Agree with all of this. O'Meley was the only forward who showed any intensity last night and we really missed Ellis' leadership. I'm not sure what's happened with Lynch. Last season he was excellent, seems to be going through the motions at times this season. Last night we needed a leader in the forwards - and I wonder whether Gentle's decision to take the captaincy from Lynch has affected his state of mind.

Having said that it wasn't just Lynch - as a collective the pack lacked intensity in defence and that, IMO, was the main reason we lost.

The top sides turn up every week. We don't at the moment and that needs to change if we are to start challenging the top 4.

Paea will add some grunt, but I'd like to see another leader brought in to the pack to support Ellis. Oh, and I'd give Lynch the vice captaincy such that he captains the side in Ellis' absence. Houghton leads by example, but he's not captaincy material IMO.

We didn't build any pressure, disrespected Cas and assumed we could score at will.

Crooked was knackered after 20 minutes last night and for me was the worst player on the park....westerman was everywhere and I thought if he made mistakes it was only because he was covering other players that didn't turn up. O'meley was great so that says a lot about the other props....lynch did nothing

Lynch was good first half and lifted us with some strong carries and strong defence when he came on. He also put Watts in the clear for Azza's try. He was poor along with the rest of the pack during the 6 sets in a row against us in the second half and will be embarrassed by his effort on the soft try.

Why does it? O'Meley was & still is a very good prop.

Agreed.
Ogre and Horney probably been our most consistent performers in 2013 when on the park.