You must have been watching a different game to us then ....it was the backs that didn't make any ground on the first 3 hit-ups...it was only when the forwards took it up that we did make ground !!

Youd expect them to make the tackle though it was only a simple hit up

I thought that they bounced off each other as they both ended up on the floor ??

I give up god no use being critical on here I'm over 70 but I could have tackled him never made a yard your happy deserve what you get luv I've retired I thought I was watching Wakefield saints obviously not

That is exactly what we want them to do that’s why they’re called forwards just run hard and straight, we’ve too much reliance on the backs to take it up they should be the finishers not battering rams

That was the best Kopzcak has played for us I reckon, thought he was superb.

theres no point getting a bloke like him passing round the back just do what he’s good at hard and straight and the rest hard and straight it’s a simple game

Didn't say forwards oldlad said fafita okay

I'm fairly sure Fifita was playing in the forwards or have I got that wrong as well ??

He's gone quiet....must be Horlicks time !!

Could have fooled me

We've been doing that for as long as I can remember, we had Fox and Cockayne every first and second play in our own half without fail. It only works if you are playing the ball on the front foot (I get that they want to spread out some of the forwards' work) but if you aren't then it's a waste of time they just fail to gain ground. Senior in particular got frequently pushed back to gain no metres and then you're in your own 10 with 2 and 3 tackles gone.

Just want to give a shout out to those out there tonight.

They all put in the effort and their bodies on the line.

Big shout out to Wood, Rocky, Kelepi, in fact all 17.

This is all we ask.

Thank you and well done

This is a normal part of the modern game for a tackle or two. But not for 4. Our forwards stepped up tonight. Innes senior played well

It may well be, but when you are completely on the back foot and on your own line, having a winger drive the ball out is just daft imo. Although that said, it's the only way Johnstone gets the ball half the time

If you watch the Aussies schunter youl see the aussie wingers do the same driving the ball out in their own half

Just about every team does these days but on Friday we were lucky if we made 10 metres with the first 3 drives and it was only when the forwards took it up on the remaining 2 tackles, before the kick, that we actually got any forward momentum.

Our wingers aren't really built for making the hard yards, BJB just gets battered. TJ has a good step but everyone puts 3 defenders in front of him.

We'd have to move Tupou to the wing IMO if we want someone to just run the ball in.

Prefer to leave wingers as they are, forwards can run the ball in, with the wingers helping as and when.
I agree with what someone has said though, that that ploy is much more effective when we're on the front foot and going forward!

Think what the other night showed is that there is a togetherness and Chester hasn’t lost the dressing room as some have been saying. When a coach of any sporting team loses a dressing room, they don’t collectively put that amount of effort in.

From the interview in the week where MC joined in its clear he is still backing his coach...not because they’re good mates as people say in here, but because unlike us fans he’s in and around the club on a daily basis and sees first hand the troubles CC is having to continually work against.

Let’s just get behind them for the rest of this season and going into next and see where we are after 6-8 games into the new season.

Was great to see big Dave back too...despite the uneducated on here saying he did nothing, just his presence is huge. He puts fear into opposition and seems to lift the rest of the forwards...CC said it pre match that with Daves inclusion ‘we seemed to grow a leg’ through the week. He’s massively influential to how we play as a unit...I said in another post a few weeks back CC has been continually robbed of his genuine match winners in the likes of Fifita and TJ but if we can get them on the field a bit more we’ll become a better side as they’re not just important individually, they lift their team mates to different levels.

Abysmal yet again.

Apart from one half break when his offload went to ground, Fifita was a waste of space, as he has been in all the games he has played this season. Before his gps silliness, all he was doing was crabbing across the field to little effect, last night he was at dummy half more than actually being a prop?! He looks like he can't be d........

Chris Chester is a superb coach, you're lucky to have him.

Fifitas found his place dummy runner sorry dummy walker this guy's pinching brass

Great to see big Dave back don't you realise he is one o f the problems if you don't godhelp you