A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:41 pm  

Sadly, and I'll apologise in advance for being negative, but to capitulate, like we did, suggests this side have no fight in them, and although we're not bottom, I can't see anything other than relegation now.

If so it could be the end for this once great club, but sometimes teams do come back stronger. You only have to look at Huddersfield Giants, Salford and Hull KR. They have all being relegated, but have since come back, and stronger, and appeared in finals.

We have some good, home grown players, who put their bodies on the line, week in, week out, but sadly have several senior players, that just don't appear to have that same heart. Maybe, going down, but keeping a nucleus of these young players, and getting rid of the dead wood within the club, could be a way for us to come back stronger.

From what looked comfortable at one point, became a sad day for this once great club

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 5:46 pm  

The thing that sticks out for me is the part about young players.

We have the most exciting crop I’ve seen coming through in a long time. Players like Hall, Murphy, Eseh, Bowes in particular.

I can almost guarantee if we go down these players will be snapped up faster than you can blink. That would be a tough pill to swallow and years of development would be crushed.

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:27 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

The thing that sticks out for me is the part about young players.

We have the most exciting crop I’ve seen coming through in a long time. Players like Hall, Murphy, Eseh, Bowes in particular.

I can almost guarantee if we go down these players will be snapped up faster than you can blink. That would be a tough pill to swallow and years of development would be crushed.

Let them leave. We’d rather sign injury prone 30+ year olds anyway.

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:31 pm  

Eastern Wildcat wrote:

Sadly, and I'll apologise in advance for being negative, but to capitulate, like we did, suggests this side have no fight in them, and although we're not bottom, I can't see anything other than relegation now.

If so it could be the end for this once great club, but sometimes teams do come back stronger. You only have to look at Huddersfield Giants, Salford and Hull KR. They have all being relegated, but have since come back, and stronger, and appeared in finals.

We have some good, home grown players, who put their bodies on the line, week in, week out, but sadly have several senior players, that just don't appear to have that same heart. Maybe, going down, but keeping a nucleus of these young players, and getting rid of the dead wood within the club, could be a way for us to come back stronger.

From what looked comfortable at one point, became a sad day for this once great club

Huddersfield, Salford and Hull KR all had wealthy backers who were able to invest in quality players to get them back in SuperLeague (ditto Leigh), unfortunately we are not in such a privileged position

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:32 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

The thing that sticks out for me is the part about young players.

We have the most exciting crop I’ve seen coming through in a long time. Players like Hall, Murphy, Eseh, Bowes in particular.

I can almost guarantee if we go down these players will be snapped up faster than you can blink. That would be a tough pill to swallow and years of development would be crushed.

We had the best winger in SL when fit, devastating finisher in the air and ground, and can think of multiple games not even a pass or kick went his way. In this team with this philosophy they’d be wasted anyway.

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:44 pm  

Eastern Wildcat wrote:

Sadly, and I'll apologise in advance for being negative, but to capitulate, like we did, suggests this side have no fight in them, and although we're not bottom, I can't see anything other than relegation now.

If so it could be the end for this once great club, but sometimes teams do come back stronger. You only have to look at Huddersfield Giants, Salford and Hull KR. They have all being relegated, but have since come back, and stronger, and appeared in finals.

We have some good, home grown players, who put their bodies on the line, week in, week out, but sadly have several senior players, that just don't appear to have that same heart. Maybe, going down, but keeping a nucleus of these young players, and getting rid of the dead wood within the club, could be a way for us to come back stronger.

From what looked comfortable at one point, became a sad day for this once great club

And it went well for widnes london and haifax too

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:48 pm  

And Bradford.

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:56 pm  

Pat Bateman wrote:

We had the best winger in SL when fit, devastating finisher in the air and ground, and can think of multiple games not even a pass or kick went his way. In this team with this philosophy they’d be wasted anyway.

Out of curiosity, who is the backer Salford have.

Dr Koukash is no longer there, and to be fair, was only there for about 4 years. I also don't think Hull KR are wealthy, but have a strong fan base, which helps to some extent.

I get the OP's view, but doesn't work for all sides. Either way, I've stay up or not a proper clear out is needed

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 8:09 pm  

Travelling Wilbury wrote:

Out of curiosity, who is the backer Salford have.

Dr Koukash is no longer there, and to be fair, was only there for about 4 years. I also don't think Hull KR are wealthy, but have a strong fan base, which helps to some extent.

I get the OP's view, but doesn't work for all sides. Either way, I've stay up or not a proper clear out is needed

Hull Kr get excellent crowds and have at least 1 marquee player I reckon. They’ve just signed Tom Opacic on a very big wage so can’t be doing that badly. Salford I’m not too sure about,

Re: A Sad Day : Sat Jul 09, 2022 9:32 pm  

A win today would have put us six points clear of Toulouse and they'd be facing a real test to stay up. Instead, we've rolled over and allowed them to get within two points.

Looking at the remaining fixtures, I see us finishing on 14 and Toulouse on 16.