30- 0 joke

32-0

top 8 ???? my backside
36-0

Only one game, but doesn't exactly fill you with confidence for the coming season.

Anyone expecting much out of this, or indeed trying to judge it as an indicator needs to look at things more logically.

We have a team that needs to gel, and only game time will bring that regardless of results. Friendlies are absolutely no indication of fortunes to come and should be waved away as a more intensive training session.

Bit pointless getting emotional over them or questioning the possible fortunes of an upcoming season based on what is essentially a full contact training session.

FRIENDLY !!!

36-6

This was the howler I was expecting down in Cardiff, hopefully we have got it out of the way in a friendly today? Could perhaps be a massive wake up call for the coaches and players. Let's prey things improve very quickly.

rubbish, they took this seriously look at the squad. we shouldn't be getting smashed at hull kr this year.

ill save my judgement untill after we have played some competitive games.

Cashmere sent off.

tbh im getting a bit emotional. goodness big ray sent off?

40-6, the circus is back in town

Come on folks its a friendly match and will mean nothing come regular season.

I for one will miss the Willows when you move,its a great traditional ground.

Best of luck for the real season.

Peter.

So Ray will be out for the Cardiff game then. It's getting better by the minute this.

hopefully feka back or we'll have worse front rower at cardiff????

40-6 FT

Was going to go today thank goodness i never!
Hopefully all these bold claims top 8 fitter than ever! do not come back to haunt us? Did we play hull kr last year in a friendly what was that score?

Feka's just changed his prediction, he says we will now definately make last place!



No seriously despite it being a friendly I was expecting a much better result than 40-6 considering the team we had out. Anyone saying don't read too much into it wouldn't be saying this if we had won by 6-40. Friendly on not this was the big mock test after weeks of preperation and they failed by a distance.

Friendly or not it is important to develop good habits including getting used to winning. We have lost 3 out of 4. The excuse of players gelling is used every season it seems. On the evidence thus far the personel has changed but nothing else. I will bide my time before making a final judgement but thier is alot of improving to do in the next two weeks. The Crusaders match straight away is a bench mark game. After all the upheaval they have had this is a winnable game and one we must look to win if we have any designs on progress. The pressure is on the coach straight off for me.

FEKA....."WE WILL MAKE THE PLAY OFFS".........not with your big fat eating eat buddie in charge we wont son!!!!
so glad didnt go,friendly or not,we went there with our best team on paper and got tw$$ed!!! 4 friendlies and we look far from top 8 material,like posted above..."is nobby out of work still".....surely wont cost to much to pay the slug off now??

Yes it's like him being the driving instructor and his pupil crashing the car three times on the last lesson before the driving test.

good post stadge, completely agree!

Listen we were bad and I wont make any exception for our desplay (although I'm sure the fat man will) but believe me when I say that was the worse refing I've seen in 30 years, 20+ pens against, 2 sin bins, one on report and a red card against us in a clean friendly, c'mon! Oh but we were a tad poo to say the least. Worried, yer a little, new manager, yes please!

IM WAITING FOR IT......."Well ya know mate,i know we got hammered and the ref was bad,BUT thought we will come away from the game with a few positives,some of the younger lads had a good run out,the new guys are slowly getting upto speed and adjusting to the new surroundings etc etc etc

NEW GAFFER ASAP TO SORT WHAT ON PAPER IS A VERY DECENT SQUAD OF PLAYERS.....
wonder if houldsworth getting an ear bashing off the general?