The post was actually not by The Speculator (me) but by Speculator (someone else). Perhaps you should learn to read better?

Perhaps I should, but I can see the word "the" before it though, did you miss it? I was edging my bets and made it lower case.

he stabbed you with your own sword there RD

Cas are above Wire in the league for a reason. We have a few excellent players who'd get in any team. We also have some very poor players. Overall you're a better team than us. For sure. (Although I don't think you played well last night).

I'm not a fan of Ratchford at FB, I don't think he's good enough defensively (would he have put Carney into touch like Russell did a few weeks ago?) and he isn't intense enough in his running off the line. His best game for us this season was at Centre against Wigan!

Or shows that some supporters feel that we have a right to be successful and if we are not then it's due to a lack of effort. How about you stop wingeing till the off season, it's like a broken record.

Didn't realise I had someone else's username! Will ask for a different one.
No problem with speculation it's the whingeing that I find tedious. As for any criticism of me by Rubber Duckie...I wear that badge with pride.

It was a lass digging at him not me, I was just a backslapper, I learnt how to backslap from the best there is.

There's a delicious irony in RD being duffed up on the internet by 'the speculator' and 'speculator'.

Great, can you read it again then, rubber duckie is lower case, perhaps there is someone else with a username like me?

if you're referring to me.. i always went after you on my own... there was no backslapping... Anyway, I don't really do it anymore as that market is flooded these days

Ratchford was terrible last night. I don't remember him having a worse game in the P&B. He was thrown around like a ragdoll when tackled.

It was difficult to watch him at times.

Ratchford and Currie both last night. We were just shouting 'drop your knee' randomly at the TV.

Far from wanting new players,we need someone to get them all pulling in the same direction, singing from the same hymn sheet. The whole season has been reminiscent of the last days of Cullen ,with Nero Smith fiddling while Rome was burning all around. The players we have are no worse than throughout the league, but they need a leader & the club needs to sort out whatever is wrong in the dressing room.

It didn't quite resonate as much as "geerrrr in to em!"

What about Cory Patterson @ Salford? He seems to be unsettled according to reports on BBC etc and I think he could adjust easily to SL and add a bit more grunt which is lost when Sims and Hill go off for a rest.

+1

I could live with him coming to the Wire

I like him, I like Rangi Chase too, but can he play prop?

I don't believe for a minute that so many of our players have gone from either good/mediocre to poor in the space of one season or less.

I think Simms gave us the biggest hint with his 'clear the air meeting' - TS won't of liked that comment as it came across as by-passing the hierarchy. I doubt Simms or any other player will be making comments like that again.

Like I said - I find it too much of a coincidence that a handful of our players have distanced themselves from passion and teamwork.

Did anyone notice how desperate and deflated Hill looked after the Cas game? My worry is Hill will lose his heart too - he must be majorly concerned about his work rate and lack of results of late - I know I would!!

For me something is seriously wrong at the club that goes deeper than individual performances. I hope I am wrong but that is my gut feeling.

Cory Paterson played for Hull KR before Salford. He got unsettled there too & went back home,i think mid season. He seems a very aggressive,but dirty player too. Would he become unsettled with us & want to be off on his travels ?

Despite his enthusiasm, Patterson is a walking end of a bell. We already have the disciplinary committee ringing up Westwood, every time he looks at a player, sternly. They'd have a field day, with Patterson.


Going back a few posts, naming a few Cas players. I'd have Michael Shenton wearing a Wire shirt, in a heartbeat. Good centre's pace, great hands, can beat a man, a brain. What's not to like.

...and had his chance with a big club, failed.

No thanks.

So him and Stains never got on, big deal.

You can't deny his attributes, though. Plus, he's better than what we've currently got.

my mums better than atkins and shes far faster than joel not bad for someone whos living in manny road opposite chevvies..

RIP Sir Adrian Morley's Mother