Can't see us being top 3 now Charlie, just settle with getting a top 8 place and move on, shift the deadwood. Come on Eagles!

Keep the faith Danny , my ancestors never gave up , there was Carolis at the Alamo , Battle of the Little Big Horn ,Rourkes Drift , and Battle of the Bulge , someone asked me where the Carolis from a Military background ?I said NO , they just loved Trouble .

Pathetic today. All the goodwill built up over the last few seasons in just about dissipated for me. Lack of direction on and off the field? Where is the club heading?

With have been to the last 3 grand finals winning two of them, this season has been a disappointment but thats sports especially rugby league for a team with our crowds we cant be contenders year after year.

Where is the club heading ? getting the new stadium at don valley is a must if we have to continue to play at Owlerton the club will survive but unlikely to challenge for the top places and mid table may become the norm

It left when we went to Owlerton. Better than leaving Sheffield though and they saved our club so can't grumble too much. The spirit was magnificent last week but all seems to have drained out this week. 'Funny old game'

Sometimes you also have to credit the opposition! Apart from the first try we clamped the ball carrier to prevent second and third phase play, were onto your backs quickly to prevent momentum and varied our attacks. We have been inconsistent this season but yesterday was a good performance.

There have been some strange results and performances so far this season, and I can only see more to come. Promotion and relegation has certainly put different pressures on top and bottom sides this year.

I know you've heard it before, but you deserve more than Owlerton, with its poor views and rip off prices.

Not sure you've read my blog Dreamer, but I've said that you were the better side throughout and totally deserved the victory. Handforth pulled the strings magnificently and we couldn't handle him or your big lads.

It was ridiculously bad from our point of view though, didn't put up a fight at all and our no fear play seems to have seeped away since our move back to Owlerton. Owlerton is a terrible place for RL, we admit that, but it's that or leave Sheffield, and there's no chance we was going to reject a place in Sheffield over any outskirt area.

My bad, didn't realise it was your blog. Good review.

Are you saying that all the goodwill would've remained had those same results and performances happened at Don Valley ?

You're now making a different point.

I went off on a tangent then haha! To answer your question, the goodwill wouldn't have remained the same no, and the fans would have complained like they have done similarly to recent performances. I just think that the players entered Owlerton thinking all the hard work and goodwill created within the camp in past seasons had been undone, knowing the ground was hardly Championship standard, no mind any higher.

By the way, that's no excuse for any bad performances at Owlerton, we've not helped ourselves one bit and have had to rely on great away form to get us to a shoddy 7th.

The team lacks confidence, and has become dependent on a few players. We miss player such as Armstrong, Szostak and Higgins; some of the new replacements look good on paper but are not delivering

Agree completely. Hirst being injured doesn't help us either. Tagaloa was obviously rated highly by Aston but hasn't been in the same league as Armstrong, yet. Szostak was one of the best backrowers in the league and made more successful tackles than anyone. Just got to keep sticking by the lads and hope with time comes good performances.