We are really lucky,massively so,to be where we are.

Lets make the best of it and support the team and staff.

Once and for all,the future is not promoting the youngsters before they're ready.

It's going to be really difficult to do this but we have to put everything behind the team in the knowledge that there will be wholesale changes for the better.

A month ago,we'd all have given our right arms for what we now have ie survival.

Can only agree with the sentiments expressed by Bonita and Red in Buxton...and others who have urged restraint in our criticism. We are alive..that is really all that matters right now. To be taking the field as uneven as it is for us right now represents winning...the scoreboards may get uglier but we were so close to expiring i cant get worked up. Lets get behind whoever is wearing the shirt and be forgiving for the inevitable difficulties that will happen.

Here here. Could not agee more

I just saw Evalds' try v Catalan, it was excellent.



I think they can build the team around him.

Was a very late and deliberate challenge on Theo. I don't think he intended to hit him in the head, but he did intend to catch him late. Should get a lengthy ban.



Evalds try was a good one. Showed plenty of confidence and took it well.

I don't think anyone has really moaned on this thread. Was disappointing we did not put up more of a fight against 12 men for 77 mins. It's going to be a tough old year but we all knew that.



Good to see Murphy have a decent game after his shocker last week.

Pretty much this. Saying "it's not good enough" probably made it sound like I was more annoyed. Even with the man advantage, I still didn't expect us to win. I just hoped we'd either at least score more than one try or keep the opposition from scoring only 2 points less than a full Wigan team the week before (although that was at home). You won't see/hear me booing the team or giving the players abuse or anything like that.

So what your all saying is that all players now are above criticism.



I except its going to take time to build Rome but I find it ridiculous that some players are constantly making basic schoolboy errors and are getting applauded for simply just turning out. We're talking pro rugby league players here what somehow can't do the basics right. 1 try in 2 games is a disgrace at any level and even that try took some scoring.



John Kear hit the nail on the head in that the scores don't matter rightly so, however individual key performance indicators do, to which most our players are failing at the minute. A new spine 1, 6, 7, 9, and 13 needs addressing as soon as possible. Having played this game I find the errors being made totally embarrassing at this level.



And before people start slagging me off I know Rome wasn't built in a day and we've had a turbulent time and its a new squad what hasn't played together but some of the errors being made are under 10's standard especially that defensive line.

Having read Phil Vievers post match comments I think he would agree with you.

No player is above criticism, but there were mitigating circumstances in France. No, we should not have dropped as much ball. No we should not have given away so many penalties and our kicking game should have been better. Yes, we missed too many tackles.



But, it did look like men against boys out there. After three minutes we had to play someone at scrum half who last played there when he was 9 apparently. We lost Danny Williams before the trip and Ashley Gibson and Stephen Wild after the warm up to add to the number of missing bodies.



The positives were a better display from Jack Murphy and the commitment shown by the team, but at the moment we are short of quality players and it shows.

Been saying bit for a while ,all last season, we need a defensive coach. if Phil Vievers is taking the defence then it's just not working

Think if you read this report we're still lucky to have Theo around. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/21411207 As for any negativity I think all the sensible people sense that regardless of Dr Kou's belief we will be a very competitive team this year all we can hope for is a showing not unlike last year where we played some excellent rugby in patches and caused a few upsets but also received a few good hidings. I do think a by product of the two showings will be that there is a bigger push to strengthen the squad for this year than had been planned for. The new regime can't possibly aim for bigger crowds when there is no improvement on the pitch so it's a bit of a vicious circle this year. See that Farish arrives this week, fully expect that when he settles in we will start to see the changes we have all been calling for.

Think if you read this report we're still lucky to have Theo around. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/21411207 As for any negativity I think all the sensible people sense that regardless of Dr Kou's belief we will be a very competitive team this year all we can hope for is a showing not unlike last year where we played some excellent rugby in patches and caused a few upsets but also received a few good hidings. I do think a by product of the two showings will be that there is a bigger push to strengthen the squad for this year than had been planned for. The new regime can't possibly aim for bigger crowds when there is no improvement on the pitch so it's a bit of a vicious circle this year. See that Farish arrives this week, fully expect that when he settles in we will start to see the changes we have all been calling for.