Is it me or are we simply a mirror image of how FC played the game during his days at Shedingly?

E.g. Not really aggressive, workaday, a very occasional spark of something good but generally when faced with an aggressive opposite number would disappear from the game.

For me, we are the same as that, but on a full team basis (Elliot Kear apart IMO)

We may not have the most talented squad but there is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for ANY member of the current team to be dominated from minute zero to minute 80 like we currently are.

WE NEED TO BE MORE MONGREL FOR THE WHOLE 80 MINUTES!

We need to show no respect for any opposition players

We need to introduce a bit of needle and 'in your face' aggression.

Following Singleton's 'tackle' on Fakir our players seem to run for the stands after the Rhinos players ran in ... we need another Bernard Dwyer, Graeme Bradley, David Boyle etc type player... (remember Jon Scales ragging Gary Connolly into touch and beyond?)

Is it me or am I just still too upset and over reacting over the complete lack of any passion, fire, spirit last night?

FC has had 2 months of the season to instil some attitude into the players, but I fear the team will remain 'nice' throughout the season and we wave Super League goodbye ... unless we get a new coach soon!

You will see plenty Mongrel next season in the Championship .

...stood with their owners at the side of the pitch.

Jimmy Lowes - must be bored to death in RU.

It's not the same. Brian Mac & Anderson played to the limits of their talents, they ran as fast as they could, putting their bodies on the line. Which is different to my reservations about Cummins as a player. I played under numerous coaches, some you would give more for.

It comers down to basic man management to me TT, and yes, I agree there are managers you would 'pull out all the stops for', and probably some you maybe wouldn't do the 'extra mile' for.

I used to work in a place that would promote managers from the shop floor, and the general opinion amongst the 'troops' was that it was [i:s9kcmg40always[/i who got promoted. However, whilst that was occasionally thrown back at the manager when they asked for 'extra' effort, usually, the better man managers could, using only their personality, take the shop floor with them.

So, it depends much more on Cummins' management skills in his own particular work area, and this ability is of more importance in taking the players with him than how he played the game, imo.