We've signed Wally Lewis!!

You are exactly right, even at pub level a team will have a couple of gobes who lead the team around even on pub crawls, if they are missing then it becomes a headless chicken and they end up on Holderness road

Best player i ever saw!!

At the risk of been arguementative i've played in a lot of pub teams that have never ended up down Holderness road even if the leaders go missing. The rest of the team normally steps up to make the right decisions!!

Pretty sure he doesn't think that at all. I reckon he wants what all of us do, which is both good rugby and wins. Of the 2 though, he'd prioritise flowing rugby, for both the entertainment value and the fact that we continually see with teams who concentrate on performances, that results tend to follow.

I know Sheldon, time and injuries must catch up on him too but I am sure you will have seen my point, age does not matter to a degree its physical condition that matters , Whiting picked up massive injuries in his mid twenties .. you know what I mean a player cant control what injuries he gets but age defines the recovery period

Summed up very nicely, thanks.

I knew Arthur should have moved Keith Bridges to scrum half after Terry Hudson cleaned Kevin Harkin out at Wembley in '83. He could have done a jobe there.





I agree it aint just about half backs.

If Keith Bridges had trained at scrum half all week i'm sure he'd have played better there than if he hadn't have trained at 7 all week.

i know he is a fan as well mate, and i feel like he does to be honest , this week has been tough going so far hasnt it but at 6 games to go to have played ugly and be in the playoffs i am much happier than to have played ugly and been the whipping boys like last year and we are where we are in SL because we are a much tougher unit to break down than last time !!

if we had half backs at all on the park for any length of time we would be in top 2 I am sure of that

it would have took Keith a week to get to the other side of the scrum


Tindall at full back

Nice one.



As a matter of interest are you suggesting that Berro and Washy weren't training at half back last week ? - that of course would have been plain daft.

IF they did you'd have to question what exactly the training consisted of as they looked like they'd never met.

So it was down to the players then - maybe they just weren't quite able to play out of position to the required standard at SL level ?

Players not playing well. Coach not training properly. I dont really know the answer and i dont really care, i just want us to resolve our issues with the fit players that we have.

Our halfback partnerships didnt look up to Hull & District league standard never mind SL level.

AGREED !!

well said,
sorry if i took it out on your posts Dave, not really meaning to attack you I know where your heart lies and its as black and white as mine pal and were both disapointed arent we as this week should have been a build up to a ass kicking for HKR off the back of a good win at Wakefield however its a slow death till Thursday I fear , just think were better than some make out Dave we just cant get past our injury jinx can we year after year and it makes us look worse than we actually are.
But my apologies Dave i take back my friendly digs at your posts pal

No need to apologise mate.

I still think we aren't good enough!

what position were we in last year at this point

I don't think you can place enough importance on having your first choice halfback pairing, With Horne and Long playing the majority of games this season I believe we would have played better rugby and we would have a better points difference.

The problem we have is as soon as we lose Long in particular we seem to lack any nouse and cohesion and end up playing like strangers. Now I know we can't expect it to be as good as when Long or Horne are playing but it has to look better than it did on Saturday. To me Saturday was not about halves but about attitude and enthusiasm. We looked drained after about 25 mins and had no energy whatsoever.

I am expecting a massive improvement for Thursday and believe they team will turn up and deliver a performance, the thing is we can't keep going through season after season with Horne in the stands and our SH in the stands.

Pack was beaten on Saturday for the reasons you mention and if it gets beaten on Thursday it will be the same result. Much more impact required.