominant in the halves. He should be backing up and taking the line on, not running the show. The game against Widnes showcased this, you have martyn ridyard on the pitch, who is the brains and the boot and gets us round the pitch. He was completely overshadowed by Reynolds trying to get involved in everything. Riddy touched the ball 2-3 times near their line and we scored. We are missing some massively influential figures at the minute, Paterson is the main one for me, hopefully we get a fully fit best 13 out on the field before the damage is done.

The team look shot , to old slow etc ...drinkwater needs help & wr can only seem to score from 10 yards out

Agree with that rennie,good post. Was riddy injured yesterday?or was he not picked?

He was injured I believe. He appeared to hurt his foot/ankle at Salford and was limping quite heavily.

Thanks Alan.

It wasn't an academy team, think it had 3/4 academy players, a lot of young squad players though and think it was a young side.

Rennie , against Widnes we scored 4 try's , Riddy set up 2 , Reynolds set up 2

It was riddy and Hampshire with two each. given the amount of ball that goes/went through Reynolds, riddy is far more clinical. Bit like having a striker in football who needs 10 chances to bag one goal.

I'm pretty sure I got slated for this when I said it at the start of the season.

And rightly so.