Wrong again Whitbread played

one day you'l get something right

I was fairly upbeat after our first 3 defeats as I knew the effort was there 100% of the time throughout all 3 games. That first half against Leeds was atrocious regardless of our centres etc. Really important game next week. Guessing Miller won’t be playing.

I take it you mean Johnstone ??

No guessing about it mate out for 11 days according to sky
Then again theres a lad called walker whos quite handy.

Do we actually have a quota spot free ??

Whatever makes you feel good about yourself. The point is still the same.

Pretty much the reason we were in disarray on the edges in defence. Had we 2 centres tonight it would have been much closer.

I thought we looked really lightweight in the forwards until Fifita and Battye came on, but the game was as good as gone by then. Suppose it didn't help having to play two forwards in the centres.

I really like Whitbread but to me he looks like a 13 more than a prop. Has a good pair of hands on him from what I’ve seen.

I still think we are one big beast of a prop short.

Whitbread looks like a 13 all day for me. Has a good pair of hands and I’d like to see him play there next week with Crowther.

Murphy was the victim of some early nerves and having a forward as your centre partner on your debut isn’t the best and the defence on edges was constantly stretched and numbered up wrong.

Thought the second half Murphy was much better though.

Full focus on Toulouse to get the season going. Still early days and a win next week is exactly what’s needed.

And losing Miller after 5 minutes.
So we had a hooker at Half back where he hasn't been training and a hooker that had to play 80 minutes.

No he means his mate Boris

I think you need to take sometime to sit down in a comfy chair and reevaluate what you actually contribute to the betterment of your fellow man/woman because currently my suggestion would be to just stay in the comfy chair and don’t associate with others. I will not comment further because I know you like to get threads blocked by either suddenly making irrelevant posts usually backing de Pfeffel.

Quoting myself as I must apologise. i was meant to quote Poptart's comment "should (sic) have smashed them up the middle". And that's what this was in response to.

No it wasn't. The reason we were in disrray is because our defence from the middles was lazy and ineffective. That's why they constantly had numbers on the edges.

The problem was not defence in the middle but our lack of eligible players playing in their correct positions. It is possible to replace a centre with a second row part way through a game but not starting with two.
It was obvious they would tire but it was also clear that we had no one to substitute them with.
We will be without Miller next week, let us hope we have some coming back,

Brad walker

Last night was the most disappointed I have been in a Wakey game for some time

I never felt we posed any threat except for if Dave or Tommy had the ball

It was a really awful first half where leeds simply beat us with some very basic rugby

Also to agree with some of the other posters
I knew we needed establish prop with some size going into the season but that was ever more evident last night

Dave can’t beat a team on his own


We need to pick ourselves up and be ready for Tolouse as it’s either us or them to be relegated this season I am afraid to say

Bloody awful, and that's being kind.
The only saving grace is we didn't capitulate totally and kept the scoreline respectful in the end.
God knows where that first win is coming from.

No way without Kaye we would have had no go forward at all.

I wasn't sat in a comfy chair last night, were you at the game btw?

Of course he wasn’t doubt he ever has been.

However for the first forty yesterday I must say I envied him

Awful evening, with very few positives and the 2 late scores really flattered us.
Leeds completely exposed our new "centre partnership" and we never recovered.
Remembering that Leeds hadn't managed a win prior to last nights game, we were awful.

At least there was a bulb in the gents at the back of the North Stand

Your not Qel Surprise in disguise are you

Thats what happens unfortunately when you have two forwards in the centres.....


Felt for Murf on the wing too.....
Only positives for me were big Dave, Liam Kay & Max Jowitt (again)......
Also at least Tom kept up his scoring run and had some go forward.
I think the disappointing thing is how well we competed with Cats & Sts and we expected the same last night....

That first half was awful, possibly the worst we have been since 2015. 2nd half was a bit better but I think a bit of that was due to Leeds not really getting out of 1st gear.

I though Jowitt was good again but I fear he will get a ban for sliding in with his knees on Newman.