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relegation !

Stop talking rubbish, Leigh will make the top 5


Ill have a wager on that if anyone wants.

We had these same posts last year Vikingman.

I reckon we'll do well to finish above 5th this year personally, I was gearing up for 6th with the thought on progression next year and top 4.

Lets face it in this league 10 wins will get you play-off rugby.
12-15 wins will get top 4.
16+ wins will get top spot.

It's competitive isn't it? There are some good players and teams. And the beauty is yes every team has weaknesses, its not like Super League where everyone plays the same. I see McNally at Haven for example virtually beat Fev on his own today!

I've seen Fev, Halifax, Widnes, Gateshead, Sheffield, Toulouse, Whitehaven, Batley and Leigh. In fact the only teams I've not yet seen in action this season are Barrow and Doncaster.

While home form is crucial, its also about how many wins on the road and bonus points too.

Funnily enough, we are all complaining our pack is too small and lacks power too. It certainly was a problem against Fax. Whilst I'd be disappointed if we don't win on Good Friday, i wouldn't be quite as pessimistic as you seem to be. Batley are good enough to upset a few teams this year.

Mind you, Durbin will have to have improved 100% since he left us to save you.

[code I agree with you. Our right wing was targetted at Sheffield too. I,m sure NK can see it too.

I,d also like to mention the penalties we give away ,which apparently the coaching staff and the playing staff discussed after the Sheffield game.

To give penalties away when we have the ball is plain daft.Maybe the players concerned should watch Fred,s DVD of the game. Infact they all should to see what we speccies thought of their performance.

It,s rare I don,t clap them off at the end of a game but I couldn,t yesterday.[/code

NK has gone on record saying we were 'out-enthused'....and that pee's me off more than anything. We make lack certain skills, certain power, make mistakes but to be 'out-enthused' is simply not acceptable.

That display was pure rubbish its ok signing good young players
if they are Div 1 level but some of our signings this year are knowhere
near that level at this present time We need to invest heavy in a couple of
class players in the main positions centre --half back plus a line breaking forward if we are to bring these young players through Ridyard and several others just are,nt good enough at this present time and to be honest the crowds are,nt going to come back with the this team set up
at Leigh Things got a liitle better yesterday with the introduction of Durbin
it speeded things up and made Watson who in the second half was the stand out player on the field speed his game up resultin in a better performance ... We have injurys and missing players and hopefully with the intro of a couple of new signings things will improve dramaticly but we are a long way off yet with forwards who could,nt break a line of jelly babies never mind a line of oppossing defenders

Agreed. Defeat is acceptable when it's obvious the players have bust a gut (Fev away, for example) but the main reason that we got battered down the middle was because their pack had more enthusiasm than ours.

If i was "out-enthused" at work i have no doubt that i'd be out on my ass in no time but our un-enthused Leigh players will still be playing all season no matter what.......And isnt it NK's job to get them "enthused"?????

But even at Featherstone we were clueless in attack, and as for half back well it just showed when with the introduction of Durbin it allowed Watson more time to be creative and to take on the line more, we need a stand off and at least one centre FAST this would allow AJ to go back to th forwards where he is far more accomplished and at home, for me Rourke and JT are both similiar players, Haggerty should be at 13.
The problems being of course have we any more money in the pot to bring in these players?

Collectively a bad day all round, we should not be out enthused by anyone that’s just not acceptable, we aren’t big enough to take teams on down the middle, we have to play smarter, be quicker at PTB, keep turning big teams around and improve our defensive pattern especially on the right.

Mr Kelly has some work to do this week.