Having seen every one of our matches this season, a recurring comment keeps coming up when I speak to the opposition fans & that is : " Your team look so out of condition, in fact they seem absolutely sha#ged ".
Now, we have been told consistantly this season by our coaching staff, that our new Fitness Coach has got our players in Tip-Top shape.
Is it that our players are so short of confidence & that causes them to walk around the pitch & appear to be tired, or are the away supporters correct & the team are out of condition ?

Inexcusable for a pro athlete to be out of shape.

Dont actually agree with this
I dont think, and it does not look like, fitness, its enthusiasm, look at us against Uddrsfield we were better late on, thats not a lack of fitness, that was down to the bust up with Kua and mason

It's bolloçks. A usual excuse for us losing in the early part of the season for over a decade. But miraculously we are match fit on the occasions when we beat Leeds or St Helens first up.

Getting pumped in games mean, more sets in defence, more tackles, not completing our sets contributes. Missed tackles, incomplete tackles, errors, penalties. Many factors for people to be knackered in a game. Look at our scores. There are varying factors as to why the players may "look" not fit to some. It's called fatigue. They have it from early on in every game

I can only think of Kaufusi who has been seen gasping on occasion, but then not only has to make up for 2 props short he has to score the tries as well!

I said after the Hull game we should use Kaufusi to barge over when we get 10 metres from the line. Pick the defending opposing equivelant of Witt and your in. Obvious to me!?

Sorry Pop Pan but I'm not referring to players blowing out of their #rse.
More to the general lack of enthusiasm & urgency to get back & face up to the opposition when forming a defensive line.
As I stated, this is not just myself who has noticed this but every set of opposition supporters.

The thing that seems to me to be lacking is speed - speed of foot and speed of thought. The plan seems to be bash and barge with a (generally wayward) kick thrown in for variety. How often do we see flowing moves or multiple support players? I seem to recall a quote about Nick Fozzard that sort of suits us: "he would run through a brick wall for you - of course, anyone else would go round the sides". The fact that Kaufusi is our (joint) top try scorer adds to the picture.

Dorn made difference when he came on. The team does look a little slow. Witt looks like he is running in treacle.