Plodder.

All being well

Greenwood is a good player in his 2nd game this after weeks lay off.

I thought he went ok as well and will get better with more game time.

Oh stop it you’ll get my hopes up

Not enjoyable to watch that at all but there were some positives.

Hankinson looks natural in the centre and not out of place at that level. Only one game and got skinned by Makinson but overall a decent debut.
Tomkins was flawless.
Davies ran his blood to water
Some decent hits in defence

I have no issues with the effort, we just lacked guile and creativity again. To hold Saints to 2 tries was a good effort all things considered.one try from a daft mistake and one from a straight forward missed one to one tackle by Powell. No excuses but we can’t ignore the circumstances. Lockers, Williams, Gildart, Burgess, Sutton all missing and a lad making his debut after signing from Swinton 48 hours ago.

Whoever comes in just has to prioritise a 7.

Saints were missing their two most potent strike players in Barba & Percival heaven knows what the score would have been had they played,
I agree about a new No7 though

Taia and Walmsley too.

Quite possibly one of the most low-key derbies I’ve seen in a good few years. Saints looked dangerous throughout) ripping us apart at times. Only our scrambling defence keeping it a lower score. We ‘came alive’ with ten minutes to go and too much to do.
That probably sums it up!

Yea I know. I think choosing to rest players because you’re so far ahead and replacing them with natural cover is slightly different to our circumstances though. Sarginson hasn’t played much at all all season and had his 1st game back. Hankinson was a Swinton player 2 days ago. Burgess and Gildart are 2 of our fastest players, Lockers is Lockers, Williams & Sutton missing. Clubband Powell both haven’t trained all week with tight hamstrings, Bateman was touch and go with his groun although you’d never know!

I just think a balanced view and some context makes this loss slightly less painful. Only slightly!! We’re desperate for some fresh ideas with the ball.

You forgot Farrell

Defense was ok - but attack wise , awful. Too predictable and way too slow - the passes along the line were taking an age and most of the time were the "here you have" it type with no purpose other than to get rid. I pity our wingers - just driving the ball up from kicks and never getting any decent passes all game. Might as well play forwards there! And the less said about our kicking game the better.

Keep playing like that and our season will be ending very soon into the play-offs.

The problem with games like is where are the scores actually going to come from?

A brave effort in defence, all the more praiseworthy given the absentees, was no consolation for a non-existent attack.

Sam's try was a great individual effort against a defence that was finally flagging. Aside from that, we never looked like scoring ... and that's not even taking into account the several sets near the line that we casually fluffed with unforced errors on the first or second play (Again).

We did have injuries, yes, but two of our three 'first choice' pivots were on, and yet they offered less than nothing in attack. Ordinarily, I'd say that George Williams would be a big loss, but let's not kid ourselves. For whatever reason, there've been several games this season where he's been no more than a passenger. So I doubt that he'd have done anything.

However we reorganise our playing personnel when Wane has gone, we need to find some halfbacks who can distribute the ball, open gaps and kick into space.

Good grief ... how many sets ended with us lazily turning over possession by just lobbing the ball a third of the way down the field and trundling up in slow pursuit? No testing of the opposition, no pressure, no territory or advantage gained of any sort. It was total amateur night.

For the criticism George Williams receives since his injury we have seen how much difference he makes. Before his injury he had the most try assists for a half back in the league. Woods/Powell are about as average as 2 SL half backs could be. We need Williams and a good 7 for next year at the very minimum for recruitment

If it was down to me, I certainly would not get rid of George, because, as you say, his seemingly endless poor form is only a small part of the problem.

When he is off, we basically have NO halves.

Last night illustrated that perfectly.