<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s><B><s>[b]</s>ian.birchall posted:<e>[/b]</e></B><br/> that got me so enthusiastic last week at Leeds?<br/> We were once again devoid of most of our attacking skills, we even seem to have forgotten that old idea of a high ball into the corner for Richards to leap, catch and TR...

At least Smith could use the post as his excuse. Ashton has no excuse for dropping the ball from the kick off - no wind, sun behind him, ball wasn't slippy. I think the leeds supporters had the last laugh.

<t>It's back to giving away penalties which cost us dearly. We did our best to slow the game down and got caught out! There's no excuse for the penaties we conceded. How many times did we get penalised for a high/grapple tackle? 5 or 6 and generally they were late in the tackle count and it was like...

<t>Unfortunately he isn't a leader. Danny Orr had more about him when we conceded a try tonight. Orr tried to rally the team but O'Loughlin did very little to motivate the players. I agree, it's time for a change of captain.<br/> <br/> EDIT by DaveO: Well you and the rest got in quick while I was ab...

<t>I think Wigan Saint has just about got it right. Great game. Lots of ifs, should have's, could have's and maybes but I think Saints were just too strong although I'd disagree about it being comfortable, there were parts of the second half where it could have turned our way but Saints weathered th...

I'd happily (relatively so) go with the first 18 on that list and drop the last two.

KB's in your first 18, Rob. Would you like to rethink?

<t>You're right. Noble's got to make some tough choices. No point in keeping the big names if they aren't performing. DM struggled again in defence last night. BN could either do as you suggest, or move across one of the second rowers to help Moran in defence, but that weakens us elsewhere. All in a...

<t>We know we can win at Wakefield, we've already done it this year in the cup. We need to nullify Solamona for a start and play with more confidence. For a team bottom of the league, playing like a team at the bottom, to win away from home is a big ask. However, I think we'll win, but it will be cl...

<t>It's true Rooney is up before the disciplinary tomorrow. It shouldn't matter whether he plays or not, we should be capable of winning away at Wakefield. The trouble is, we need every advantage we can get at the moment and I'm hoping he'll get a match ban at least. It's a sorry state of affairs th...

<t>I agree Logan did have a good game but the difference between us and other teams is that they have a Danny McGuire waiting for the offload. How many times did the forwards take the ball forward whilst the backs watched and waited for the play the ball? Logan had his arms free to off load a few ti...