Our one biggest problem, is fans think we're a lot better than we really are. When we get hammered against a top team, it's a shambles/disgrace and all that jazz. We need to accept the fact we are an average team, with average players.

Sandercock has his remit, improve things from the bottom upwards over a period of time.
If he's to achieve this, then Rovers' board need to offer the likes of Taylor a contract, that will match his importance to us over the next 5 years and beyond.

i'm not inspired with confidence in sandchebs so far though, most press conferences sound defeatist at best and surely he can tell/coach his team to not give stupid penalties away

It's a simplistic view though. rovers were giving away penalties because they couldn't get near to matching wigan's intensity and the pace they were playing at. As soon as that intensity dropped, rovers got some ball and started to look better, however it was purely down to wigan dropping off. When we played wigan a couple of weeks ago they played like that for about 60 minutes. It was great to watch as a rugby fan but painful as a Hull one

At least we didn't get dry bummed on our own muck, record defeat at KC in Superleague, wasn't it?

After McDonnell taking out Wigans 14th man, sign him on! Shocked at the VR decision, the ref stopped McDonnell being in position to stop the try, should have been wiped off for me.

So that's where he's been going wrong, he needs to [itell[/i the players not to give penalties away & to tackle correctly.
FFS.

True, but at least we didn't have a full strength team out.

Our team for that game was like you playing without:

webster
welham
green
dobson
withers
galea
o'hara
taylor

And playing chris chester on the bench

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kinda part of his job imo to improve the team, surely these two aspects being sorted would improve things.....

I agree, but these are full time professional players, not 7 year olds learning how to tackle. He shouldn't have to tell them to do it, it's just basics.

Yes it was and no you haven't

We had almost 4 years of people defending agar, saying much the same thing. We then get in a coach who knows what he's doing and it suddenly improves

This.

I take on board the "building" remit, but any coach has to also maintain an eye on the here & now, otherwise fickle fans stop at home and gates will dwindle, making the long term business plan all the more difficult. The most worrying aspect of last night was our LH edge defence, although I do appreciate the sportsmanship of Welham when patting Tomkins on the back on his way to the try line.

I felt like leaving after 25 mins. I spent 90 quid last night, maybe Sandercock could cheer up a little, at least he got paid for watching that steaming pile of turd.

Your right about improving from the bottom, tackling around the legs is where id start.

Wasn't it funny how none of the commentators mentioned whether McDonnell COULD have tackled Mossop.

There lies the problem, they aren't 7 year old kids no, but a lot of them can't tackle.

I'm still hopeful that Sandercock will come good, its a new role for him ateotd, he's learning as he goes,