Did someone say Sam Williams......

But why the loss of confidence? that's what i don't understand. we started the season off not playing particularly badly, we were playing some good rugby, defence wasn't bad either, not getting beat by much when we lost, even though i doubt we were playing at the time with what i would consider our "strongest" team.

Something seems to have triggered a change in the team spirit at the club. now 7 losses on the bounce including challenge cup match.

We are more or less half way through the season, 13 matches played only 3 wins in SL, just one win more than TO who were relegation favourites at the beginning of season.

There are only 27 games this season, 11 home, 11 away, and 5 loop fixtures including the Magic weekend against TO at Newcastle. TO seem to be improving rapidly and seem quite comfortable when playing at home so could still have a few wins to come. realistically i think we need to win at least 6 or 7 out of the remaining 14 matches to be safe and at the moment that's looking a tall order.

Worrying times, we need a couple of wins urgently but i just can't see where they are going to come from.

I know we have dodged the relegation bullet many, many times since our promotion but this season I can’t see how we can do it again. If I am honest I am not sure where or if we actually have another win in us. It’s not just down to attacking the opponents line and scoring because we have had this problem for several seasons. I just feel something is different, what I wish I knew and those that might are not going to tell us.

It was not that long ago we had one of our strongest squads but rather than adding players to strengthen it further we switched to signing players whose best years are behind them. We also retained some whose form was regressing and giving them multi year contracts. Why we chose this format again I don’t know and once again those that do are not going to tell us.

With regards the ground I have asked before but where are those in the hopefully soon to be demolished East stand to go. The suggestion was in front of the South stand but it cannot be very high or it will block the view from the bar plus will we be provided with hard hats and waterproofs should anyone drop something from above.

What I want to know is what is going on the silence from the club is deafening on all matters. The marketing of matches is questionable and how many knew about the commemorative coin we have produced.

Think some one posters on forum Butler did not miss a tackle against Leeds .It's a start

This is 100% correct, and says everything about where we are at the moment. That the best 7 we have had in recent years was a player in the twilight of a career that was mainly in the championship.

Are we paying the price for the signing of injury prone players We had to shuffle the team around in the match at least twice against Leeds .It does seem to be happening a lot this season. were we are moving players about in the match for one position to another to cover for some one who as had to leave the field injured .Many a time the player who as been moved is way out of is depth in that position .Just a thought not having a go at any one

I agree. But that includes TJ too not just Gaskell.

At least TJ has quality about him. Gaskell has done no better at stand off than someone like Walker.

Oh dear PT. Again to correct your apologies of Miller. I didn’t say he made no effort on 23 or 30 tackles, it was the ones where tries were scored, as you full well know.

Toulouse just made another decent signing in peats

Don't remember him stand out for Leigh nor Shudds?

Been playing in French 2nd Tier so hardly a marquee signing but still probably better than Hood.

No idea w.hat you are trying to say then.

But it seems unlikely that he would attempt 30 tackles and then dodge the ones that caused a try.

You have every right to believe he did. I don't.