Indeed.

I'll tell you precisely why berro has looked ordinary this season;

NO FECKING RUNNERS!

How many times per game do we see opportunities squandered because there is noone to pass to

Top post. Our biggest problem IMO - half backs can't just conjure something out of nothing and with no runners they have virtually no options. Frustrating again that we were fantastic in this respect at the pre season game at Leeds. Wish I'd not gone now as it was our best game of the season and falsely raised expectations.

You only have to go back to last week and the Saints game . They had 4 or 5 runners every time they had the ball , We had 2 at best.

You need to cut down on the pre match ale. You must have been seeing double!

I completely agree

we could have Swain tackling his heart out all game at the moment and it wouldn't make that much different with all the dross around him, Agar would probably stick him on the bench anyway

Compare - CONTRAST

I cant remember how many times I have said to whoever Im sat with, that the ball had gone to the wrong man. On endless occaisions when we have been running around like headless chickens in the oppo's 20 giving drop off pass after drop off pass when the ball eventually ends up in the arms of Dowes/Cusack or some other unexpecting soul that looks at the ball like a 'cow looks at a piano'. Wrong people in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's frustrating as feck and ends with the coach and his skills being abject.

Berro, when he went to LF last week worked his bollux off attracting the defence hoping against hope that he would offload to a willing soul, but no, he ended up getting hammered with ball in hand, like a desciple defending the holy grail.

Good on ya Berro, truly class amongst schitt.......too good for us at the moment.

Quite. How anyone can say he's been 'rubbish' is a little baffling to say the least.

He should go and have his operation NOW. Have it now then have a full pre season ready for our phoenix season next year

In all seriousness he is another international who isn't producing. He came on tonight, nearly cleared the stand with a kick out of dummy half, then was asleep and knocked on Thackray's offload setting the first half tone for everyone else. Get him out of the firing line and put right for next year.

i thought he played ok considering he clearly shouldn't be on a rugby pitch with his injury. He was getting involved a lot and certainly not hiding away to protect his knee.

but i agree this years over anyway, lets get him fit again for 2010

Get his knee sorted once and for all. He tried hard but put us under pressure twice early on which is not good enough to be honest.

Looks a much better player when not playing hooker

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Against Saints last week and tonight v Wakey was very good at LF, his acting half play isn't a patch on last season, looks to me that he is forcing the issue for Houghton and Lee as rotating hookers and he at LF.
If we can see that why cant Agar ? and play Radford up front and Berro at LF, we move forward better and quicker.

Say's it all for me.

Horne 6- Berro 7

Not an option im afraid

Why not?

Loose Forward is without doubt a critic flaw in our game. Did anyone notice that twice whiting moved into that position for a play in the line in the second half and both times he put players through holes!! We need three pivots, and it is no coincidence that when Washy came back we started winning again, and since he was injured we have stopped. He was playing 6 but Horrne was acting as a pivot from full back and we were mixing it up a bit! Coaching is ppoor in my estimation!

Good post Wilf.
Whiting did the same against saints last week IIRC.
Need to mix it up against salford.
I would put G.Horne to centre,Berrigan to 7 and Whiting at LF.

Can't possibily say

Was a genuine question

I'm not stirring

Agree

Sounds good. Or at least better.

Been saying Whiting to LF for 5 weeks. It does beggar belief that our coach cannot change things around and try summat different he should have put Hall in the centre when he could weeks ago and Whiting to LF. 10 losses in 12 suggests the current structure doesn't work.