May be just me but I find it pretty hard to be critical of a side that is top of the league having scored.
286 points in just 7 games. At the start of the season the talk. Was about can we make the top 4. I would like to think were thinking about possibly winning it now.lets enjoy been the championship 1s barcelona.#bestteam# .and get behind the lads. c o y d

Read Tony Miller in the RL Express and you will find that even the coach was not happy about what happened in defence, and he said he would look at tightening it up.
Sorting that will make us a much harder team to beat and teams like the Cumbrian sides will look to expose weaknesses like that if we don't sort it.
There is nothing wrong with being good and wanting to be better.
That is what progression is all about and that must be our goal.

very profound SO - are these words from Star Trek by any chance ?

terrible diction mate !

it should be 'to go boldly...' - typical yanks !

mustn't split your infinitives !!!

anyway,sounds yet another satisfactory display from the lads - how much influence is Mr Cooke having after all the pre season hype ?

COYD

Just doing the MoM vote...can someone post the team so I can confirm I have it right

Butterfield
Colton
Cowling
Waterman
Hodson
Cooke
Fawcett
Castle
Kesik
O'Loughlin
Spurr
Lawton
Edwards

Emmitt
Powley
Spiers
Welsh

not entirely sure which way round Spurr and Lawton were on teamsheet but they were both second row

Cheers, thats what I had...just in a slightly different order!

I would think that playing with better quality players must rub off on other players - I know Steve Menzies has been inspirational with the younger lads at Perpignan for example - even Trent Robinson is in awe of the guy not only with his skill and experience but his incredible appetite for the game at his age

what's the expression ?

' form is temporary but class is permanent '

To watch cookie during the game. Urging .prompting.advising.praising.even consoling.let alone the individual pieces of brilliance.from the man.is a lesson to other players and worth the entrance fed alone.~ lets have more of it.

I meant fee ! Predictive is yank

Did you see the rollocking he gave someone when he almost played the ball to no-one after the turn over!

Had a good chat with a Dons leading light a few weeks ago about Paul Cooke. He has settled in really well, his attitude his first class and they are really buzzing about what he brings to the club and especially his efforts in bringing about a more professional attitude and responsibilty to the lads who have not played at his level. It does appear the the blokes influence is paying off.

Cookes vision is excellent. He seems to pick out players to pass to that others don't consider as being as part of the play.