We are not back to hogging the swimming pool down at total fitness again are we??

You would think having a small pack we would chance moving the ball more, on paper our outside backs look good, does make you wonder why we try to plunder in the middle at times.

And with that it makes us predictable to defend against.

Painfull at times is bang on.

Agree entirely with this thread. The number of "drop off" plays that Smith ran for Armor and Wilkes were predictable from the north stand so god knows how easy it was to read from down there on the pitch. The halves can only play behind the pack in front of them and sadly ours isnt going anywhere. People on here have been pointing out the lack of forwards - could Matt James be any worse ? Why sign Sykes when a prop is whats needed ?

When we gave the ball air it was slow and looped through the air allowing defenders to simply slide into position.

But for me the lazy defence has cost us in the last two. London and Cas had lines that rushed up to eet our forwards making it difficult to leave our own ten. By contrast our line is static, allowing their forwards the momentum in the collision and driving our defence back. London and cas were always finishing sets on half way, whereas we reverted to running sideways and kicked ( badly ) from our own thirty.

Tim Smith is becoming to look increasingly like Tommy Lee as each week goes by, lazy drop off balls, poor passing, little if any attacking the defence. We all know he's capable of more but he hasn't shown anything near the quality we are looking for, we need more from a vital position like this.

This has been a problem all season, you can clearly see our defence waiting for the opposition to run at them! Nigel Bell and the likes were 'up and at 'em' - get into their faces and show them their going nowhere. I noticed against Cas' that by the time the ball had been passed from the PTB the opposition were on the player at first receiver. Not offside, just quick and keen and doing what we should be doing. Basic stuff really -part of an attitude that can win games but we seem not to have it.