You can’t knock the effort from the lads in the first three games but effort can only get you so far. The team simply does not have the smarts to be able to unlock defences. They had enough ball in that first half to inflict damage but they lack attacking shape and do not know how to effectively use the ball when in possession.

The hooking issue does not help for sure but I don’t buy CC’s line that the messianic soon to be 32 Kyle Wood is the salvation to crossing the try line because he is not; Harry Bowes showed enough at the back end of last year to justify selection and there’s no better time to play him when he’ll be coming into a team which is not patched together with a load of young kids but full of seasoned veterans. The fact is that our inability to score is more fundamental and deep-rooted than who plays at 9 and it has plagued us for some time – since around the time JK left us coincidentally. Our only score today came yet again from another piece of TJ magic and therein lies the root of the problem – we heavily rely on moments of individual brilliance to try and win games. Those feats unfortunately do not win matches and the results over the last two years or so tell you that. The second half attacking masterclass from Catalans starkly highlighted what is so glaringly, and disappointingly, missing from our style of play - a collective and structured attack.

It’s not as if we have not had enough time to get basic attacking structures right; there’s been plenty of time in an extended pre-season to do that. That then raises the question what’s been going on during the off season in training. Either CC has been doing what he should be doing and the players are just not able to execute on the field or CC is unable to coach his team how to attack and break-down defences and so come match day they end up playing the off the cuff and ad lib football which we’ve been bemoaning for some time.

Whatever the answer, the inability to post points when we have the ball in hand is absolutely killing us - and add to that today we saw some indiscipline from senior players which seemed to be borne out of frustration at the way we are playing.

I like CC but he devoid of ideas and unable to get us out of our present demise. If the clock is not already ticking then it should be. There comes a point when we have to say enough is enough. MC was wise enough to bring in Andy Last so if CC can’t turn things around in the very near future then AL should get the nod. We can’t continue as we are otherwise we’ll just sleepwalk into relegation and obscurity.

The most concerning thing for me is that cc is happy and felt the lads played really well today.now i wont fault the effort but to say we played really well....worring and sad times

Where is the post match Luppy? I've been looking but haven't seen anything..

This title theme is not going to happen, ?

I searched james deighton on twitter and hes gotbit on from bbc radio.its match highlights followed by chester after match comments

Quote Emley Cat="Emley Cat"Where is the post match Luppy? I've been looking but haven't seen anything..'" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09d9nd8

Quote Emley Cat="Emley Cat"Where is the post match Luppy? I've been looking but haven't seen anything..'" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09d9nd8

Many thanks Luppylad appreciate that, cheers

Unbelievable....

I once again look forward to read the defence of Chester from PT and Vastman who both appear to be conspicuously absent from the forum and no I don’t want to buy the club but I do want it to still be in SL at the end of the season.

I hope we have a 'war chest' to spend on a prop, if we refuse to play Tangata and Brad Walker can't get a game. All this after Battye was indestructible at London but as soon as he signs for Wakefield, he's injured! On top of Kopczak being released without an appropriate replacement.

He wasn't "released"
He was OOC.