Terrible performance 1st half. Watts, Thompson and Westerman the 3 standouts with dreadful 15-20 mins. Bowden and Whiting the only 1st teamer that looked interested. Didnt look good for Green who came out on crutches and a boot.
2nd half felt sorry for the youngsters who got chucked in at the deep end by Radford who has got so much wrong this pre season. Who takes a squad of 25+ players without a hooker, crazy. Im ready for the " geling as a team" excuses from Radford in the early rounds of SL, thats why you have pre season trial games

Moore Fevs 7 looked really good. The best player on the pitch by far.

The 1st half display was the most disappointing to me,inept in every aspect of the game.

Not actually read the thread, have you?

no, that was unusual circumstances, the weather led to handling errors and a lack of possession, and our poor attacking play made it impossible for us to win. And as the time ran out the players started to panic and make yet more errors.

To those fans who went did any players stand out? I know in such a scoreline it's hard to think of positives but hell right now we need some

The whole team, infact, you weren't even playing.

I'm sure he'll be better in a few years when he's ready to step up to coaching a pro RL side.

Oh, hang on...

I didn't go today so can't comment on today's efforts.

but based on the previous 2 seasons I'd say that Yeaman, Watts & Westerman are three in particular that put in very patchy, inconsistent displays and all three have an air of arrogance about them IMO.

Maybe someone dropped out at the last minute, but lets assume the worst.

In think you'll find Gingdong was referring to Featherstone ROVERS.

Arrogance you say, you're not Mickey Paea?

But you did, that's why I was questioning what you claimed.

He means featherstone rovers. Doh Doh !!

My thoughts on the game.

Firstly, Featherstone are no mugs. They're a very good Championship side.

Our team selection was totally bizarre for a last hitout. Of our first choice pack we chose to leave out Paea, Feka, Ellis, Houghton, and obviously Tuson's injured. Our reserve starting pack (Westerman and Watts apart) got dominated and we played the first half in our own half.

We had our first choice halves out there, but behind a beaten pack they had no space, and we barely had the ball anyway. Rankin was the best of the 3 but not much in it. All 3 played off the park by Gareth Moore controlling the game. Rather than persist with getting combinations going, we played the 2nd half essentially with Whiting, Thompson and the academy.

A baffling afternoon, some good skills from Fev, and 2 potentially serious injuries to our already light front row. Good job Bowden got big minutes, reckon he'll have to start v Catalans.

If someone dropped out i'd hope it'd be obvious to replace a hooker with a hooker but apparently not.