He has been average for the last 2 weeks, but so have most of the team, he never looked dumb today in fact if any player looked dumb it was Horney who appeared like a rabbit in the headlights every time he got the ball. Overall defensively the whole team don't look no where near as sharp as they did.

Said this to the brother in law. Without him or O'Meley we lack aggression in defence. Soliola was very good for them and all teams need that type of player.

I never called him dumb, although as Sheldon says he doesn't seem to learn from mistakes. I think he's been poor the last two games, average the couple before that and hasn't been excellent since the derby.

Barring a few senior players that could be said of a lot of our players tbh, players make mistakes all the time, same ones week in and week out, if we had a team full of players who learnt their trade to near perfection we would be called Wigan this season.

He promised us an answer by the end of June, and I really hope we even get just 1 more year from him, as he will be very hard to replace.

Thought O'Carroll showed a bit more going forward today, some decent runs on their line.

Regrettably Horney is too slow to complete the plays that he sees. You're right he made bad decisions - because he didn't have the speed to do what he wanted to do - on probably 4 maybe 5 occasions which resulted in us wasting the pressure that had been built.

Shannon will go ok for you lot, he's really turned the corner just recently

Wrong board. Catalan

I think are being a little economical with what actually happened yesterday.

Are you seriously having a go at Turner for trying to intercept the ball? An interception which was practically put on a plate for him by a poor pass? An interception which he got to but couldn't quite take, meaning the clock was eaten down?

Turner did make yards even when faced with several defenders in his face.

Manu, now that's a different matter. It was his least effective game for the best part of two seasons. On four occasions yesterday he had either an overlap or a massive gap to play his centre into yet he decides to step into tackler, which as you put, were policing him well. Why step into the tacklers all the time when he was being wrapped up effectively?

But gave them another set of 6 and better field position....there was 2mins left and we would have won with our set.

I wasn't talking about Brent Webb

Thought webb was going to catalans so were is mcdonnell going?

I've just told you...

Can't see Catalan signing Webb. Also the Grudge said McDonnell has been offered silly money at another club, can't see that being us, but you never know. Seems a decent player and I wouldn't be disappointed to see it happen

Not silly money, around 85k to the 60 we offered

over 1000 posts and no cretin mod to lock it

We'll have to see. I do believe we will sign a fullback though. I think Gentle saying Horne will play fullback long term was a bluff. We will sign a 1 and a 6 and Horne won't get in the side. No sentiment from the current regime

I thought Turner did well to see the chance for an interception, however he tried to catch it with one hand and didn't control his pace at all as he was sprinting full pelt by the time the ball was in his hand, unless you have hands like wheelbarrows you're never going to do that

That's what I'm hoping, but if we sign a top 6 ie Chase, Finch or even Holdsworth and it means Horne has to spend a season at fb because there is no one of top quality to sign there. Then I'd put up with him at fb for a season instead of signing another mediocre player.

Last 2 weeks he has gone for intercepts and they haven't come off, resulting in a repeat set of six, from which points have been conceded. As I said, they were both high risk plays, late in the tackle count, which if he had held his ground, we would hopefully have defended out.
I'm not knocking the kid cos he's (allegedly) leaving, I just want him to stop going for the glamour play, when we are not in a position to risk it.

I like what I have seen of McDonnell and you can't have internationals in every position. I don't think he has missed a game all season either

didnt Mcrae say absolutely no truth in mcdonnell link?

He did and I hope he was telling the truth as well.

Not much out there any better at the minute though, as some of his early critics at Rovers are starting to realise now we have to replace him.