Shambles

Players smiling in the bar afterwards. ACCEPTABLE failure ...?brave new dawn

Was working until 1830hrs so couldn't go, the text commentary made it sound a well contested battle, RLFANS roundup confirms that.

OK, but, should we really be in a "battle" with part-timers is the question......no, I don't need an answer........Would like to hear some ideas on a solution (and I swear I won't mention props as I know it upsets everyone).

In a nutshell! No spark, no savvy, same mistakes as always! FFS we let Karl Pryce score against us!
Good to see Nobby's had such a positive influence!

Very poor.

Things don't seem to change.

Wheres these new players Hendo?

So what was it. Outclassed? Outplayed? Out muscled? All 3 or just rubbish

Very little direction. Lovegrove can't do it on his own. Where is our Sinfield organising around the park. Some of general play is good and defence can be solid. Hellewell is good play wise but needs to be more vocal. We miss Mathers, Slyney and Barthau.

No leaders on the park!
Too predictable in our plays, just keep on doing the same thing over and over even when it's not bleedin' working!

No one to lead them round the pitch.

Tactically inept. They should have kicked at pryce all afternoon but kept going the other way.

Inexperienced halves. Not enough beef up front. That combined with a below par performance from Dwyer at dummy half and a fairly solid Dewsbury display was why we lost today IMO.

Ta for that, not sure inept is the word, look at any decent club, without the leader on the park they struggle. Probably more of any issue than no props

A couple of things jumped out at me yesterday

Firstly the inabilities and inexperience of our half backs. They created nothing, they didn’t look like ever creating anything, the oppo didn’t need to think, their team mates were unsure, it’s a major problem I am afraid and needs to be addressed, as we are coming up against seasoned halves who know how to move a side around the park.

I think this lack of leadership led to Dwyer becoming a hooker come half, running across the line rather than doing what he does best , run at the oppo. His performance was diluted, probably out of frustration.

Secondly our go forward. Only Thackeray looked like breaking the line, the rest, were impotent. I liken it to cricket, we’ve got medium fast bowling attack with one quickie, but we need 4 quickies !!!!! No doubt Wallace and Everett will be better with a year under their belt, but we will not reap the rewards this year that’s for sure.

Finally, Ben Farrar, what on earth does this man contribute to the team, anyone ?

We scored all three tries down the flanks where we had a clear and demonstrable advantage in terms of pace. Unfortunately for most of the game we tried carrying the ball up close around the ruck, where Dewsbury had a clear and demonstrable advantage in terms of bulk and savvy.

The decision making in the half backs was non-existent. They seemed to think that Lovegrove was the only option, bless him Rhys played his heart out, but the predictability meant the Dewsbury's big lads were always waiting for him. Got really frustrated seeing the wingers waving their arms and pleading for the ball, they shouldn't need to, we should have gone wide after a couple and exploited our advantage. Get small nippy guys running a lump like Pryce around the place and he'll soon be wheezing like an old carthorse.

Had a long chat with Hendo in the bar afterwards, and his main point, that he kept returning to, was that we're a team full of kids with no old heads to guide them. Which kind of backs up the points made by others on here that we lack on-field leadership.

I really hate digging out individuals but I find myself asking the same question every time I go to the Hive!