The ref is never going to give is a pen for the opposition players laying on in the tackle if our players dont fight to get up! We must be the only team in the league with no players fighting to play the ball quickly.

Good point, this slow play the ball business is spoiling the game. A couple of years ago, if Bradford had have employed the same tactics as they did on Friday night, they'd have given about 50 penalties away!

Some players did try for the 1st 15 minutes but when they realised it was going to make any difference they stopped.

The players shouldn't have to fight to get up up if the game is reffed correctly.

We definately don't fight enough to get off the floor, Wigan showed how to do it last week.

I think this is an area we need to improve in, especially with conditions getting better.

Definitely.

well it appears that the refs have been told to allow a longer wrestle which is a terrible decision and spoils the game. No point us fighting to get up if it makes no difference. This is a rugby league issue in general and not an fc one

we definatly struggle to play the ball fast...but we also really struggle when teams lie on us and slow us down......hopefully its summat that needs sorting out by agar and moore on the training field

Amen brother - if I wanted to watch that I'd stay at home with Royal Rumble or union

id rather scub my balls with sand paper and then sit in a vat of salt and vinger mix..........

hull have never fought to get up really, its pure laziness.

on a similar note a mate of mine was watching a bit of the crusaders game on friday in the pub, he knows nothing about sport and has no interest, but did manage to come out with "its like watching wrestling". super league has become a joke the last 3 seasons since the rfl decided the game should be played "like internationals". at the same time the aussies were speeding up to make the nrl more like super league.

Fri night was my first game of the season and at half time i said that if that is how rugly league is now being played that i wouldnt be coming again for a while. How anyone could think that a longer wrestle is an improvement is beyond me. Players were lieing all over each other and taking an eternity to move away as well as using the tackled player as an aid to getting up, slowly and it was happening on both sides. Thankfully the second half improved and so did my opinion of the game as a whole.

It is definitely detracting from the game as an entertaining contest. I'm sure we must be able to come up with multiple specific examples on video of unacceptable laying on/wrestling that's gone unpenalised for the RFL - not just in our games, in general. It needs sorting quickly IMO.

Stopped off in the supporters bar in the KC for a quick drink after the game and Dennis Moore came in and said the wrestle is becoming embaressing to watch. Cant really argue with him. Its also a total waste of players energy to fight to get up and play it quick if the refs are not going to give penalties for it.

It was embarrassing on Friday, particularly in the first half. Is there nothing we can do to try and lobby Red Hall about it? With extensive video footage that we capture, we must be able to put together loads of examples where it's been unacceptable, across our game and others'. Attendances generally are under pressure at the moment and slowing the game down and increasing/energy spent on the floor will do nothing to help.