McGoldrick in you best 17? Pull the other one..

I'd have him on the bench, yes.

Are you Terry Matterson?

The only bench I'd have him on in the airport.

Guys if you want to discuss the pro's and cons of RM and any squad changes you would make please do so, but not on here ta.

to be fair, i have not read all of this thread, but i do make the following comments....

our defensive pattern is no better -different players, same mistakes, left open out wide too easy
our attack is very disjointed, we don't seem to have any plan
some effort (king and johnson especially), but not wholly as a team.
kicking game non existant

we also knew that chase was the major threat, but did nothing about it

not much change from end of last for me (yet)

Maybe I got caught up in the excitment of yesterdays takeover, but I went into the game optimistic, and was therefore quite horrified by what I saw.

I thought the effort was great, but feel that if a poor Castleford side can do that to us, what will the likes of Wigan and Saints do? I don't blame the referee either, as he was shocking for both sides. I thought we looked drasically short of ideas in attack, and poor defensively, especially out wide. It's obvious to everyone we need a couple of props urgently (but hopefully the club are on with that now we are out of administration) and a scrum half as Obst was out of his depth.

The positives for me were Rinaldi (we're much better side when he's on the pitch), King (looks dangerous but worringly our most creative player) and Johnson (never stopped working and with 2 more props could be stand out second rower). I also think Millard and George could cause some serious damage with more of the ball.

Overall, I'm more worried than I was. It's going to be a long season.

Did youwatch any games in the back end of last season ?
If yes , then what the hell were you expecting?

Sorry, I didn't realise losing to Castleford by 20 was considered acceptable.

In an ideal world NO......but , what were you honestly expecting ?
I'm not happy at all with whats on the pitch , but wasn't expecting any more than what I saw this afternoon

but should we accept second best ? the major thing i have noticed since Kear has took over is the amount of penalties as a team we concede...we must be the most penalised team in the league....queue stato

Like I said



I did expect more, and some of the mistakes and penalties had nothing to do with age or experience.

We are a bit vulnerable at the moment and what happens off the pitch will have more impact over the next month or so.

For a team of players, who wouldn't of known what was happening with the club and their futures etc, i don't want to be too hard on them and will be looking for better performances in the coming weeks.