Agreed. Dagger so much better. And where was the desperation in our situation?

I thought Gale was awful… truly awful

I can't remember, trying to forget the whole match, did Proctor come back on after his, was it 15 minutes, at the start?

If Applegarth is going to bite the bullet for anything he needs to get over his Lino obsession. Beyond a joke now. Anyone can see how Lino has performed this season compared to Dagger so I can only guess he is picking on reputation and nationality.

No.......

Agreed. Forwards were really poor apart from those two you mentioned.

He was and he looked like what he is, a player whose legs have long since gone. He might have the rugby brain still but he struggles with the pace of the game more often than not.

Think the main difference tonight was the Cas simple kick chase game plus Edens finishing.

People keep telling me he is a running threat. He hasn’t scored a try all season.

So our defence was ok? backing off when defending in our own twenty gifted them 2 tries. Absolutely awful from professional players.

The guy clearly is trying but is also clearly not very good at anything that you require from a halfback. I don't like criticising players but I will say what I see. His passing isn't good enough, his in play kicking isn't good enough and his running game clearly isn't good enough. The evidence is there to see from all season. There's others that aren't as good as him but they're not the blokes who are one of our imports on a higher wage so I'm not going to hold them to the same standard!

And Lino wasn't much better, how he has walked back into the side is a mystery.

Can't agree Richard. I thought Batty produced several strong runs. Best forward tonight for me.

Can'y help thinking that Kershaw would have been a far better prospect on the wing tonight, or Kay. That knock on by Lineham led to the start of our downfall. Why does Applegarth stick with him?

First half we were the best team except for about 5 minutes. That try chalk off was ridiculous and no way should griffin have been adjudged knock on before they score that try. I’d also say Vera was obstructed In that try in the first half but no video check. Typical. Also that second half forward pass try chalk off was a tough call. No way that’s called most weeks even if technically correct.
That said they were too clinical for us and wtf Dagger is on the bench especially if Lino isn’t even kicking, p*ss poor team selection, Dagger knocks over at least two of those and we are then right in the game and he’s been playing well no way should he be left out.
Aggggghhhhh