I would expect at least a effort, pride and heart from those on the pitch - if they don't want to show that then they should leave - same applies to the coaching team and club management - I don't expect to win every game, I don't expect to be challenging for the major prizes at the moment but I do expect those involved to make an effort

Me too,going to France with England in April and needs to be match fit.

he should be playing on merit anyway. One of the few bright spots.

Re:- J. Crowther he should be playing on merit anyway. One of the few bright spots.

Correct. A Wakey lad who will always give 100% while proudly wearing the shirt. Wish we had a few more like him!

Perhaps we could've done had the club not spent the licensed years practically ignoring the youngster the club produced in favour of fringe players from other clubs.

Double post.

That's what gets me the team are in a bad place at the moment players injured players playing as though they aint bothered get a couple of our younger players who would spill blood for the club in.Young Jordan aint let anyone down with the little game time he has had and when in the squad so why is he not in the side every week hes certainly put more effort in than a lot of the experienced players.That effort just might make one or two others take note and would also be a kick up the arris for the experienced ones who would then have to put effort in to get back in.

The season so far is panning out quite similar to how I thought it would, although after your good start I did wonder if I had under estimated your chances. It was always going to be a tough year for Wakfield given the gap in spending power between yourselves and the big boys in SL. You're certainly doing it tough at the moment but you'd think that you will improve again before the end of your SL season.

I don't know if there is a strategy to try and hold something back for the final 7/8 games in the split, if it was my team I'd like to think not. I go and watch my team in the hope that they're going into each game with a single aim of getting the win. Damage limitation for 23 rounds before a big push in the split doesn't seem a great strategy for building the club and supporter base. When that split does happen it shoukd certainly be a very tense couple of months for a lot of clubs with so much at stake.

It will be interesting once the other 3 clubs destined for the middle eight become more evident. I think Betts has already been targeting games with his use of Brown and if they fall further behind the pack he will have difficult choices to make.

Even with a fully fit squad if we play the same style of Rugby as we have attempted this season then we will finish 7th or 8th in the middle eight. Our completion rate is around 50 % because our players are simply not good enough to execute the passing style game Webster has tried to get them to play. Our players are some of the worst players in SL. They may just have the ability to play a very simple game plan designed to get them to the end of their sets and kick. Not pretty but it is all they are capable of.
Defence is about desire, attitude and determination all atributes we do not have at present, not sure how we engender this into the players. It seems obvious that Webster, his staff or our captain are not able to get a response from the team. Remember last year when the Catalans director took control of the situation after they lost to us last year. I think the players have had to much carrot and not enough stick. Each player should be made to report to the directors on Monday morning, with their agent and receive the bolloking of their lifetimes. Those agents sold their players to the club on the basis that they could play Rugby well they need to prove it. Injured players like Ian Shirke ( not the genuine injured players ) should be made to do an 8 hour day cleaning the ground. The players are taking the michael, every player who has worn the shirt this season is a full time pro player so should be able to tackle, catch and run hard.
I fully expected us to be in the middle eight and unlike Vasty agreed with the bookies, I did not expect us to be given a game plan beyond our players abilities, I expected to see effort, I did not think we would win a single game, on paper we are the worst team, but I can respect a team that gives 100% in defeat.

I don't disagree with you at all. The strategy Webster is hinting at is dangerous and certainly cynical. But, it's a strategy that the new structure allows. I'd love us to be in a different place but our situation is what it is and, if SL survival is the name of the game the damage limitation strategy is the best one we've got. Heard the story of the two blokes in the jungle confronted by a hungry lion? One shouts, "Run for your life!" but his mate stops and puts on his running shoes.
"What the f... are you doing? You can't outrun a lion!"
"I don't have to outrun the lion", says his mate. "I just have to outrun you!"
That's the position we're in now.