: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:17 pm  

At least we have a coach who sees what we see, which has to be a good thing after all.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:22 pm  

Thelonius wrote:

I don't, and I doubt that any Wierdness or Leigh fans have any sympathy either. They have had far more time to recruit/prepare than any promoted club has had, plus they are safe in the knowledge that they have three years to 'get it right'.

To be honest, which ever 2 sides had been promoted, they would have struggled as Salford and Celtic have done.

It pains me to say it, as I would love nothing better than a strong 14-16 team competiton, but at this moment in time, and even for the forseeable future, I don't see the quality to sustain anything more than a 12 team league.

Only a club with a wealthy backer, and a guaranteed 7,000+ support should have been considered worthy of a spot in the league, and neither of the newcomers have these credentials.

As for TS's assessment that its good that we can win when playing poorly, then I agree to an extent...Yes, we were poor, but its becoming increasingly apparent that this standard of performance is about our average...We simply aren't as good as we all reckoned we were....Big changes are needed, and 2 relatively unconvincing wins against teams we all expected to be beating comfortably, shouldn't hide that fact.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:24 pm  

is it me or are celtic very good or were we that predictable

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:53 pm  

The Angry Pirate wrote:

To be honest, which ever 2 sides had been promoted, they would have struggled as Salford and Celtic have done.

It pains me to say it, as I would love nothing better than a strong 14-16 team competiton, but at this moment in time, and even for the forseeable future, I don't see the quality to sustain anything more than a 12 team league.

Only a club with a wealthy backer, and a guaranteed 7,000+ support should have been considered worthy of a spot in the league, and neither of the newcomers have these credentials.

As for TS's assessment that its good that we can win when playing poorly, then I agree to an extent...Yes, we were poor, but its becoming increasingly apparent that this standard of performance is about our average...We simply aren't as good as we all reckoned we were....Big changes are needed, and 2 relatively unconvincing wins against teams we all expected to be beating comfortably, shouldn't hide that fact.

Celtic do, kind of. A shade under 6k average to date, which isn't a fai reflection seeing as they have only had two home games.

Let's not let the facts get in the way of a nonsense fuelled rant though eh?

As an aside, I thought Penny was shocking today.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:00 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

Celtic do, kind of. A shade under 6k average to date, which isn't a fai reflection seeing as they have only had two home games.

Let's not let the facts get in the way of a nonsense fuelled rant though eh?

As an aside, I thought Penny was shocking today.

monas also had a stinker

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:37 pm  

lets play wrote:

is it me or are celtic very good or were we that predictable

Celtic Results
Leeds Rhinos Away L 6-28
Salford Reds Away L 16-28
Hull FC Home L 20-28
Saints Home L 0-4
Hull KR Away L 18-48
Warrington Wolves Away L 22-27
Apart from HKR & Leeds the results havent been runaway scores and the average loss is 13.5 points per game which isnt bad for newcomers

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:15 pm  

lets play wrote:

is it me or are celtic very good or were we that predictable

very predictable...one man rugby any one can read...they were good in fact half decent..but we did`nt help our selves..got to step up a gear for salford and cas...2 games we shud win on paper.............BUT

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:54 pm  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

As an aside, I thought Penny was shocking today.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:22 am  

Warrington Wolf wrote:

Can't believe no-one has given Riley a mention yet, thought he was outstanding tosday, very brave.

He can be as brave as he wants, it still doesn't hide the fact that he cant seem to run onto a pass at speed! How many times did he drop the ball? This guy isn't good enough to be our full back at the moment and IMO never will be in the future!

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:24 am  

Wedge>Anderson wrote:

He can be as brave as he wants, it still doesn't hide the fact that he cant seem to run onto a pass at speed! How many times did he drop the ball? This guy isn't good enough to be our full back at the moment and IMO never will be in the future!

2 of his drops were from absolutely shocking passes to be fair.