And why did we have only two props?

Is it anything to do with the fact that we have knowingly and happily started the season with an embarrassing total of FOUR established props and THREE established back rowers in the whole squad?

Now we have an average injury list (much less than some other sides) and we're unlucky again are we?

I hope for your sake you do not genuinely believe every word you write.

Sorry Seb I forgot about hws.

After reading this board for many years I think this is the first time I've ever agreed with you. : wink:

Says the little boy sat in his little Australian ivory tower.

Have you enrolled for those English lessons yet?

Or are we too busy boiling badly soiled socks after the stimulant that is Bowden, Green, Nicklas, Kent , Cunningham etc...?

We 'happily' started the season with four props? Or did we sign who was available and willing to come for the money we had spare? Jesus wept.

No need too, they don't speak it over here.

And it's a big tower.

Ignore Seb, he's just a poor Rovers troll.

Gentle and McCrae have been directly asked that question more than once (actually by me on the first Gentle interview). The answer was that we do have squad depth and they are happy with the squad in general.

Our academy forwards will step up when needed apparently.

The basic fact is that you just cannot start a season with a paper thin pack of forwards because the nature of the game dictates that you will often have a decent amount of them unavailable. Then what? Play with 15 men perhaps?

Oh the irony !!!

What a disgrace last night,a mediocre salford side turns us over again.Can someone tell me what has changed from the last few years,no wonder salford chose parish over gentle. Gentle says "Iam not frightened to play my youngsters" isn't that what agar kept saying,and never did it.?? What is going to happen when we play anyone decent.? A good result against warry which when you look at it is a point gained,on the plus side,seymour played well as did tickle and mckinnon,but the rest seemed to get dragged down to salfords level.Depressing.!

spot on,this was my fear when gentle took over,the expectations are to high after the last few years of dissapointment,they are expecting miracles from gentle,things are not going to be turned round in the space of a season,gentle is a very good coach but hes not a miracle worker,its going to take time,the club has been ripped apart from top to bottom.

And some fans. Narrow defeat away from home - hardly catastrophic derailment of the project, is it?
You'll do alright, with the odd blip along the way. You won't be routinely smashing SL opposition, this year at least, I wouldn't have thought.

Agar clearly wasn't brilliant for you - but he didn't send out players with bags over their heads and their ankles tied together. He was part of the problem, but there are other issues to address, and it'll take time.

Look at it this way, I want you to be impatient for success.

Gentle will need to learn from this game. im of the opinion that he wanted to use the young lads last night as he assumed we wound win comfortably. when he realise we had a game on our hands, he sh@t his load n left tied men out way too long. clearly we went into the game with a game plan but then deviated from it.