: Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:13 am  

Couldn't agree more. If we'd have been offered 8th in the table and going out of the CC in the last minute of the quarters 99% of fans would have taken that offer.

Rome wasn't built in a day..

Re: A sense of perspective : Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:31 am  

Poker Face wrote:

Can YOU remember what your expectations were at the start of the year ?

I seem to remember a lot of people tipping us to be outside the top 8 this year after finishing bottom last. I remember a number of people saying we should be in the Top 8 and that would constitute a good season.

We are currently 8th. We have just missed out on a Challenge Cup Semi Final spot after the team gave an immense effort, without our two most experienced and influential players, against a very good full strength Huddersfield team. We are currently 8th. We have pushed a number of teams extremely close and can count ourselves unfortunate that we haven't picked up more points. Winning means everything and the air of negativity around now, would have been non-existent if we had scraped home in the cup.

We have won 7 out of our 15 games. Any Super League team can beat any other team on their day. We have 12 games left to play. We are currently 8th. We have just had 2 young players called up to the England team. Can we fault the effort of our team ?!

Sometimes I feel the need to state the bleedin' obvious.

Well said.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:09 pm  

That little saying "Rome wasn't built in a Day" should be the new club slogan and plastered round the ground to make the fans understand we are building, so are not yet the finished article

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:14 pm  

I agree, if we had been offered this postion at the start of the season we would have taken it, however.......
the worrying part is that we have only won 1 of our last 7 against SL opposition and that was against Celtic - who are hardly SL standard themselves.
We still haven't learnt how to close out a game and are continuing to make the same mistakes, with no sign of anything changing.
We should have beaten Leeds & Huddersfield, were in a good position against Hull and started well v Warrington.
It's being called lack of composure, it's not....it's lack of professionalism, one of the older heads needs to get a grip on the field and dictate the style of play that is going to win matches, if that means getting points on the board then turning off the style, getting the basics right and grinding out the result then that is what has to be done. High speed quality rugby will follow when we start winning consistently.
TM is doing a good job and building a team around local youngsters is what we need to continue doing but winning is the only way to build confidence and grow as a team
It's time for one of the older heads to stand up and make a difference.

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:05 pm  

Ferkinell, sense at last,


suicide squad on the other forum wont like this

: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:36 pm  

Speedy wrote:

suicide squad on the other forum wont like this

Thats why I tend to stay away from the main forum over there. Too much drama and angst going on.