Jowitt is constantly at fault for trys ie 2 v toulouse and the attack stops when it goes to him.he ok under a high ball.

It's nice that we can all pick our own preferred 17, and have our opinions on how the team should be balanced...but we have no idea at all of what state, particularly physically, each of the players is in.

We certainly don't have a healthy squad and appear to have quite a few "walking wounded".

Is our best 17 really the worst in SL, if and when fit??

Apart from the pass he sent to Kay for his try the Toulouse game?

After a two week + gap between games I would hope we don’t have hardly any walking wounded. There didn’t look to be any issue with them physically. As I have said we won the forward battle and had the lions share of field position and yardage/possession on the oppositions line. We just failed (yet again) to turn pressure into points and showed weak resolve in goal line defence.

Our best 17 isn’t the worst in superleague for quality no but it may be the weakest in terms of attitude and application.

1 try in how many games.not havung a pop at maxbut just dont getvthe hype around him at times we have won 3 games this season 2 of them we had an on loan player at fb.i sae minns play there on fridayand he looked good yes only v reserves but surleww need to try somthing

IMO Our squad seems to suffer more from mental issues ( right mindset/attitude ) rather than physical challenges if I was a guessing man. Take Roby for example the other day ,gets a finger dislocated, physio comes on puts it back in and off he goes , that’s what you call commitment and a tough mentality . We have the medical facilities to care for the walking wounded who will be assessed whether fit for action , but do we have a phycologist in the camp who can get them up mentally for the rigours of a game . We seem to wilt in the face of tough opposition . I’m no expert in anything least of all, sports psychology (I’ve all on spelling it ) but I do think we are missing a trick in so much as modern athletes need both physical and a good mental attitude to succeed in the modern era in any sport .

Max let Bott in twice was really poor from him. Lucky we don't have another decent full back.

Whatever the problems with the team I don't think they lie at fullback.
There are some people who like Max there and some who don't, and they will have the same view even if he plays a blinder every week.
I would 'rest' Lyne and try Minns there.
No doubt the forwards new an injection of fresh faces though, who aren't set in their ways - new ideas, and will to win!

I think Max has been one of the most consistent player all season if not the most, so if Sundays game wasn't up to his usual standard then fans should make allowances for the odd blip, I understand that he might not be to everyone's taste especially Rocky fans which included myself but even so credit should be given where it's due, just goes to show the fickleness of some fans.

The performance problems do not start with our fullback because the opposition have usually got through or around our line of defence leaving him somewhat isolated. I would suggest we look elsewhere to try to sort our defence maybe by being able to score more points.

Fullback is not the issue for us.
If we switch then so be it. But for me Max is the safest pair of hands we have.
You are only seeing his involvement in the tries because he made an effort to get there when no one else did.

But It's not just a blip With Max. Like I've said before Max Is Great catcher of the ball a very good Attacker a great passer of the ball But his tackling Oh dear I got slaughtered on here before, mentioning this, but Sunday it was there clearly for everyone to see. But it's there in all matches if you look It always has been He hides it very well diving at players & just missing going in with the knees. He's always 2nd or 3rd man in a tackle But it is something we should look at & I know there's lots of things wrong at Wakefield. But he is our last line of defence & it would help if he could tackle. Chester wouldn't play him so, & I'm only guessing, he could see it that's why we kept getting fullbacks instead of playing him. This argument could go on for a long time