Well he's got the physical attributes so i hope he comes good, but for me we need more from a quota player than we are getting so far. We could have got a prop from the championship to do what he has up to press and used the quota spot on a more pivotal position.

I must have been watching a different game, other than his ludicrous kick and knock on, I thought he went well in both attack and defence. Drags in all kinds of defenders and with a decent offload game, I think he could be a real asset.

Agree that he does need to calm down a little though.

Utterly teed off with that display. Wakey threw it away after leading 12-0 and then 18-10. Just cannot believe they've thrown a season's work away like that.

Making it worse was the fact I had 6/6 on a SL accumulator and just needed Trinity to win to go right through the card and collect decent winnings. I watched the second-half in dismay.

And what's Matty Wildie done wrong ? He might have supported some of the breaks that weren't converted.

I agree, thought Tautai played well. I don't expect a player to go 80 mins without one error. It's the ones who make several howlers a game and keep on losing us games that bother me

I was going to write the same thing on Lyne, but I'm afraid he has a long way to go to convince me and wipe out some of the horror shows

I think not. 2 seasons in now and there is no sign of any meaningful or lasting change. The end of last year was sadly a flash in the pan. Same patterns, same errors, same stupid selection and bench interchange choices...we were warned

Pretty much my assessment of his performace today too. Lacked consistency and lacked guts. Poor effort.

For years we have signed Australians who come here with big reputations- and these guys don't perform. Are you seriously telling me that there isn't an English prop or second row able to do the same job as some of the Trinity imports? They take the money, then collapse into the first tackle and never break the line.
What's the problem- is flair coached out of these players?
Don't make me laugh, I'm too fed up from today's game to even raise an ironic smile. It's utterly dire, Lee Smith's try was excellent and that was the highlight of my otherwise rubbish afternoon.
Pass me the absinthe and a razor.

So who were the overseas forwards who didn't perform today? Raleigh was poor, Poore was miles better.

Re Lee Smith. Won't be part of the ex Leeds at Cas.

Where's he off to then?

I don't get this criticism of Raleigh - he's been great for us and, barring his period of injury, very consistent; he wins the collision in both attack and defence and although he's not a tackle-busting prop, he gets a quick ptb and has decent feet.

It's a shame to vent your frustration on any single player, but it's downright daft to direct it at one who does the small things right week in and week out.

The strong rumour is Bradford. Also Addy to be announced as our next signing shortly.

Great, so we are signing the worst defensive player in Super League

Smith going to re sign for us.

Due to the Addy rumour I watched him closely yesterday.

My first impression was his strange body shape. He has a massive backside and thick thighs and looks like a prop from the waist down. Top half has small shoulders and thin trunk and looks like a back.

He played quite well yesterday and showed some nice things both in attack and defence.

My only question is where will he play, because like his body he looks a mix and match sort of player.

Hope he is. Just the rumour going round yesterday re: Bradford.

He does have a wierd body shape! I noticed that. People on here have mentioned his as a stand off? We need to improve our short kicking game so maybe he can do that??

From what I've read thats the issue with him. He doesn't have a set position. If he settles down in one area then it may be beneficial. Made a decent break and swung momentum Bradfords way, but didn't notice him for the rest of the game.

I'd play Addy at Loose IMO has a decent kicking game and can pick out weak links in defences (Yesterday running at T Smith.)

With that I assume Washbrook, as has been rumoured, would be leaving. There's no way he wouldn't be in the side if he was still at the club.

Saw Chris Chester in the crowd yesterday. Don't think he will have seen anything to persuade Sandinyercock to increase the offer for Cockayne.

Yeah I just hope we dont end up putting him at Stand Off.

Addy’s a bit of an enigma. He’s got good core skills and a good rugby brain. He’s got a good kicking game and decent footwork. His weakness is his defence where he misses too many tackles. The problem seems to be in technique. His positioning could be better as he’d be less prone to being brushed off, often he’s got his feet in the wrong place or is going too high.

If he could sort his defence out he could be very useful in a Sinfield type role. While he can run the ball he’s not really a tackle busting sort of player and is short of pace off the mark.

I’d liked us to have kept him but we seem to be signing a backrow that’s a bit more defensively reliable. We might lose a bit in attack though.

Good luck to him if he’s off to Wakey. On the Lee Smith rumour that’s a new one to me. I’d welcome him at the Bulls.

Funny enough, just watched the Lee Smith try and it all started by a poor defensive effort from Addy.

I watched him yesterday, for the same reason - he cut us open a couple of times running good lines and looked to have a surprising turn of pace, given that he doesn't look obviously athletic. I also thought he looked a bit suspect in defence - as a replacement for Washbrook, that would be an obvious miss.