Re: Holmes and MATA’UTIA : Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:36 pm
easyWire wrote:
Indeed. I was surprised that our players weren't a bit more motivated in front of the new boss, considering a lot of them are up for contract renewals. Maybe it was just a case of them being shell-shocked by a team that gelled as one attacking unit right from the first minute. Either way we didn't have the leaders to claw us back into it. Hill is a great player but too easily rattled IMO to steady the ship. Hughes has been given the captaincy role but seems to lack that passion to drive the players back into it. We need an Edwards or a Farrell type player who won't accept the sort of crap we put on show, because the coach certainly didn't seem able to change the mindset at half time.
That is exactly the issue. There was a place at Wembley at stake which is a massive milestone for a player's career so I doubt motivation was the problem, but there isn't enough character or leadership in the team to turn things round when they are going wrong.