JD has looked a shadow of his former self from what i have seen of the other games too which is a shame because i have always rated him.

in defence of Brough and BJ, the latter picked up a knee injury in the first ten minutes and it was while we were carrying him that Huddersfield gained the ascendancy. As for Danny Brough, I'm surprised he's actually playing tonight after the head injury he suffered in St Helens. Not only did he suffer a nasty concussion but he also had a deep laceration to his head which severed a vein.

Couple that with our pack being absolutely dominated by the Huddersfield forwards leaving our halfbacks with nothing to work with.

Agreed, he's been wonderful for us but is this a season too far? We cannot carry a player on nostalgia but we seem to be doing just that at the moment.

Poor selection tonight, why have Blanch on the bench, should have either started with Blaymire dropping out or should have been made to wait another week, why sign King if hes not going to get a chance? For me only Moore Murph, Morrison, Sam and Hendo seemed interested.

blaymire was poor last week also against saints...has he been brought back too early? murphy was making that position his own..

very disappointed after tonight, to me it was the worst performance since cas at hom nearly 2 years ago. i don't know why king wasn't part of the team tonight but it was strange to see blanch on the bench. did jk know that somebody had an injury?

oh well hkr next week !

Cant be blaming blaymire imo no one would have stopped that bombardment of attack with 5 players vs 1 with the amount players backing up.

Worst performance since the corresponding fixture last season for me, Trinity like to save them up for Huddersfield.

and his junior rugby effort with eastmond last week? and at least 2 missed tackles tonight which he should have made ? not having a go but the question is was he brought back too early when murphy was playing so well?

I don't know whether he was brought back too early he had played well in the 2 warm up games looking very sharp apparently, and he was a solid performer last year.

Murphy was playing very very well and i personally don't think he should have been changed but ....
I don't agree with the eastmond argument and try. 2 missed tackles ? don't think he was the worst of the lot by someway. FWIW morrison was excellent today imo our mom by a long way.

agree about morrison.

Everyone may have had a stinker last night, but what is up with Blaymire?!?!?! Any more performances like that Matthew and you can F.R.O. back to York! Is that clear?!?!?!

grow up Paul What the hell could matt do when the right side defence was non existant i would point a finger at our centre and 2nd row before having a go at the easy target Blaymire or Morton in skys case

Well morton was shocking last night was pointed out for missing 7 tackles and not making one!! it just looked like he never wanted to make a tackle

He was like a kid in a sweet shop, he had that many players to pick from he did not know whether to stick or twist. A bit of help would not have gone amiss

Should this thread not be about Gleeson whose defence was awful and let most of the tries in down his flank???

think sky said he missed 6 and made 9 i blame his centre and 2nd row not all his fault when you watch it hes a good young winger who has done bloody well for us

Correct

I would also like to add he has played 5 games already which is more than enough for someone at the stage of his career. We have asked a lot from this kid by getting him to step up to this level and last night was probably one game too much.

He will learn and also improve with time and be better for the experience.

Lets all bag individual players as usual

the fact is as a Team we were stuffed, take the defeat as a team.

We made a very good tem look awesome and they made a good team look very ordinary 1-17 to learn

Those picking Blaymire and Morton out as particularly poor are way off the mark. Both were left badly exposed by the poor/non existent tackling of their team mates. Strange that there has been no mention of Obst or Moore who both turned the ball over numerous times.

Yep I identified there left hand side attack as being a potent weapon last week and said we'd have to watch that and in particular brown, and thats what happened we got destroyed down this side of the field, I know our coaching team where at the galpharm and viewed the game (or at least they were sat down in the seats) and something should have been done to try and reduce this threat.

Yep obst has been poor all season, yet no one likes to admit it especially some who treat him as their love child, I agree obst has been tremendous for us in the past and can't see any reason why he won't be as good or better in the future however at present he's poor but sits comfortably behind the 100% effort line, they were all as bad as each other bar 1 imo (morrison) and I wouldn't single out any players for criticism after this game. Moore was also throwing an offload every occasion was getting hotheaded coming out the line and creating gaps for them (so im not singling out obst here before I get shot down).

Bad call from JK to not go with King on the bench

Young Murphy's done nothing wrong at FB and should have been kept there IMHO

JD had a poor game at Saints and again against Hudds - low or confidence/fitness or form - not sure but looks like he his struggling a little at the moment

Gleeson in the centre - many questions re his tackling and positioning at the moment

Blanch if fit MUST start has he his the best winger at the club

Hendo IS NOT AND WILL NEVER BE A PROP so please JK stop using him as one

King has had a virus so wasn't fit otherwise I think he would have played. I agree with all your other points though hendo probably made more metres on saturday than our established props, he ran with meaning, can't knock his effort at all, if he was 6'1 and 17 stone he'd be unstoppable.

Agree with posts about the fact that the TEAM lost, although certain individuals were very poor imho. Interesting that lots of people are bagging Glees and not the fella playing next to him? And im not talking about Dale.

its the exemption rule some players are immune from criticism.

the whole team imho were very below par expect morrison who worked tirelessly , in the RL weekly wakey players scored 4/5s morrison got a 7 .

i think its about time that we gave some credit to the play of the giants they saw a weakness and exposed it in ruthless fashion

Agreed.