Dont agree with level of criticism of Lowe even though he made a few errors he was not alone in this, I think personaly he is one of our most creative forwards on his day. Thats not meant to offend just my take on him.

But I think the overall performance showed the team spirit is there for all to see because we really dug in when it mattered.

One quick point on the referee I thought he leaned heavily towards Pia on the 50-50 calls plus those he seemed to make up as he went along.

If Lowe was played out wider he is the most destructive player in the team as he can get arms free to slip the ball to the quicker players supporting. He is made to look bad sometimes because there is no one on his shoulder and the opposition can then get in and dislodge the ball. The fitness issue maybe because he is being asked to do the wrong kind of work. Take the rough with the smooth, if you don't take some chances you end up watching a pretty boring team. I seem to remember watching somebody getting a man of the match on Saturday night who threw some horrendous passes out but thankfully got away with it.

I agree he is out of position but as a 'superstar' he should be able to do that more than most. But he can not. For 15-20 minutes he can run the wing, one hand offload while defending himself and we are away, but our game is 80 minutes and he needs to get fit. With the news of Shicks and Brown then stepping up a gear on the exercise bike is now, not mid season.

With regards no one being on his shoulder I think all the lads need to step up in support of each other, it is not just Lowe looking to off load to find no support.

At least we now have a new physio and given his experience I suspect any injuries on the field may take a day or two to resolve as everything becomes chilled man and we take it easy.

[iCool it lads im sorry i even mentioned what was on my mind.[/i

I am enjoying Cougars and have done for most of the last two seasons and have watched Baz develop and the team along with him.

It was pure frustration at seeing so much bad play from an experienced mature player that prompted my comments during my POST.
Sorry youve got involved Reborn , its just my personal view of Neil Lowe, and that comes from playing with lads like him and watching him over the last two seasons.. He's not suddenly become a lazy bugger.

But Its really about the lads having to spend so much time and effort defending through unessecary bad and stupid play and this often costs us points. and games, when we are better than the opposition.

Lets drop it now its really nowt to do with me or our Forum and again im sorry i brought my views to the board.

Quite right BexSnr. Lets talk about the positives and good play rather than dwell on the few bad bits.

I thought we mixed things up well, chucking it wide etc. Not a lot got through the middle and there were some good kicks showing Danny can do it. The wind I suspect made things look worse than they were kicking wise. So all in all, a win with some work to do.

Oldham will be tough though, it will take a real effort given our injuries to get through that encounter, but we are capable of doing so. Any chance of us getting Luke Sutton on Loan for that game.

You know looking at Oldham squad they have about 6 recognised PROPS on their books and 2-3 others that could play Prop.

So thats not a bad suggestion Reborn , but Gaz Sykes or even Menzies would be a better Loan prospect , they can play a bit and are match fit. as well as being able to, Prop and Hook and Sykes has played almost every position on the park.
They are also not first choice for Oldham at the moment though Sykes has been Hooking for them recently.