U may have hit the nail on the head?

We've got two many players happy to pick there pay cheque up!

And are not too bothered about playing with pride and passion in the red white and blue?

I agree with you that we should have seen those games out better against Hudds and the one against Salford but Cas were excellent at MM and played at a very high level and simply just did a number on us that day





I do think though if we can play to our best and we're right up for the fight, we an beat Hull.

Seen as you've brought it up , who do you think isn't 'playing with pride and passion in the red white and blue'?

I'm not one for bagging players!

Naming names!!

It might hurt there feelings!!

They get really upset and voice there anger on twitter!!!

Maybe Agars doin the same???

I thought we were absolutely dire against Castleford who played ok but were made to look alot better because of how inadequate, ill disciplined and unstructured we were in our play that day...it was embarrassing. Our best player Tautai had only got off the plane a few days before which speaks volumes, pity he's not playing at loose forward for us tomoro night as he'd help make it a closer contest without doubt.



To progress we have to beat those teams around and below us, its something we've struggled to do so its the hard way again.... or may be not.

Totally agree asmadasa and you can probably throw Hull at home as a "should have won game".

In hindsight, Sykes has been a big miss as Tim Smith's foil and hopefully we can go on a run.



Regarding Cas, the only thing you can say is that Powell has certainly had the "new coach" effect.

I agree. We are 5 points below par as a low estimation. This is due to poor team selection and some playes not standing up to the plate when required. Largely Agar has been slow to correct problems and I think he takes the lions share of the blame...but it is not out of the question we can't turn it round. A few teams have had their ups and downs and though, on the face of it, it looks a tough run in, it is in our hands to turn it round.

Cas did play well but were so utterly abysmal that it is hard to know how the game would have gone if we had got off the bus. If you play like that the opposition will look good. That said Cas have done well lately but it is still a game we should have been looking to win as is the next timne we play them

You have to get through good sets of 6 and we have consistently failed to do that. Yes it can be a bit dull, but that's RL these days. Big, fast strong, go-forward battering rams who have to win the battle to get up off the floor quickly and win easy yards. No errors. Kicks that make the opposition play from deep. Of course we all know this, but it is something we did quite well under Kear more often than we have under Agar. You have to win the field position before you can start the flashy stuff. We often try to play ourselves out of a box with flashy stuff in the wrong part of the pitch and pay the price.

After 18 games last year we had 12 points - this year we have 15.

The run at the end of last year came as a result of a settled and injury-free (relatively speaking) squad.



The start of last season saw us struggle to get the best out of our key player as he had no suitable foil to work with (Smith and Sykes).

This year we have been missing that foil once again for a large part of the season, now he is back and we have won the last 2 games (all be it against "weaker" opposition).

Perhaps we should wait another few weeks to see whether Sykes can add that extra dimension to Smith's game again and we can then kick on like we did last year.



I do think there are a couple of games that have got away from us that realistically we should/could have won but that happens to everyone over the course of a season.

We have a lot to do to make the top 8 this season but at this stage of last season you would have given us absolutely zero chance of making it so let's not assume that this season can't be the same.

Yep agree with that.

When suggesting we 'should' have won certain games, some people conveniently forget that there are an equal number of living, breathing, thinking (to some extent) human beings on the pitch, who have a say in how that pans out; we're not playing against cardboard cut-outs!



There are many games that we 'could' have won, but I'm not sure about 'should.'