I agree, Gaz Moore has been one of the better players all season. The fact that we cant accommodate Johnston in the squad with the current players available is no fault of Gaz Moore.

I also agree that Murrell has been a bit off the pace lately and would probably be best suited at Loose forward, isn't that where he played his super league years?

Not sure what the answer is but we are currently playing worse than last season in all aspects of the game, attack is void of ideas and defensively we have eased off, not hitting hard, not moving up quickly, letting some very sloppy tries in.

Last year our squad was too small and now its too big in some respects, we need to try and keep a consistent team together without change but then what happens to the guys patiently waiting their turn? They get p*ssed off with not playing and morale takes a hit. Not an easy thing to manage and right now we certainly aren't getting the combination right to suit the team

There is also the fact that other teams are stronger than last season and thus increasing the comp for top 4. London, Fev, Batley all stronger than last season. Plus i would say the teams promoted are holding their own making it a very tough league.

I am still fully behind Richard M, give him time to sort it out. What happened to "in Marshall we trust". I think at times some people lose a grip of reality in where we are in terms of a club these days. We aren't entitled to be in the top 4, we have to fight for it and I'm sure we will. We didn't get going last season until midway through the season so lets hope this year will be the same.

The next couple of games are massive now.

Up the Fax

No changes to 19 man squad from Batley game apart from Mitch returning in place of Ben Johnston. I genuinely don't know what game Marshall watched on Sunday because it wasn't the same one I did.

Saxton out on loan to York.

These guys now really need to step up and prove they are the starting 17, if not RM has got to bite the bullet and make some very definite changes to how we are set up and how we play.

Friday night is massive as far as I'm concerned, time to put up.

Gareth Moore has been one of the most consistent players of the season, as well as best. The criticism's made are strange. He is also our top try scorer I believe...

Murrell has struggled for a few weeks and I actually thought he went well against Dewsbury at Loose Forward. Jonno and Moore didn't particular click that day, but we won, it was a working progress and so on. Not sure why we have not gone this way again.

The same mistakes are recurring weekly and the same players are busting a gut each week. Some need to raise individuals levels massively if we are going to get some sort of run going.

Seems Aston still thinks the Seagulls can reach the top 4 so we must be in with a hell of a chance, but only if we improve our defence.