I may have missed it but what did WP say after the game

Fair enough PT

Wheres the bus parked and can we call at Maccies on the way home.

Constructive then

Wakefield head coach Willie Poching:

"We're in a bit of a rut at the moment, that's quite obvious, and we've got to get out of it.

"I'm hurting just like the players. I'm disappointed with the performance. We weren't quite hitting the mark and missed opportunities that we created.

"There was a lack of composure, offensively and defensively, there is plenty of us to fix up."

Thank you

Good news is we got a good back 7 with Hall and Murphy coming in .Bad news is we have got a very poor pack who are not strong enough or to old to clear there line ( once they made 8 yard in there own 25 in 3 tackles ) The only player that looks like he can make yards is Kelepi As said a lot of this is down to poor recrutment of British players over the last 3 year and in that time not bringing in players to strengthen the team .As in the starting 13 .and replacing players that are last there best

Battye was a good signing originally.

I saw him as the fourth or fifth prop. Four big men and then Battye who offered some variation.

I never for a moment envisaged him as a main example up the middle prop. In fairness to Battye he’s being overplayed doing a job he’s not up to.

Aydin and Shaw are both a few years off being really competitive and Whitebread fails to impress.

That leaves Fifita and Arona as our only options and Arona must be exhausted.

We need Fifita back ASAP and we need another prop. Not convinced he needs to be huge just good.

Loan signings look the most likely but I don’t think WP is a fan of those.

Mercenary though it is Tupes is now a big problem. A big wage and a quota spot and a position we are covered on a player I don’t think will ever come back. We need to do something there but I’ll be damned if I know what.

I absolutely know it’s not MC’s way but if we are to save this season and more importantly keep the fans on board he needs to find some cash from somewhere. We need some quality and that will only come from one place in the short term.

Utterly disappointing.
Poor execution, poor passing, poor tackling and our markers at the ptb may as well mot be there.
Sure we seemed to be on the end of some bad calls by the man in the middle but, we literally have no go forward.

Apart from a 10 minute spell in the second half, we were a distant second all game



Our lack of decent props has been badly exposed, unfortunately, Whitbread isn't the answer.

It now appears that we are left battling for 10,11 or 12th spot, with Toulouse and Salford., Leeds will find a way out, with the help of their cheque book.

Although Warrington had been poor, its incredible to see how badly we've fallen back after those 2 wins

Even with the dumb penalties and poor calls we still looked a threat for that opening 20 minutes. Tom had at least three near misses over the line following kicks that Rovers were lucky to clear. We also had the two disallowed tries pulled back for dubious/marginal calls.

Boy could we do with a Liam Higgins right now.

Having just watched the highlights I would be insulting children if I said we defended like school kids. Utter disgrace. Basics not even done which is inexcusable.

Now then, KR fan in peace.

I don’t think you guys were a million miles away to be fair, a couple chalked off on another day could have been given, a couple of wasted opportunities and actually some decent defence from us snuffed a lot out.

Your defence wasn’t very good though, no urgency or desire which can be expected sometimes the game after Easter. A couple have alluded to it though your forwards didn’t do enough and bench wasn’t great.

One thing not mentioned was the wind, very very difficult. Difference was we nilled you when you was into it and you conceded 4 tries, mainly but not dominating field position or having a kicking game to pin us back (bar a 10 min period)

Your 1-7 is decent which I think is what will keep you up, especially if you can add 1-2 bodies into your pack

I fear that even if we survive this season we have three of our most in demand players coming to the end of their contracts. I doubt based on our performances over the last three seasons that anyone would blame them for wanting to move on when they look at how other teams play. What makes matters worse is that the reason they may want to move is the same why any quality player would not want to sign.
The outcome may be delayed but our demise will arrive eventually therefore we need to change things by either looking at the loan market or spending some cash. The team needs a shake up because Fifita on his own is not the answer.

Think the reason fans stayed back was that we did not play as bad as score line said .There was a post some that said Lino was to blame for 4 of the trys that is rubbish . May have missed a tackle for the first one. But the others were down to our defence not been there when LIno had slowed the man down with is tackle .At the end of the day they majority of the lack are not up to it

His defence wasnt good enough yesterday, it’s that simple.

Yesterday’s defeat doesn’t worry me. Even if we were playing well a win would be a tall order.

My only concern is the amount of totally unforced errors and silly penalties we give away. I think the current bunch of refs are poor but I don’t think we’ve copped any worse than other teams.

It’s dead simple. Restart the season on Thursday. Forget Warrington and start as the underdogs we were on game one.

Scavenge a win on Thursday and we are running again.

Only the players can do this, not the coach, not the directors and not the fans.

Step up boys, show some pride and draw a line in the sand.

Good post hope they read it

It’s not the losing, it’s been the nature of the 3 defeats over the Easter period, defence against Cas, Wigan and Hull KR were non existent.

I’ve been reading the comments, and especially regarding Lino, from what I saw yesterday, I’d be more concerned about the right edge as a whole, not individuals, we looked a liability there throughout the game.

I do wish we would vary our kick offs a little bit though, we waited until being 20 points down to try something, and we scored off the back of it.

On the positive side (and I can do positive contrary to what some think) I thought Pitts, Batch, Jordy and Kelepi put in a decent shift.

Sadly, Arona looked knackered after 10 minutes.

I’m tired of “it’s not the losing”. For me it is the losing, we should not accepting losing no matter what manner it is in, it’s this attitude that is holding us back.

Highlights generally will not show you anything other than the scores. Watch the full game on Trinity TV.

Not that I don’t agree but we’ve been saying the same thing for the last few matches and we are still saying it now.

Only one thing will turn this around and that’s quite simply effort and/or application from the players.

Never said I liked it.

I've not been able to bring myself to watch any of it yet but Miller picked up 2 points in the League Express Albert Goldthorpe ratings for his performance, whilst Linnet got 3 and SKD got 1.

Against my better judgement I’m watching the KR game.

Tbh the ref looked out of his depth by looks but we must handle adversity better. We have got into a habit of moaning at the ref and playing for repeat sets at the play of the ball instead of actually trying to get quick plays. Maybe it’s because we are low on confidence but we need to knock that on the head pronto.

Thought Murphy had a strong opening 30 and was unlucky his try was chalked off for a forward pass. That lad will score some try’s if he gets the service and made some good yardage carry’s too.

Lino and Lyne need to sort out their positioning in defence and communication too. Seems a few teams are targeting the right side.