as the title suggests, surely we are the worst team at converting drop goals..... at times its painful thinking that the game can hinge on a drop goal.... i cannot even remember the last one we converted!!
the thing about it all is, we seem totally inept in getting in the right position to even try for a one pointer.....
wakey at home was a classic example of us panicking when it comes to slotting one over...
when you watch the one-point master (briers) he seems to have an eternity to size up his kick and then convert it....
we really struggle in the leadership or brains when it comes down to it..... someone has to take responsibility at these key times.....

It's cause you have had garbage halfbacks for years, suppose you will find out next year if things have improved.

mate, westerman tried and failed miserably last monday and millers attempt yesterday was little short of embarrasing for a pro rugby player.... how hard can it be??????

Also before the game Miller was practicing drop goals and smacked one right between the posts

Some of it is down to Houghton imo, he's distribution is that slow and he is the worst hooker in the league for passing, some of his balls are horrendous. Teams are up on the kicker half the time before the he's even received the ball.

I'm drifting a bit but his decision making at times is also appalling, if there's a wrong option to take from dummy half he generally takes it.

Tickle put one over against saints in 2010.. think that was the last one ha

That's FC in a nutshell.

ah yeah, 27-26 i think that was.......

Agreed. I like Danny, but the frailties you mention are costing us

Even on that occasion Sean Long had a go and failed before Tickle scored his

We need good old Graham Mackay back in the squad if we want drop goals!!

It is compounded even further with the slow PTB. Still the simple fix is not to get into a situation were we are level near the end of a game

I think we need to sort out scoring try’s, before worrying about drop goals

I agree too but still 53 tackles 0 missed!

He's great defensively but as i said before, it wouldn't hurt him concentrating on passing right in training. That's the part of his game he is lacking.

Didn't we beat Salford at home with a last minute drop goal? Probably about 5 seasons ago though

Salford at home in 2006. Richard Horne kicked it.

The last time we kicked a drop goal was Tickle's winner against Saints in 2010. Before that it was two from Adam Dykes both in 2008 - ironically both in games we lost - against Rovers in Cardiff and Saints away. In 2007 Horne kicked two and Mat Head one.

To sum up, we've kicked one drop goal in five years.

Dobson has kicked 12 since 2008. Briers 18

I can be remember Steve Norton dropping a goal at Widnes in the "good old days".

I was stood next to Eric Ashton, and I won't repeat what he said.

It's good to see us being described as the worst ever drop goal team - some on here

have us down as the worst at everything else as well.

Tickle only kicked that one against Saints because Long had just had two attempts and missed both of them.

That was a great game, mind. Were we not like 20-0 down at half time, and then Saints got the first try after half time too?

Edit: Just watched it back on youtube. 22-6 down at ht, then went to 26-6 down, then came the comeback.

Greg Mackey iirc

No, he meant Graham Mackay who kicked one from near the centre spot just on half time in the last game at The Boulevard.

O there's a name I seem to have forgot ....

His stats on line show 0 for FG's tho....
(which is why I though more of mr Mackey - I remember his drop goals)

why do we always wait for the last tackle! annoys me that we don't take the option to go for the drop earlier

Just see it as a bonus that we actually complete a set.