Surprised there`s not been a thread for tonights game so here goes:


 Lachlan Miller 
 Harry Newman 
 Ash Handley (C) 
 Ryan Hall 
 Brodie Croft 
 Mikolaj Oledzki 

 Andy Ackers 
 Keenan Palasia 
 James Bentley 
 James McDonnell 
 Jarrod O'Connor 
 Sam Lisone 
 Morgan Gannon 
 Cooper Jenkins 
 Jake Connor
 Jack Sinfield 
 Alfie Edgell 
 Tom Nicholson-Watton 
 Riley Lumb 
 Ethan Clark Wood 
 Jack Smith 



I`d like to see the following but know it 100% won`t happen
Miller
Hall, Newman, Handley, Lumb/ECW
Croft, Connor
Oledzki, O`Connor, Palasia
McDonnell,Bentley
Gannon.


Sinfield, Lisone, TNW, Jenkins


Newman and Lisone in by the skin of their teeth.

Well I actually quite enjoyed that!
Despite the defeat, I was pretty pleased with the performance.




A ragged 15 minutes cost us the game. We dropped off and
they punished us.


But the first half was really impressive.


The intensity and aggression is superb. We haven’t seen
it at that level for years.


It’s so much better to watch than the garbage of the last
2 years.


Saints were rattled and knew they were in game at half
time.


We just couldn’t convert it into points. If we had been
able to I think the second half would have played out differently.




Our pack matched theirs, and theirs is very good.
Long time since we've been able to say that. Our pack has been getting dominated for years.


Really impressed with Jenkins and Palaasia.


Jenkins was probably MoM for me. Thought he ran really
hard again. Both kept their big guys quiet in the opening 20 mins.


Holroyd has to come in for Lisone, who’s becoming a waste
of space. Two stupid passes is all he really did.


And Gannon is looking really good given how long he's been out.




We got exposed in the 3/4’s because that’s where our weak
area is now.


Miller looked lively and didn’t make any stupid mistakes.


Connor has to stay in the halves.


Brain fart pass into touch, but his kicking is so much
better than Frawleys.


With Ackers out I think Frawley may do a stint at 9.




Again, lack of cutting edge has cost us, but I do think
we have a better platform to work off and hopefully points will come.

Well well well, a dose of reality in a sea of despondency !!!! It has never been about the coaches, its always the players, recruitment and development now thats different.

Agree on all points.

I try to look at  games over the 80 mins and make a judgement overall.  Compartmentalising games may offer  hope for future fixtures but there’s always the likelihood your team will do exactly the same again.  You could take the opposite stance and conclude we were nilled  in France and couldn’t score a try for over 60 mins at Saints, worrying, and that we clocked of at home against Cas and conceded 18 points in 8 mins. The best teams sense blood and can use momentum to effectively finish a contest. I don’t think that’s something we are capable of against a decent team.