I feel last night shows how vitally important gareth ellis is to us,the start of our mid-season improvement was when ellis returned from injury and went on a decent run,now the top 8 playoffs without him it could become embarrassing,still at least theres no threat of relegation.
I know the format for the 1st part of the super 8,but what if leigh finished in the top 3 and say halifax or sheffield won the 4th and 5th place play off would they both go up? coyh.

Probably just preparing the way for Lasty to head of new academy and Richard Horne to assistant coach....just a thought!

Wigan were bigger physically, stronger and faster. We would beat Wigan one in 6 games with our full strength side out. Never got anywhere near last night.

In his pre-match Q an A session on Humberside last night, Adam Pearson said that actual numbers inside the stadium this season at times have been between 8000/8500.

Heard the same thing. Last and Pryce has an argument - with Pryce saying "what did you ever do in Rugby League" to Andy Last

So many of the problems stem from the LR mistakes/inability to coach.

1.Houghton is fooked, and whilst he's a top tackler/good scooter the rest of his game isn't brilliant & gets progressively worse as he tires not just in a game bt as the season goes on. Not using Cunningham to not only improve his game but to spell Houghton is a massive mistake, and what is going to change next season?
2. Interchange, Radford still hasn't grasped the basic concept of balancing which forwards need spelling when so as not to leave us too weak/without oomph. His tactic of filing to use one of his interchanges until too late into the game is still present as it was last season.
3. Basic skills, just everything, it's lacking everywhere on the field, individual moments of brilliance aside, Radford talks about doing everything off the field but clearly he is incapable of identifying players weaknesses and rectifying them
4. attacking structure, speaks for it self tbh, we can make plenty of metres, we seem to break tackles but when it gets to the crucial aspect we just are really poor in both inventiveness and understanding/execution...time and time again.
5. Mental attitude, that video he ran in the pre-season sure worked out a treat, he hasn't the capacity to figure out how to motivate and how to change the way the players think. That's the job of a professional, that isn't Radford.
6. Not being able to man manage
7. He can't/won't accept that he is the biggest problem at the club with regard to how we perform, he, like Pearson blame everyone/thing else. He needs to adapt and change, he needs to learn but hasn't, can't or won't, whichever it is it doesn't matter, he hasn't the capacity and never will.