I agree. After last season I'm enjoying winning a few games again. That's 3 on the bounce including the MPG. It's a nice feeling to win even if they are just friendlies. And I'm sure it's helping the players get through pre season seeing their hard work pay off.

Exactly, you can only play whats in front of you - the team didn't need to win the game but they did. Showed a certain level of pride, the exact opposite of last year which can only be a positive.

We probably still have weaknesses, bound to considering our budget etc. However collectively we look stronger and for us thats the only way IMHO.

Glad you have Brian ear, no really.

Why the hell do you want players to go full pelt in a friendly and risk injury, fowhat! Bragging rights over an understrength Fev team. I mean seriously do you really think that's how BS or any coach picks a team. Unreal. You'll be banging on about passion and pride in the shirt next.

Someone told me that the injury was sustained as a result of his dad shouting at him trying to wake him up for early morning training.

How the hell anybody expected us to play well in that yesterday has something missing. It was a slog fest with a wet muddy ball on a wet muddy field a leveler. The game was riddled with errors from both teams. Thought fev run harder than us in the first half and had much more possession due to our inability to keep hold of it. What is annoying at any level is dive over tries from dummy half that's just not being switched on. One of the tries on halls side they just never got off the line so we're never going to stop them.it's about fitness and getting the lungs blowing the result is pretty irrelevant

Still in the land of nod when he's up

If you're talking not being switched on then the one where nobody was behind the play the ball, kids stuff. Great thing about friendlies is to get those out of the system. I prefer friendlies where you struggle. If we were to have beaten Leeds and Fev easy and then do the same to Cas we'd think we were world beaters, human nature. However we'd get a rude awakening against Widnes if we played the first real game at Friendlies pace. Which is pretty much how we played all of last season.

I said this to my mate, he looks to have really shed a few pounds and looked much fitter than last season. Amazing what a proper pre-season can do for players.

I noticed the same about Walker. Hopefully he's kept his strength and his footwork.
He'll be a handful if he is fitter.