Maguire

You do get the feeling that if they lose tonight gthen it might be Huddersfield rather than London that become favourites for the drop. Big game for both teams.

And witnessed 2 teams that played as bad if not worse than Wakefield last night

Look at the results since magic weekend (when Brough came back in) where we lost 25-18 but could have gone either way.

Saints A 48-10 Brough targeted ruthlessly.

Leeds H 10-0 no creativity whatsoever from both halves.

Salford A 44-20 again Broughs edge targeted

Hudds H 36-10 vital win against out of sorts Huddersfield improving when Brough went off.

Catalans A 44-10 again Broughs edge ruthlessly targeted

Cas H 36-16 decent game with the boot but again cas targeting Broughs edge with success.

Wigan A 46-16 pathetic enough said.

It's seems to me that Brough hasn't fully recovered from his thumb injury so cannot tackle correctly leading to these one sided games obviously Pauli, lyne & Bishop accountable too. He might be putting his hand up but it's doing us no good.

What makes it even more tragic is that this is exactly why Finn was pensioned off.

There are many similarities with Finn/2018 and Brough/2019 but I think Finn was being carried at that time by a team in better form. We needed Chester to wake up at that time to help our push for the play offs. This year we need him to wake up for far more serious reasons.

Brough didn't play at magic, it was Hampshire & Miller together, with Reynolds the one dropped from the week before which was the London debacle, Reynolds hasn't been seen since. I do take your point though, he's been pretty ineffective both in attack and defence. Maybe there is something at the club not being done right as re. recovery from injury, the strength and conditioning of the players in general? It seems to me all the players who have come back from injury seem to be taking ages to get back up to full speed, or seem to play one then miss two? ie MCB, Randell, England. Brough, Ashurst, Miller, Tupou all nowhere near their best after coming back. Not gonna slag Jowitt & Batch too much, but looks like they are going to take ages to get back up to full speed as well. The whole team just looks lethargic and slow, so is it physical or mental.......or a bit of both??

Sorry I meant after magic weekend, which other than Huddersfield has been the last game we've been competitive in for the full 80.

Possibly players rushed back, or putting hands up when they know they're not fit, no reserve games to help get sharp & match fitness. Further knocks etc. I don't think team selection is helping. Eg Crowther a decent defender not selected but Arundel played in 2nd row when he's only just back should have been centre with tupou wing. Also why persist with Pauli? Poor week in & out,too slow and ineffective as an edge defender. Chester doesn't rate or want him so why bother? But fundamentally the basics aren't being done right, and our 1st choice spine 1,6,7,9 simply isn't working.

No probs Absolutely, it's a bloody good job we've beaten them 3 times isn't it! Especially as 2 of them were by 1 point margins

The whole Pauli thing has been weird, especially going public with his reasons. I'm sure there is a destructive forward in there who if used right could be a real asset......but his body language and his general demeanour just give off negative vibes, I agree he's persisted with him for long enough now, but maybe he won't be playing anyway after his injury at Wigan.