If that is the best we can play under perfect conditions then we are going to struggle. There are some players in that team who need to take a real good look at themselves. And I would suggest John kear ups the anti in training too

A win is a win. Improvements needed.

I watched the game on Proper Sport tonight very painful viewing. Sam Hallas saying him and Wood rested tonight, there could be a few more "rested" next week. But as someone has said it's another two points.

Think that's a bit strong. I didn't see the first two tries, so can't comment if they were soft but after that we defended brilliantly. Was more a concentration thing or trying too hard that led to the errors. It certainly wasn't lack of effort. As Northus said, we didn't look that cohesive but that was because we didn't have the ball for any sustained amount of time. Was always going to be a tricky game and Newcastle threw the kitchen sink at us and we've come away with the win. Was impressed by Newcastle, good line speed and very aggressive. Another win ticked off.

We should be hammering them especially in perfect conditions. No excuses in my.book

Was impressed with Newcastle. As a friend said afterwards they're the best team we've played in the league this season other than York.

Not the best performance but we still got the win.

I’m sure York weren’t great against Hunslet a couple of weeks back when they only won 28-26. We beat Hunslet comfortably.

It goes to show that there are some decent teams in the division who are capable of raising their game and if they catch you on an off day then a defeat can happen. York probably didn’t complain too much after getting the win and we shouldn’t either. The disparity between the top and bottom teams is massive and there is a danger of thinking you should hammer everyone because of large scores against the bottom teams.

If you cut out the large number of uncharacteristic handling errors from last nights performance the score line would probably have been a lot larger.

Defensively we were pretty sound and in attack I’m sure we’d look a bit more fluent if you add back in two of our first choice spine in McNally and Keyes. Pickersgill and Milnes are doing well but you have to keep in mind that they are still young kids.

We achieved the objective of 2 points from what many called a potential banana skin before the match and for that reason i’m happy.

I’m sure York will suffer an unexpected defeat at some point against a top 8 side who catch them when they aren’t at their best.

Nail on head Ethan Ryan made two try saving tackles, Pickersgill looks another excellent academy product in the making but I would add Chisholm IMO ran the game from S/O scored a try created another and kicked all but one goals.

We need to sign that Newcastle full back and the 2 halves... totally head and shoulders above what we have

Agreed, though the one thing we failed to defend all match was the off-load and a better side would have killed us last night. If I remember correctly Newcastle have a strong record at home, so any win there is something to be pleased with, even though we certainly never showed the sort of fluency we'd maybe hoped for. That said,it's difficult when teams are coming in 'hell for leather' and whilst I don't think Thunder were an outstanding team they have some solid individual players, are well coached and certainly didn't die wondering.

Thought we had a number of good, gritty rather than classy, performances and, of course, a wins always win, and no doubt, we'll have many more teams like Newcastle to beat so we'll need to be on our mettle. Onwards and upwards.

They were lively although its easy to see why Adam Brook never really got a look in thought he was a bit wayward in what he did. Lewis Young though was very lively love to see halfbacks who engage the line. That said Chisholm is slowly getting back, he suffered a horrendous injury and it will take time probably the best surface he played on and he showed glimpses of the magic he has. Another few weeks with Keyes back they will be tearing teams a new one coming into the better weather

Well, we [idid[/i have one of those halves - and shipped him out because he wasn't good enough

There full back is the best I have seen since mossy... .McNally when fit???? Isn't as quick and elusive as him.. as for Chisholm yes his injury was bad.. but come on he should be ripping it up in this league.. he is a league or 2 better than this... isn't he ?????,

As for that laithwaite I can fully understand why he has been shipped out... maybe needs a few weeks exercise on trying to bend his back... from that drop out all he had to do was fall on the ball... I would have had him straight off.. If we hadn't got any better than him.. then Chalmers needs to open the bank book

Bloody hell Molsk, we're that bad I'm surprised we're not battling it out with West Wales and Hemel.

That was Kirk wasn't it? Laithwaite was great at Doncaster and has been v solid since.

How does promotion work in this division? Need to sort out the attitude if it is some kind of play-off. WE defended really well, having to defend several sets on the bounce but all those dropped balls could cost us dearly against teams that are also fighting for promotion.

Top spot automatically promoted. 2-5 in play-offs.

Assuming they don't move the goalposts half way through the season like they did last year.

It was laithwaite who couldn't be bothered to bend down or even fall on the floor for it.. I'm not saying we are that bad... What I'm saying is we are not that good

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Doncaster had their slip up this weekend losing to Hunslet at home. Just us and York on 18 points now and then a 4 point gap.

York beat Hemel 90-0 putting them back on top however we play Hemel this weekend with only 30 ish points to make up. Tricky assignment for York; away at Whitehaven. Whitehaven would potentially be joint third as they are a game behind everyone else.

First place were originally supposed to be involved in the playoffs. But that nearly meant Toulouse missed out on the playoffs the year before when they slipped up in the first playoff game. Guessing RFL didn't want that happening to Toronto because while Toronto were top of the league, they changed the rules and made the top spot automatic promotion instead.

I was surprised by how good Newcastle looked on Friday night. They ought to be higher up the table if they can play like that. The 4G surface really suited Ritson and Young who looked a threat whenever they go the ball. Great setup at Kingston Park, lots of juniors playing RL around there too. A club on the up for sure.

I thought it was a potential banana skin pretty well negotiated. Glad to see the defence mostly sorted, and Newcastle deserve a lot of credit, they were way better than I had been expecting. Peltier and Chissy our best.