It's not just the losing when Jon Sharp went 0-7 we were only just losing not playing badly.

Last two weeks have been abysmal most fans I know would accept blood and guts losses but not the rubbish we have watched for the last two weeks.

Yesterday we were thrashed by a team that's been bottom of the league and played in last years million pound game unfortunately that's the real perspective.

Bringing in Dan Smith for Kopjack was madness and no doubt will bite us up the bum on Monday.

I'm not a whinger I just want a decent performance for my dollar win or lose even in the really dark days of the 70's and 80's they might not have been blessed with ability but 110% effort made up for the rest and you could genuinely get behind them, it's not that this team don't have talent in Spades they look unfit and disorganised and who else but the Coach should carry the can ??

Why are we playing badly: a poor preseason friendly line up coupled with a new training regime added to a plethora of injuries leading to 5 different half back pairings and 5 different fullbacks (not including change rounds within games due to injuries in those games) Bruno and Murphy playing three different positions, Hinchcliffe woody and taai playing two different positions.
After three games with a settled side if things haven't improved then ill look at it differently.

Hi All - Used to post a couple of years ago under jakegiant, back again!

I understand everyone's frustration but we must stick together as a club. I honestly think we will beat Salford on Monday - we hit rock bottom yesterday and I think we will turn things around now.

Smith/Crabtree missing ( 2 first choice props ) Huby not played all season

Dan Smith is 22 as opposed to Kopczak who is 28? I have no doubt Smith will turn out to be a better player than kopczak in a year or 2
I think with a full fit squad we will be fine

Full back is an area we MUST recruit - im really not sure brierley will work as a full back and I hate to say it but jared simpson is just not the answer

Tom Johnstone on the wing for Wakefield would be a good recruit for any super league club

Hi Jake, welcome back

You have some good points there, however the Jury is still out on Smith for me, as you say, he's only 22 and nowhere near the finished product so hopefully his best is yet to come.
I think, as Daz alluded to in another post, we seem to be missing Grixy's organisation at the back, whatever people think of him, he's an experienced player with god organisational skills, which we've missed.
People talking about things not being right, Anderson lost the players etc, but i think it's just down to the disruption we've had and a lack of confidence.
Hopefully a couple more wins will get that back and we can push on, hopefully with a stronger, settled side, until then,grin and bear it or carry on complaining.

I posted on here that it's not just Anderson who is the problem. Mr C O Thewlis is the man who call the shots.
While Anderson has his faults he only does what he is Told. If you look at the last 3 games of last season and this season to date other Coaches would have been sacked. Problems in the dressing room do not help.

Another spin on this is having leaders to lead the guys on the field, to encourage, to organise, to shout and scream.
I was talking to someone connected to the club during the week and he said although we have experienced guys out on the field none of them are 'talkers', as good as they are as players they are quiet on the field and just go about their jobs.

Also, that Brough is a good player but isn't the main man communicative wise.
We have lost our 2 main leaders on the field who were Robbo and Brett Ferres - those were the 2 guys who used to do all the shouting and bollocking and encouraging etc...and obviously Grixy at the back reading the plays sorting out the defence in front of him.

Take those 3 out of the side and you have basically got a team of players with no generals, the players trust the coaching staff and with every club the coach leaves on field stuff to the 'leaders' ....We have lost ours, maybe that explains some of the performances ?

People may want to disagree and think they know better but believe me they won't.

Daz, i agree with that, we've said before and i said it on sunday, we are too quiet, apart from Brough, no one else was organising or talking, compare that with Wakey and they had Moore, Finn, Kirmond, Miller, even the young lads at the back were pointing and shouting.

Everyone has their opinions and unfortunately too many don't see the bigger picture, they just see LLLWLLL and shout for the coach to be sacked.

Well meast, as you point out one win from last 7 outings.
Not good is it. You keep on defending those in charge as you obviously got a vested interest , as your posts show.
We fans will just leave it as our opinion counts for nothing. With the Sky money no need for fans money.??.

Excuse after excuse after excuse is all I am reading.

What will it take for people to realise we really are in the doo doo?

If we lose in the million pound game we have had it and before the excuses start again it really is a reality!!!!!!

Where are the excuses?
As far as i can see there are people's opinion's on what the problems are, why we're struggling, etc etc, it's forum to discuss such things, we don't need excuses, we know, the coaches know, the players know we haven't been anywhere near good enough, and yes we are struggling at the moment.

What tripe, how have i got a vested interest in those in charge?
I am a fan,who goes to every home and away game, a long time fan who cares a lot about this club, i want what is best for the club, and my opinion is that sacking the head coach is not in the best interest of the club, you may not agree with it ,but that is my opinion.
I haven't defended anybody, i have simply offered my opinions on what the problems are.

I am reading on facebook that we havent had the same halfback pairing, we have injuries, we have had to play the youngsters, Ferres incident, Robbo's retirement, didnt replace Koppy or Hughes, stripped Broughy of captaincy, blah blah blah, need I go on?
We have stumbled season after season in the games that matter, this season we have been found out, no-one fears us and we really are in the doo doo, need something to freshen and fire the whole team up

I am reading on facebook that we havent had the same halfback pairing, we have injuries, we have had to play the youngsters, Ferres incident, Robbo's retirement, didnt replace Koppy or Hughes, stripped Broughy of captaincy, blah blah blah, need I go on?
We have stumbled season after season in the games that matter, this season we have been found out, no-one fears us and we really are in the doo doo, need something to freshen and fire the whole team up'"