I think he was struggling with a knock.

Whole attitude has changed, all down to Gentle.

we're not quite there yet

I was looking at the league table thinking that it was something of note that Hull FC where quietly going about their business heading up the table. Not sure when you have to fill your missed fixture with catalans. But those four games could have a massive impact on your season. Catalan away, Wigan, Huddersfield and Leeds.

Win them all and you have to start thinking title contenders. Win half and top four must look a pretty good bet. Lose them all and then it's back in the mix with the rest of us.

To a certain extent we are in a "false" position. Fixtures have been kind to us and we've played all of the bottom 8 and only 1 of the top 6. Plus we've had 3 away matches and 6 at home (due to rovers fixture switch and cats cancellation), however you can only play what's in front o you and we don't know how we would have gone against wigan, leeds, hudds, cats if we'd already played them.

Major issue we have is taht we're coming into a tough period with a stack of players missing. If any more of our established players pick up an injury then we're re in some serious trouble.

I'd take 1 win out of the next 3 league games as things stand and feel we're in good shape for the rest of the season. Like most, my expectations this year were pretty low so I'm just enjoying things as they stand

Completely agree, and disappointing that we couldn't get the game on in France as would have been a great chance for us to win IMO. Realistically we need to make the play-offs and win a game to show progression, anything else is a bonus for me.

Cup's an interesting one. With a lot of injuries, would probably be best from a league campaign point of view to get knocked out on Sunday (which I expect will happen anyway), but a good cup run would build some momentum for the cub.

Totally agree with that...

Said this a few times , wherever we are on May 6th is where we will finish

I knew I should've added a wink to the end of that post, if only to appease the hard of thinking

I don't think we are anywhere near the finished article yet but we are moving in the right direction. As other people have said we will know better when we reach the half way stage, but we are still not playing with the same intensity as the top teams.
I think the most important thing is we are steadily going forward and if AP is true to his word and keeps flashing the cash then PG looks like the man to make us in to the team we have all wanted for so long now.
That said we will most probably have a few losses soon and i hope the team can take the losses and carry on.

Gentle will learn more from today's performance then the derby whooping.
Are we the finished article?
No not by a long shot but we are making very good progress in all aspects.

think todays' game is hard to judge if we are back, 2 games in 3 days is not the normal weekly schedule, i'll wait until the wigan and leeds match to pass judgement

Not the finished article by far, but the signs are there. The little things such as playing with a smile on their faces are evident. They are together as a group and trust each other and above all, trust in the gaffer.