I've thought for a while Smith is the best 13 in the comp. It's unbelievable to me that he's not in the England squad

Not really bothered about England set up. Wane will pick his chums. Just pleased he’s playing well for us…..

Agree. I’d make him capt as well

Let’s hope Rohan builds a new great era and it’s more than a mere overture.

No coach is "locked in"
There won't be a knee jerk reaction to current erratic form.
But there will be an assessment at the end of the year.
If we finish 5th to 8th, it will be - let's continue the rebuild.
If we finish 9th or 10th, he might not be so "locked in".

Just need a concerted effort to be more composed.

It will be interesting to see who has learned the most from that game - Peet or Smith. In a week's time we will find out

I'll put my money on peet....

Might well be the case although the facts don't bear that out. So far it's Smith 3 - Peet 0 with a points tally of 102 to 38. Two of those games were at Wigan.

I just think smith is set in his ways. peet is more flexible in his approach

Both good coaches , but we’re at home and should have the edge after last week. Confidence will be high

I can see a repeat of last week score wise, but with either team winning as we are so chronically inconsistent.

It'll be interesting to see if the approach/philosophy changes with it being knock out rugby.

very interesting.
was last weeks second half a flash in the pan like v catalan.
or is it the start of a consistent run of form and playing for 80 minutes not 40.
intriguing game ahead

Given the way we play, I don’t really see us being consistent with the current players we have. We will always have good patches and bad patches because we don’t play the same way other teams do. We will be up and down, hot and cold. If we start to play and it sticks we get more confident and are brilliant, if it doesn’t stick it can compound and get worse and worse.
I just think it is unrealistic to ask for a consistent run of performances, there is no indication we play in a way for that to happen.

should we not adapt how we play to achieve consistency? that's what good teams do after all

It is consistency in September and October that we need

really? sure about that? carry on like this we won't make the play offs

It wont be needed unless things improve

We're four points off 2nd, having played Wigan, Saints and Wire away from home. Form has been patchy (at some points poor) but I suspect our fortunes will improve with the weather.

Inconsistent yes, incapable no. I'd be a lot more concerned if we were consistently beating the likes of cas, Leigh and Salford but utterly failing to put a dent in the likes of saints, Wigan or Catalans. So, while we clearly have problems they could be ones far more difficult to turn around, i.e. if the bulk of the players clearly weren't good enough.

the reason we lost to the likes of cas is we gave them a huge leg up by being passive and on the back foot. we invite pressure.
we need to get on the front foot early, lay down a marker and dominate. I hate these ridiculous tactics. why invite teams to score points??? each to there own I guess

It seems to have escaped everybodys attention on here that our defense hasn't been as passive the last couple of weeks. It isnt massive aggresive in your face but it has been moving up and giving away less yards than previously. Seems like everyone is on the "Get rid of passive defense" bandwagon without watching what is actually happening

Exactly that. Just because John Wilkin blathers on about it on SKY doesn't mean it's true. Our defence, by and large, has been very good all season. It's the volume of it (largely the result of silly errors) that has been the problem. It does seem like some want us to mirror the high pressure 5 drives and a kick stuff that is fashionable around the game, notably at Hudds and Wigan. But ask yourself how our approach has fared in direct opposition to those teams? Pretty well I'd suggest. I'd much prefer us to try and stick with some good football while endeavouring to reign in some of the sillier high risk stuff. As I said in a previous post dry weather will help tremendously in that regard.

no aggression, no go forward. frankly if there is an improvement its very little