Error rate really need to improve but I think there's also an element of hitting a ceiling with the players we have. Briscoe and Hardaker worked hard but aren't what they were a few years ago. Litten again worked hard but I'm not sure is really a centre. Chamberlain as we know is squad filler. All in all means little threat from the back line.


At least with Cust back and Pryce here we now have options.

Fair play to Rovers the best team by a long way. As much as it pains me to say it Peters was a great appointment for them, if you look down their team sheet it's not star after star like Wigans is but the systems Peters has put in place makes them look so solid and difficult to break down. 

Does anyone have the completion stats and error count and penalties etc ?


Did it used to be Opta stats ?


Many Thanks 

I've got to say, whilst Rapana's passion and effort cannot be questioned, the more he plays, the more he looks like a winger playing out of position. His apparent lack of composure and trying too hard lead to errors and poor decision making. When Cust and Balmforth are fit, I'd put Rapana on the wing and Hardaker or Pryce at fullback and leave Cust at six with Balmforth the backup hooker. particularly whilst Barron is out.

Don’t think we played too badly, we were forcing errors in the early stages but frustratingly didn’t give ourselves a chance to build momentum. They’re a really good team and unfortunately if you don’t take your chances they’ll come back to bite us as we saw in there three quick fire trys in the first half.


Back rowers are now a huge concern, with a brutal month ahead I imagine we will be in the loan market at least, or maybe look at bringing the SR from York early.


Overall it was a bit of a reality check for us yesterday, the club has taken great strides forward in the recent months, much quicker than most expected, however there’s a long way to go. Focus is now on the league with the aim of potentially squeezing into the top 6.

Just watched the game back they were good Rovers tbh.Big difference for me was when we had to take Ese Ese and Knight off. We can’t get all recruitment done in one go but we really do miss some strike in the second row etc