Quote ="TRB"Had a couple of discussions about where we are going wrong on the pitch today and came to the conclusion that the missing ingredient in our side in 'Mongrel'.
Take out Cockayne and, to a lesser degree Aiton and perhaps Mathers, are our side too nice? We have hand picked this group of young men all of whom you would take home to your mothers for tea, but that's not is needed in a RL side.
If you look at just about all the top sides, they have players who really pee you off, because they bend, and often break, the rules. Leeds have Bailey, JJB and even Webb, amongst others, who, as an opposition fan, you tend to despise when playing. Wigan have O'Loughlin and Tomkins and Hock. We used to have the Marchies, Monty and even Solomona, who would 'mix it up' for themselves and for the team.
This current side don't strike me as having any of that play inside them, they just want to 'play it by the rules', which looks nice, but must be even nicer to coach against!
I will reiterate what I said about Sunday's performance - forget 'time to bond' - our side will have cost more to put together than the one we played on Sunday. The opposition were made up of several 'cast-offs' and there was a sprinkling of junior players in their side - are we scared of Greg Eden now - and yet they made our (almost) full first team squad look second rate. If that is progress on our behalf then I don't want it - I want a side that can win a game of RL - especially when the opportunities are presented to us on a plate.
=#FF0000Have our side come off the pitch once looking like they had nothing left to give?
In summary - I want more than the side are giving me and I do not intend to apologise to anyone for doing so!'"
don't agree with it all TRB but this is the main thing. any coach at any sport will tell you you should have left everything on the pitch and when you leave the pitch you should have nothing left to give. as you say, it isn't happening with some players.
