Agreed- Warrington last year started with Wood and Hill and at 20 rolled out Morley and Carvell!!

We start with Krasn and Cook(both hard workers), roll out a lazy Slyney and one other then lob the starters back on quickly to take another hiding.

We badly need specialist centres and props. Rea has given us utility players, wingers and backrowers.

The forwards just aren't winning the collision - collectively, their tackle stats look fine but the oppo forwards get to walk an extra 1-2m in the tackle and then deliver a quick PTB. Related to this, our forwards don't seem to have grasped the fact that the refs aren't blowing for pens at the ruck at all - we should be slowing the PTB down more.

In the absence of reinforcements - and without Dollapi for a few more weeks - I'd start with a bigger set of forwards: Greenwood, Moore, Vea, Cook, McMeeken, Griffin. I hate the term but we need to get into the arm wrestle and we aren't doing that with the likes of Slyney who makes a tackle and then misses the next play because he's not fit enough to get to marker - oppo dummy halves have noticed.

A kicking game would help too but I fear Rea and Gigot have already cost us that aspect of the game. Gigot through not taking being dropped very well and Rea by doing the dropping. This has been a constant in Rea's coaching career - drop the European as soon as the Aussie is available. Gigot put in a great show against Salford and was dropped, Bishay put in a great show against Warrington and was dropped. Contrast that with Drinkwater - Rea comes out after every game and tells us his kicking game was rubbish but picks him again anyway. But I guess he has no choice now that Gigot has gone.

I am pretty depressed by it all.

Equally, I'm still hopeful that we can pick up/borrow a big prop, get Dollapi back and at least look competitive up front. I also think that Solomona is massively talented and exasperating in equal measure - can the coaching staff move him towards more of the former? I'm also hoping that Duckworth gets fit - I think he might be the best of the loanees.