I agree, Gaz Moore has been one of the better players all season. The fact that we cant accommodate Johnston in the squad with the current players available is no fault of Gaz Moore.
I also agree that Murrell has been a bit off the pace lately and would probably be best suited at Loose forward, isn't that where he played his super league years?
Not sure what the answer is but we are currently playing worse than last season in all aspects of the game, attack is void of ideas and defensively we have eased off, not hitting hard, not moving up quickly, letting some very sloppy tries in.
Last year our squad was too small and now its too big in some respects, we need to try and keep a consistent team together without change but then what happens to the guys patiently waiting their turn? They get p*ssed off with not playing and morale takes a hit. Not an easy thing to manage and right now we certainly aren't getting the combination right to suit the team
There is also the fact that other teams are stronger than last season and thus increasing the comp for top 4. London, Fev, Batley all stronger than last season. Plus i would say the teams promoted are holding their own making it a very tough league.
I am still fully behind Richard M, give him time to sort it out. What happened to "in Marshall we trust". I think at times some people lose a grip of reality in where we are in terms of a club these days. We aren't entitled to be in the top 4, we have to fight for it and I'm sure we will. We didn't get going last season until midway through the season so lets hope this year will be the same.
The next couple of games are massive now.
Up the Fax