Think it just shows how much Reynolds gives us our attacking shape. Sneyd will get stick, but he was trying too hard on his own.
We don’t really have anyone that breaks the line. Everything is lateral and ponderous.
We’ve struggled to break teams down in their own 25 for a long time now. Is it just that the players that are there are incapable of changing how they play?

We are in the grip of mediocrity, with it seems no imagination, and worse no spirit. Did I imagine Andre trying to run at Thaler, and being held back by Cas and Hull players, wtf is going on!

We are seriously lacking in the brains trust department, Sinfield/Ratchford/Cooke of that ilk required.

While we are dissecting players, Connor frailties in defence, or should I say an appalling lack of pace, or positional sense was also again on show, are all our boots dipped in lead,

I honestly believe at close to seventy I could beat Sneyd over fifty metres, who else, err Hodgson fek off and take that gobby orrible Reynolds with you, the club needs a welfare officer, it’s seriously going in the wrong direction. Morning all

We couldn't believe what we were watching. You could clearly see he came across to the edge to hide as he as struggling so what do we do, pass the other bloody way...how stupid can you get?? We have no game management, and certainly no off the cuff foresight and brains. 5 years ago today, Sneyd had one of the best game management performances of his career, but there was none of that last night, we just ran around like headless chucks, which inevitably ended up in us either losing metres or giving the ball away with stupid errors!

Last night's 17 could have played in the opening game last season. (Even the 21 man squad.)

No official news on contract extensions for Josh Griffin, Masimbaashe Matongo, Connor Wynne , Jack Brown, Andre Savelio, Ligi Sao, Manu Ma’u and Mitieli Vulikijapani.

Everyone else is still under contract until the end of next season at the earliest.

Guess you're running out of games now unless the postponed one's get added on in an extended season.

There's no extension to the season. Not sure if we'd ask Leigh to fulfil our home game with them but it'd have to be midweek and they have no motivation to play it.

We can still make the play-offs but it's a battle between five clubs for three spots and we realitically need to win our four remaining games.

Yep we have no margin for error at all now. The only plus is that all clubs fighting for the final places are playing each other too however not sure we have enough left judging by the manner of the performance served up against Cas.

Probably an Afghan who got out recently with a few million in his baggage

I think Hodgson made another error in bench selection last night which he has done now on several occasions
In a team lacking pace like we do and Shaul not available then surely Wynne would have been a better bench option than Johnstone.
Johnstone will never make a S/L player and needs to be moved on next season even if its a loan to pay his wages.
Wynne like Shaul could have taken the midfield role, or when we needed more at halfback we could have moved Connor and Wynne into the full back role
Once again last night Connors lack of pace was shown at full back but given the problem we have now in the halfs he will have to be moved to 6.
If Shaul is fit i would still have him playing in the middle with Wynne at full back to add some pace to the team.
Finally a word on Taylor.He has been out of action for a long period but surely you can keep your upper body in shape.
He is flabby,slow and still way of the mark for fitness.
For a professional athlete and the same with Fonua the shape they are in you have to ask questions not only to then but also the fitness coaches why they are in such bad shape.

which we wont

Cant say I can argue with much of what you say. In regards to both Taylor and Fonua I'm not sure that ether of them looked particularly fit even at the start of the season. I know BH style seems to be quite laid back but think sometimes that maybe can be a bit of a negative.

We certainly lack within the squad which BH is trying to address but fro me the lack of speed and the way we laboured last night just highlighted how slow we are particulary our ruck speed and at 9 which is so pedestrian.

Leigh have nothing left to play for, both Gelling and Hood would do a job for us until the end of the season. Swapsies for Johnstone and whoever?

That's what I'd be trying to do, but I think we'll just sit on our backsides and do nothing.

Anthony Gelling went back home to NZ early in June. By far the best 'back' we have had in our squad this season.

Contrary to the majority on here I don't think Tag was any crapper than most.
Bureta was about our best mind, the only one we've decided to ship out.
And considering our attacking options on the last, to put it kindly, are fairly limited, are we the most ineffective team for getting anywhere near challenging when we decide to put it in the air?

You wanna swap Hood for Johnstone?