I've no problem with Arona at prop...think he's been one of our best players this season...was excellent when he first came...very consistent...had a dip in form over a season or two but had a horrid time with injuries. Capable of doing a very good job at prop for me though when the whole pack is playing well...

Without Dave we do lack a bit of size but a smaller mobile pack doesn't automatically say you're going to lose against a bigger pack....in games we've played well in, the forwards have run hard. got decent quick play the balls and at times got good offloads out...when we play like that we're a handful. Last night we just seemed to lack energy from the start....the play the balls were the slowest we've had this season by a country mile...we were completely dominated in the rucks and not one forward got an offload away all night so no second phase stuff which made us easy to defend against. That's why I'd put last night down to the short turnaround rather than anything else.....

I don't think I've seen you say any of the players aren't good enough or criticise and yet they perform poorly on a regular basis. It's almost like what is reflected in your posts aren't accurate in terms of what is produced on the pitch. The working for the club comment is a tongue-in-cheek attempt at squaring that circle. I was also very grumpy after that result so may have overreacted a tad...

Tanginoa hasn’t won an NRL Grand Final, played international rugby for his country or played over 60 NRL games….

Well, I'm thinking we haven't got much money, more than there isn't much available, although I suppose it is a bad time of the season to be looking to recruit, other than perhaps season-long loan players?

No just the rest of the dross that’s been dumped on us, and how Kelepi is performing at present he could be added to that list real soon for me .

I looked at Brad Fash last night for Hull ,barnstorming in both attack and defence plus does a bit of finger nibbling as a sideline , he made it look easy ,in fact there were more than him putting themselves about and what to me looked like great home grown talent on show . We have the young talent we just need to get that passion and pride rammed down their throats more than just the odd game .I really don’t know what the answer is to getting them up for the fight on a more regular basis ,have we too many hangers on who spoil the dynamics of the team ,I’m sure Willy will leave no stone unturned to get us back to something like a competitive team who look like their enjoying their rugby whilst putting some pride back into the club .