Also stats don't always give the full story.

Of those 3 tackles did any lead to a try?

Likewise did any of the completed tackles stop a try, and so on.

The only issue I see with Butler is match fitness. If he works on this on and off the field there’s definitely some player in there. He’s had a solid start. I feel a few more matches good pre season will dim the world of good and we could see Butler at his best.

I’m not understanding where this animosity against Hood is coming from though. He’s been perfectly fine imo. He’s also a very strong defender which is useful in early exchanges. Suggesting Crowther at 9 instead of Hood seems absolutely diabolical imho. Crowther is a good 13, play him there.

Hood and Bowes should interchange at 9.

I agree. I'm happy with Hood.

But "dim the world of good"? Are you Voldemort?

Oh Hufflepuff

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Don’t you just love predictive text. It’s just laziness that I don’t spell check on here haha.

arguably this is one of the games of the weekend for the neutral along with wigan saints - hopefully it will encourage a few along to the stadium early. Im expecting Saturday to have a higher attendance than Sunday, although wigan and saints fans have a nasty habit of only coming and staying for their own games.
Should be a cracker - think nerves will play a big part for both sides though.

Of all Chesters star signings, Hood has turned out the best . However if you look at every SL hooker to me he ranks the lowest. He is solid defensively in the middle and tough but he lacks that zip,guile and skill of the modern day hooker. I think we lost some of that with Woody. He needs complimenting with someone sharper comming on later in the game and to me Crowther is not suited for that role.

Arrived in Newcastle. Sun is shining. Hoping for a win tomorrow.

Let’s hope so. This needs a thoroughly professional performance from the players. They need to go out there and be ready to rip Toulouse and their opposite number to pieces. There will be no excuse for lapses in effort tomorrow.

I do hope that we have considered Toulouse will attempt to spread the ball across the line and put some defensive structures in place to combat that.

Also from memory Bott is a danger close to the line with his change of direction so I hope we close him down well.

I land back at 6pm so I hope I have a recording to watch rather than one just to delete.

Lol

3 of us going, the last magic i could get to was Anfield, so looking forward to experiencing another iconic football stadium. Like you, hopeful not expectant. I doubt Toulouse will be lacking in enthusiasm and desire, let's hope we are up for it.

I really don’t want to sound disrespectful but we need to go out tomorrow with the intention of blowing Toulouse to small pieces. Be aggressive in the right areas and clinical on the edges with good ball movement.

Like against Wigan. We started to look dangerous when we the ball went through a few pairs of hands.

What we need to do slightly better is have players like Tanginoa running hard lines out on the edges and getting some good early ball to them.

Frankly I don't care so long as we win. I've totally written off this season and this team. It's not that we don't have enough good players, we do, it's just that you simply cannot rely on them to put in a performance.

I think one of the pundits on MOD summed it up when he said Man U had plenty of good players but that made no difference because they were simply a pee poor football team.

Thats us and it has been for the last three seasons. No shortage of huffing and puffing and plenty of individual bits of brilliance, but as a team they simply don't connect and that shows no sign of changing in the short term. We play like a select team who have never met before on occasions.

Can’t disagree with that. Sums it up well actually.

Sum of its parts don’t add up I guess. I’m not sure whether it’s a coaching thing, a culture thing or a playing staff thing. Maybe a combination of all three but we must build our way out of it asap.

Think our days of blowing teams away have gone, We are in the bottom 2 for a reason and like it or not we are not a very good S L team.We may get out of the mess this season but it will be down to hard graft on the field and stopping giving stupid sill penalties away, .We have had a bit of a boost this week ,but will mean nothing unless we change our ways

Yeah I recall somebody saying we should blow Salford away......!
I'm not there so a win by 1 point will do!

Enjoy yourselves tomorrow lads, hope we come away with the win. Sadly I won’t be there as I’m not well at the moment, I’ll be cheering along from Pinders!

In Greece so probably won't see the game. Of all the MUST wins over the past couple of seasons this is the one. I fear if we lose this relegation beckons. Come on lads ffs.

Hope you are feeling better soon mate

Get well soon

Working today so cant go but hope all the fans make lot of noise and cheer the lads to victory....

I really only think there are two types of must win game, final/semi final and actual relegation deciders.

However I agree this is pretty damn close.

Get well soon, hope today cheers you up

Keep yer chin up Timmy and get well soon.

Any radio stations got commentary online. Stuck in Green