No accountability or responsibility for the poor performances and disappointing that they are not taking advantage of the time to continue the 'work in progress' as so far they have produced very little. Another example for me of the club not being as professional as it should or could be and more a cozy and soft club.
Yes I know players are entitled to a break etc but come on this guy so far has missed half the games played and just not delivered anything so far.

Never thought in all my years of following and supporting the club I'd lose interest in it or the game itself but honestly I'm finding it harder to get myself to games these days as its feeling more and more like a slog rather than enjoyment.

Couldn't agree more to be honest.

The reality of the 3 halves of rugby without Connor points towards us being a one man team. If the captain of the club (who has missed nearly two months in total through suspension this season already) would rather spend his time on holiday then being on the training pitch working hard to resolve our attacking problems, then why should we bother? 100% players are entitled to breaks, but as you say, there is zero accountability.

Its a rollercoaster supporting this club. The win against Wigan feels like a lifetime ago.

A reminder that the "work in progress" was the Mail's words, not Hodgson's.

As poor as the half backs have been I wouldn't expect them to cancel family holidays to stay at home and do extra training.

Presumably most clubs players have holidays booked. I saw Matt Pryor at Leeds Bradford airport on Saturday.
As we all know the club like to drip feed signings. It wouldn’t surprise me if all deals are done but the club are just waiting to announce..

For me it wouldn’t be classed as extra training. It should be the norm? It is still the season?

We often hear coaches bemoan the fact that, due to the number of games, they don’t have time to work on things with the players in training.

This would have been the ideal time to do that?

Perhaps this is the time that sorts out those players that are prepared to go that bit extra to be successful?

It was a planned two week break because of the England game so presumably players from all clubs are taking the opportunity for time away - even from clubs lower than us in the table. Personally I don't begrudge them, it's a long season from pre-Christmas training up to mid Septermber or November for those involved in the World Cup.

We don't, of course, know how long players have gone away for or whether they has a personal training programme to follow.

Don't see Gale or any player having a break an issue at all.

I think Gale has been on a break for quite some time.

break is his middle name

Hodgson Shenton doing a top job with the young kids. I think next year we will see some more start to push through. Am sure they are in a better position than most to see when the young guns are ready to step up. Looks like he's putting his long term plan into place.

Looks like Shenton is, what is Hodgson doing?

Indeed seems like Shenton & Riding are doing a great job and also interesting to hear in the piece on Kye Armstrong that Ellis goes down and Kirk Yeaman is mentioned as going there a lot.