When Tony Smith came to our club he made two massive statments.
1 got rid of Martin Gleesson..
2 Dropped Lee Briers..
We all thought he had lost his marbles,I am sure he will turn things around and in the near future no one will look forward to facing Warrington Wolves home or away again..

Similar. I wasn't saying they were the worst, just using them to disprove your daft point.

Im disappointed Briers didn't step up when Myler got injured

The team needs to give the tackle bags some hammer this week. Too much s cragging and not enough solid tackles going in resulting in Catalans breaking the line on too many occasions. Right across the board tackles were missed. GOB seemed to be one of the only ones who had read the tackling manual.

Always interesting to see the posters who only contribute when we get beat.

How good was Higham in that first half though? I was looking through my hands in the second hlaf.

Always busier on this board when people have something to moan about!

I thought Higham was our best player today, and not for the first time this season.

Yeah i'm noticing that. I'm a longtime Wire fan but a newbie to these boards, can't believe how negative the vibe seems to be though.

I'm not convinced that there is anything that TS needs to sort out. From memory we weren't in blistering form at the start of last season either, it was only once the summer months rolled around that we hit our peak and reeled in the Pie Crusters. Given our relatively easier schedule for the next couple of months I would be surprised if we don't go into the Leeds and Hull fixtures in June in something resembling decent form and performances.

Exactly what I think....the hard away fixtures all completed!

Poor discipline was a really heavy contributing factor in our defeat today,we cant afford to keep giving teams as many penalties as we did today. We were the same against Saints and Widnes, We need to cut it out!

Re. penalties...the team are giving the same stupid penalties away week after week ,these professionals know exactly what they are doing wrong & should be able to correct the situation.

so in a nutshell: we are !

It's a test for the coach, I agree. We're not playing well at the moment other than in spells. He's paid well to sort these issues and I'm sure he will.

As an amateur, if it were me, I'd start by focusing on improving our discipline and completion rate. By being poor at both were surrendering territory and possession. That impacts everything, including attack and pereceived 'fitness' (with emphasis on the word perceived cos no one has the first clue how fut they are).

With an even share of possession and territory, we'll win most of our games because of the quality of our players. I appreciate the way we play is high risk but there's a time and place. If we clean those up, well be top 3 easy.

Personally, and I'm probably not the only one on here, there is a definite sense of trying not to panic at the moment.

I've been happy enough to go along with the whole 'playing poorly/still winning' line and the 'look how Leeds did it last year' thing too, but if we are being honest, then its fair to say there is a bit of a rot set in at the moment, which needs stopping pretty rapidly.

Performances are getting worse, certain individuals are way, way off form and some are looking, I hate to say it, a little old and past their use-by date.

I'm sure Tony Smith has it all in hand, but at this point in time, I'm a little worried that there are 3 or 4 sides who are just that bit stronger than us at present....Not that there is much in it - A sudden change in form and we might just be back to our exciting best, however, at present, I'm probably half empty, rather than half full.....

We need to go back to basic rugby league.Leave the fancy stuff out.

if we'd have cut out the silly penalties,the game might have been a lot closer today imo

It is the basics that we are not hitting on, a few players are a little out of sorts.. nice to see Myler getting stick on here even when he went off early on!!

It's April and nothing is won now and three games is all it takes to finish top dogs of SL

But some players are getting close to the end of there careers, but I think we have enough coming through the ranks to stop worrying, nailing season tickets to trees, even throwing our shirts on to the pitch!!

Didn't think ball control was too bad today in the shape of rauhihi moves. As I've said elsewhere I'm very VERY worried about our inability to defend.

I don't know if we've gone into this season attempting lo replicate what Leeds did last year but that's a dangerous game to try. also if it's some weird way to get some 'harder' games than last year, it's not working

next 6 fixtures (league)
22nd april castleford home
6th may salford home
20th may wakefield away
26th may widnes at etihad
3rd june HKR away
10th june leeds home
im sure we will be well and truly firing after these games and the opening to the season will be all forgotten

A few things for us to remember;

1/ We are not as good as we think.
2/ Every team needs 2 half backs on the pitch at any 1 time.
3/ Our pack is too old.
4/ o Brien is our hb alomgside Briers.
5/ This hammering has been long overdue
6/ Anymore trips to Australia should be scrapped
7/ Hodgson's best years were at Huddersfiels, and yet, he is still 1 of our best playes.
8/ Westwood ( alongside Nat Woods) has been our best signinging in the last 20 years.
9/ We miss Louis Anderson......see number 8.
10/ Smith, by his record, will not be here next year.
11/ Catalans are a very under-rated team, and in Scott Dureau have ( Alongside Young Sam at Wigan) the best ball-playing-thinker in the game
12/ Bridge is a Hb and not a centre.
13/ Myler should be immediately given back to Widnes.

The team is going nowhere fast, and quickly becoming the Man City of RL.

Won a packet today, but that was bloody annoying.

deary me

GOB didn't actually play today.

Get a grip for god sake

A few things i agree with

1/ We are not as good as we think.
2/ Every team needs 2 half backs on the pitch at any 1 time.
5/ This hammering has been long overdue
8/ Westwood ( alongside Nat Woods) has been our best signinging in the last 20 years.
9/ We miss Louis Anderson......see number 8.
11/ Catalans are a very under-rated team, and in Scott Dureau have ( Alongside Young Sam at Wigan) the best ball-playing-thinker in the game