I’d predict 7th/8th. However, we are generally defending okay even with other teams having ALL the possession and territory due to our discipline.

If we can cut out the errors and indiscipline, we concede even less tries. How we sort out the attack I really don’t know I hope it’s just the time of year and the lack of practice together. To be fair to Paul Cullen his teams’ attacking qualities were something to enjoy (if you ignore the defence and attitude and drinking etc)... maybe we can bring him back as a consultant

Don't get me wrong, not a personal attack I was just interested to know who would replace him if we were to go that way. I would have thought it an equally uninspiring choice had it been Chester instead of Price to begin with, but given it looks like another good season for Wakefield I'd snap him up in a heartbeat now. Only difference now is we don't have the luxury of plenty of time for the change. Would he come? Would board be happy with another expensive payoff to the current manager, and presumably to Wakefield? He'd still be stuck with the core of Tony Smith's team so would it make any difference? All hypothetical as there's no way the club is gonna ditch a manager after 6 or 7 games.

Too early to judge Price after 6 games anyway, as bad as things may seem.

By the time of the split, if we are 8th it above and then improve during the 8s we can get a better idea of what the future holds.

Cullen's team had the players to support that sort of game: Briers, Gleeson, Bridge, Grose, Fa'afili, Penny plus ball handling forwards like Vinnie Anderson, Wainwright and Leikvoll.

It was similar with Tony Smith, the business about "turgid rugby" only started being said about TS teams towards the end of his time, when Briers, King, the Monaghans, Hodgson, Hicks, Myler, Solomona, Waterhouse were there we played much more exciting stuff. Back then the complaint about being "predictable" was that the results were too predictable (we pretty much always won easily against the lesser sides) and only a small number of games in the season actually mattered, so the fans switched off a bit in some of the routine league wins.

Last season I thouht I was falling out of love with the game id followed for over 50 years. This year thankfully we're back together again - and that is not down to how many games we've won or lost - it's because I can see commitment from the players.

Two very good posts above. The players do look committed and I think the "flair" we previously showed was due to the individual flair of the players we had then as Sally said.
Right now the solution is going to be drilled moves and not "play what you see". This will take a long time on the training field to get right.

In terms of flair in the halves, I wish we had acted earlier and got Justin Holbrook. He was half back coach back in Australia and you can see how Danny Richardson has flourished under him. He may have made something of Patton.

Sooner or later I knew I'd reel you in.

Come on RD you weren't fishing

He was. His mind works on a superior level to us. We are merely pawns to be toyed with in his ideological game of forum chess.

Need to watch W71, he's smart.

I haven't got the hang of this "fishing " malarkey. Surely there must be more to it than making a stupid comment and then when challenged you claim to be fishing? Was Trump fishing when he said Russia had nothing to gain by interfering in the election?

I think that is as called lying?

I'm happy to keep you guessing.

In other news...isn't Price doing a great job.

....and you with a name like Hook. Disappointing

I wonder when they start talking to him about the new contract...

I think mid-season 2019 as he will have 18 months to run then and we can see if there is any further progression.

Joined on a two year deal didn’t he?

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Sorry you are quite correct. I'd be looking at a one year extension then now on the rationale that we gave him a 2 year deal when we didn't know much about him, now we do and it's largely positive, so retaining him to 2020 seems reasonable.

If I was Price I wouldn't be signing anything till after Wembley, if he wins that, his value goes up.

Pure coincidence, I am a big fan of one handed pirates is all.

Quote ="Captain Hook"Pure coincidence, I am a big fan of one handed pirates is all.'" "The making of an angry pirate is in everyman's hands" was his signature if I recall. I had to look it up on https://www.urbandictionary.com

Quote ="Captain Hook"Pure coincidence, I am a big fan of one handed pirates is all.'" "The making of an angry pirate is in everyman's hands" was his signature if I recall. I had to look it up on https://www.urbandictionary.com

Why are Pirates called Pirates?

Because they "aaarrgrgghhhhhh"

Oooooh arrrrrggggghhh they?