The feel good factor was indeed sky high and is now very much on the wane.... It is early in the season but we need to be thinking long term consistency and how we achieve that...(Well the coaching staff do). I keep having the same thought of replacing Meadows with Lilley (But ultimately I've found Lilley's attacking prowess frustrating) so I'm not sure that really is the answer....  I like that fact Nobby has put a squad together with a bit of size yet we aren't dominating down the middle and i don't really know why that is.... Hopefully on Monday we can all wax lyrical about our pack's dominance and the deft handling by our halves to release our pacy backs out wide! 

Other than Scurr and Pele none of the props really break tackles.  We have some big lads but they're lacking the speed and footwork to be a real threat.   Bayliss occasionally looks that part and so he should given he's enormous

Think we're really missing dorro and also appo. The replacements lui and waine we haven't really seen but maybe it's time to freshen things up and give them a go. 

It did cross my mind whether Waine was here because of Appo and losing him unexpectedly has unsettled him. I was expecting him to be a real handful but so far he has been pretty ineffective.


Key for this week is attitude, are the players prepared to try and win every little battle and 1% effort areas? 

Waine certainly doesn't run the ball in as hard as Appo.  Liu looked OK when versus Hunslet before he had to defend at centre.  He runs good lines so I agree,  maybe he's worth a shot.  Do you drop Fulton or Gee?