Good point, neither of our wingers made any yardage whatsoever. Where has the Fev pair really helped out their pack.

Big up yours to all the newbie or returning fans who expected to be watching an unbeaten championship behemoth this year. Should give us a bit more room around the ground on Friday night too. The draw at 80 minutes cost me a few quid though.

Some have already said it, our game management and Rugby IQ was very poor today.

Trying to spread the ball in the 2nd half was just inviting errors but it also prevents making decent yardage because trying to hold onto the ball or adjust it to make a pass forces players to be over cautious. Field position is everything in those conditions, hard yards and a deep kick is all that should be on the menu as the pitch condition deteriorates.

I wouldn’t have played Franco, if he’s fit I’d have gone with Croft as he’s a bigger unit and more capable of making the tough yards coming out of our 20.
Credit to Featherstone they stuck to it and played the conditions better, deservedly winning the match.

I’ve said this before, and it happened today.
The Championship is not an easy league to compete in, going to Fev, Batley, Barrow on a wet muddy day when they’re up for it and the bounce of the ball goes against you will make it difficult to win every game

Eh !!! I would have thought we wanted to keep the newbies and returners and fill the ground

It tells us the coach picked the wrong team for the horrendous conditions and should have stacked the team with forwards Bain, Cozza, Vagana and Doyle on bench. It was a day for forward dominance…. And they had it. 3 hookers in 17 just didn’t work.

I agree with that, it's a shame Jermaine is out we've missed him and Thornley because we're not getting the meters out of our 20 that we would with them in the side. Unfortunately, Franco doesn't fill that requirement, and Walmsley seemed to spend more time slipping than making meters.

Its there for all to see, put pressure on wakey & they simply fail to win !
I m not knocking our coaches, our players still cannot deliver when faced with pressure ! Fact not Fiction.

It means we need to be better

That’s a strange take from that particular game!
The pitch and conditions were a real leveller and I wouldn’t be taking too much from that performance other than we need to be smarter in adverse weather than we were

I blame John Minniards Michael Carter and Mrk Applegarth, not to mention Richard Agars contribution

The last set we were involved in only needed another forward to run it up the middle…
A drop goal attempt wasn’t out of the question and at worst we would have had them on there own line…
We opted to run it wide…
Rubbish game management!

For the season ahead the halfbacks are a real concern for me