Have we hyped ourselves up too much or are we just getting too much stick from other clubs?



2 Wins



Leeds

Catalans



3 Losses



London

St Helens

Hull KR



Can we make excuses for the losses to make it seem like we're not playing so badly? Or do we not need to?



IMO we put convincing performances out against Leeds and Catalans yet we were made to look amateurish against London and showed no ambition against KR.



We now face the "in form" Hull FC away from home... What changes do we make? What do we do differently?



Do we stick with George King at starting prop? In front of Kopczak, Pauli and Hirst?

I simply do not understand what the coaching staff are doing with Pauli. Yesterday was a prime example, he came on stood wide right and did not touch the ball for three sets. I counted only 4 times when he received the ball. On a windy day when passing was hard, mistake free rugby was the call for the day, try to grind out a result and we have Pauli no where near the ball, all the play went left. This has happened so many times. If we are going to select him, play him at prop and get him running straight and hard around the ruck, you know like Hull Kr did with Mose and that big lad from Leeds.

I would put George King in front of Hirst every time. Hirst is going backwards.

Me too, not so much a negative on Hirst for me just think King has been good for us.

IMO I do not think our front row let us down that badly yesterday, big Dave was as good as he usually is, Kops did not take a backwards step, Hirst looked strong. Would play Pauli in the front row until he gets a bit fitter, he sticks out like a sore thumb in the second row at the minute and not in a good way.

It would Be classic Trin if we went to the bigger Hull club and won.

That's why, as edited xxxx as we were yesterday, I'll be there.





PopTart - don't do that. The swear filter is there for a reason

Through thick and thin! I went through the fixtures list earlier and unless something unforeseen happens I'll be there, week in week out!

Most apparent by his nearly clean shirt. He wasn’t on as long as others but didn’t get involved when on

Despite supposedly being out of form FC havent really had a bad result.

Ok they had a narrow reverse against KR and the lost to Cas, neither of which were shocking results.

Their 3 wins have come against non firing sides, Huddersfield, Leeds and Wigan, all of whom are playing badly.



On the downside, they are starting to get some players back, with Sneyd and Kelly being a very dangerous pairing. Add to that their size accross the park and Friday will be a very tough ask.



We gave a good account of ourselves over there last season and we could do with getting some more points on the board.



Everyone is dropping points at the moment (apart from Saint's) so we just need to keep up with the pack



Not feeling too good about this on but, that may be a good thing as I've been confident twice this season and we lost both of them.



Com on Trin !

Our so called big pack is not what it seems in my opinion. It may be large but other than Fifita I think its a bit soft and lacks that bit of 'Dog'



Yesterday we started with a big pack and four big forwards on the bench. HKR went with two forwards and two pivots on their bench. They lost one forward after only one tackle and therefore you would have thought that would have given us a massive advantage in the forwards as we could rotate players better as the game progressed. From what I saw as the game went on the HKR pack started to get the upper hand more and more.



I like Horo in that he made some good yards yesterday and showed a bit of spite in the tackle but was only on the pitch about 20 minutes.



As far as King is concerned I must be seeing a different player. He had a good game against Catalan, that's for sure. However other than that he falls on his face as soon as he meets the opposition. But then gains nothing at all because his PTB is slow.



Think we are missing Huby and also Randal to do the dirty hard stuff in the first 20 minutes.





I also totally agree with the comments about Pauli.

Not sure why King mentioned above. He and Kopczak look like great signings to me.

They are both starters in my 17 every time.