Quote: vastman "OK, yet another crap day but 24 hours on let’s get some more perspective.
I agree with TRB and as Monty once said “you can lose all the battles except the last one” - it’s the last one that wins the war.
First of all I’m amazed anyone thought that in a game where only pride was at stake we’d actually show any. We have not done so all season so what’s changed. If we win next week I can guarantee that in the case of most players it won’t have anything to do with pride.
That said yesterdays game was in purely playing terms one we could do without. At the end of the day is it worth any of the limited talent we have getting injured? So two ex Wakey youngsters prove a point, good for them but it’s pretty empty in the grand scheme of things. Anyone who thinks that if we had kept Stringer and Davey we’d somehow be a better team are totally deluded IMHO and I always liked Davey.
To be honest we don’t deserve to stay up, however that is counterbalanced by my own opinion that the Bulls are not worthy of promotion either. Truth is Leigh should have come up and we should have gone down month ago but RL lost credibility years ago on that one.
My big worry for next week is the lack of Tim Smith. I agree he has never been the player some made out. However watch the las Bradford game - the pack layed the platform but Smith was absolutely the difference. Without him I’m afraid it really is two average Championship clubs fighting it out.
So forget about yesterday, Saturday is all that matters and I just can’t predict it but my support remains solid.'"
Vasty the problem is Gaskell has hardly played in the middle 8's for Bradford and if fully fit is a player who can cause our woeful defence plenty of problems. Contrast that with Miller and Godinet who based on yesterdays performance couldn't open a door if it were already ajar and I believe were going to struggle to win because we can't defend and seem clueless in attack as well.
I might also add that tupou and lyne were a joke defensively with pretty much all the tries coming down their side. Tupou is no good at centre (should be on the wing) and lyne is just no good full stop.
