problem is out kids aren't "experienced' enough in the dark arts and therefore will get pinged more. We need to add some grunt and the likes of thakery needs to enforce/protect the kids....even if he spends some time in the bin. We need to make sure that we are not seen as soft touches, because the impression I get is that some teams knew they could bully us into submission.

We were 4 wins off the pace this year.........we were bullied in at least 4 games. Workington away, Dewsbury away, Fev at Home and Haven away. Sheffiedl ambushed us at the start of the season too.

17 wins from 23 will see us make the middle 8's......we're going to learn a lot about how much this squad has garnered from a pretty average first season together and we need a quality half (2 would be better) and some real nasty grunt up front IMHO.

Agree with all of this. We need at least two big grizzled forwards, who can intimidate teams back, we get pushed around too easily. Also need an organiser, team looked lost today, Henderson tried, Barthau also but neither really had an impact. Keyes looked lost.....

Dewsbury are recruiting well! Its going to be a tough season and one we need to be ready for and not underestimate

Let's see who Hendo brings in. I suspect we should start hearing now the season has finished

The plastic pitch may be an help to us, how many teams will use them regular, but I agree strongly with we lack experience, it is not that some of the youngsters don't have talent, but they need to be developed still and have someone on the pitch with them, surprise me if The Bulls go part time.

Plastic pitches are all well and good, the Skolars have one and the away sides love it!

Players these days have moved on from the claims of cuts and injury, plastic pitches have improved, but some players do take time to adjust with judging the how the ball reacts when kicking.

Certainly the bounce of the ball is different. We need to maximise any advantage that the pitch will give us.

All the games have to be recorded anyway and uploaded to a central RFL server for all to view.

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Think the plastic pitch issue showed up last week, the bounce of the ball is different from on grass, hopefully we can benefit from that at home games if we are training on the same surface, it could play against us away though so swings and those round things.
Maybe after a season in the championship we can build on the good bits from this season. The difference has been highlighted elsewhere the difference between championship and sl is physicality and speed of the game, we were bullied off the park in a couple of games.
Target next year has to be middle 8s

At the risk of sounding negative. I was chatting to Hendo in the summer and asked who he thought had potential in our squad. He only came out with two names, and when I asked "What about the rest?" he shook his head.
Many of our youngsters have a lot of heart, but that shake of the head suggests our coach doesn't think they'll mature into the experienced players we need.