Was embarrassing how the whole of the South Stand were pointing for him to pass left where we were actually deep and stacked up, but he still kept passing right!

houghton said"they wanted it more", how the hell is it acceptable for a player to not give 100%, which given its impossible to give 110% means rovers were giving more of their all then we were.
its a derby for gods sake n if our players arent motivated by that then they should chuck the towel in and give their place to someone who will leave the field with nothing more to give, because if they wanted it more it suggests some of our players didnt give their all.
leeds are better then bradford, but bradford fought tooth n nail for 80 mins and got their reward with a deserved point.
why didnt we show that desire

I think his distribution is very average , A bit like the handling of the whole team . Has been for years.

too much pressure on houghton as captain maybe, not the player he was last season, but then a fair few of them arent

Houghtons NEVER a captain.

said the same myself, people around us say it! westy would be more suitable atleast he has a go at the players time and time again when we have conceded, he seems one of the only few who has the passion in that area!

Agree about Houghton. Problem with Westy is he would have to practice what he preached. Had an absolute mare today unfortunately - good spirit but error prone.

He's obsessed with passing right this season.

Give your heads a bang, Houghton gave his all today along with Horne. The problem is the idiot who gives them the tactics

agreed westy had a mare today, but you can see him having a go instead of standing with hands on hips, head down!

he may have given his all, but the problem was his all was mainly wrong options!

never a captain as he doesnt communicate on the field! simialr to radford in that area!

So why did your glorious leader take the captaincy off lynch who had done a good job ?

Didn't think there was a lack of effort today from anyone. Where we lacked was power up front and guile operating behind it. Our forwards have been decimated by the loss of Moa and Manu and we have categorically failed to replace them.

Good coaching !

Do you always sit at your keyboard, with a plastic tiara on your head?

It's always easy to blame the coach

See seb and gary are having a field day on here, two of the worst trolls around, get a life lads

Agree with a few of the posters who said we didnt lack effort. We just played dumb rugby. Suppose not suprising with 2 forwards playing in the halfs. What we did lack in direction we also lacked in leadership - there wasnt any! The only person berating their teamates was radders when we were stood under the sticks! Think we miss captain Lynch more than many realise. Some simple basics are seriously letting us down. Defensive intensity and line speed only come in rare patches. PTB far too slow and passing is pedestrian. No backing up and taking the ball standing still is commonplace. Come on Mr G. get it sorted, its basic stuff that can be addressed fairly quickly surely!

His all was good enough, in fact was laughable when we were attack their line for around 6-7 sets and he continuously kept passing to the edge which obviously wasn't working. I rate Houghton, his work ethic is outstanding and think he will go far in the game, but his vision when were attacking at times today was poor.

Lets not get all knee jerky.....


.....wait until agars troops dismantle us on Monday then were good to go!

Ellis is the captain, houghton is vice captain, with ellis out, houghton should step up but he doesnt, he doesnt communicate well imo

why gentle took the captaincy off lynch when he had done nothing wrong is a complete mystery!

Not that mysterious. It will have been a commercial decision.

Ellis yes but Houghton ? .

Take a look at the poor guys interview on sky, itll change your opinion. We have been stupidly unlucky with injuries.... again (injuries in vital positions)

If Ellis hadn't picked up an injury it wouldn't be an issue. Stripping him of it now would be awkward to say the least.