its definately a confidance thing, because last night we started the game well, glees won a penalty and we ended the set on their line. the problems started when we gave a penalty away and handed them the momentum. Due to the lack of confidance we couldn't stop it hence the ht score.



but half time allowed us to re-group and the attitude was fantastic we just gave ourselves too much to do. don't forget we missed some key players for last night.



we have to stay positive, one piece of luck/individual brilliance could snap the streak and see a return to form. we are in the playoffs and this years results show it doesn't really matter where we finish. we have beaten batley/haven/fev away and lost to haven/fev at home



Its obviously a difficult time for the club on the field but we need to harness some of the positive work being done off it and pull together!!!

All we as fans want is effort and last night at times it was lacking, that said in the second half it improved dramatically. If we had 17 James haleys or mark roberts on the pitch I can't help thinking we'd have won a couple of games out of the last 5, Haley and Roberts certainly aren't the best players in the world but they give 100% every week.



I appreciate that a lot of things posted on this board are negative and this post maybe seen by some as negative, it's just hard to be positive at the moment. That said i will be at leigh and at home against toulouse.



I don't expect Matt calland to come out and make a statement but I wouldn't mind knowing if he regrets his 'country mile' comments? I suspect he does, however i told him before the game last night that were all behind him and I think most of us still are, he seemed to appreciate my telling him this.



Hope i haven't turned this into another negative thread but just wanted to give a couple of my thoughts.

disagree with the haley comment he is one of the most intelligent players in the team, he always make the right choice in attack and defense.

Nobody always makes the right choice in attack or defence never mind both. I think he's a very good player, probably first name on the teamsheet everyweek but he's certainly more a grafter than a luxury player.

what people have forgot its was a 3 year plan to get those boxes ticked untill super league pick the team to go up, so we dont have to win anything this year, would be great to win the grand final this year, but if it dont happen then there is next year, we are buliding towards super league,if we win nothing this year keep heart, we are heading in the right direction, in my imo matt will get us there

Thanks for taking the time out to post Mike what with your TV career taking off as it did last night, the amount of times you were on





It is incredibly frustrating seeing the same group of players who were beating teams comfortably earlier on in the season, now on a 5 match losing streak, particularly when the coaching staff said before a boot was laced that the training would be tailored so that we peak at the END of the season rather than the start.



However, they still have my 100% support. Yes we will have down games, or a few games, 2003 anyone? But Matt Calland is a young British coach who obviously has a lot of passion for the club and wants to achieve things with us, why else would he sign a two year contract?



The players do not turn from world beaters to half hearters overnight, the cup game against Cas took a lot out of us but when we lost the NRC semi final against Widnes, and the manner we lost it, obviously was a massive hammer blow to the players who are tight knit and before that hadn't lost to a team in our division. Also the claims that the players who have signed extensions playing badly is a load of jack. As sportsmen they have some professional pride and if they don't take to the field wanting to win or do their best then they wouldn't take to the pitch in the first place and put their bodies on the line for the cause.



Last night was a despairing defeat but it wasn't through lack of effort, it was through poor defence and ill-discipline, which ALL sports teams are guilty of. Now the team have 10 days to recharge the batteries, get the frustration and tension out of their system and get our season back on track at the LSV on Bank Holiday Monday.

A lot of good posts on here which is nice to see. Lots of intelligent conversation rather than slating people and rumour spreading.



I came away depressed last night as I'm sure we all did but at least there have been improvements. We all know the Widnes away game was awful and ok we haven't won since then but we have improved. I felt there was a lot of passion in that second half last night and that the players genuinely seemed gutted when we lost. I really hope we get back on track against Leigh I really do. Lets stick together and show the players that our frustrations are only down to our love and passion for the club and we are right behind them.



Thanks for the mention Mike...I didn't expect it but while on the topic why doesn't everyone do what I have done and get some cashfax forms sent out to them? I don't have 20 people to sign up but I know I will find them because its a relatively easy sell...I signed 4 people up from work with ease because people don't mind paying £1 a week for the chance to win some cash.



We can all do our bit and little things like that will probably help lift spirits in the office, which I'm sure has a positive effect on the club after a disappointing loss the night before

'I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot... and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's precisely why I succeed''.

Michael Jordan



"Play up! Play up! And play the game!"

Sir Henry John Newbolt - Vitaï Lampada



Now come on, get your heads up, start enjoying it and win..

Justthebasicfax Aug 09

well said mike now tell the players to prove those doubters wrong

Just realised this post has been made a sticky....i thought it had disappeared! Might be just me but i always forget to look through the sticky post list!

Well said, Mike. Alot of the negative posts on here are nevertheless understandable and are borne out of frustration ... eg last night's match it appeared Batley had an extra spring and their tries looked soft, so the fans are bound to vent their annoyance.



But in reality there's probably no other sport in which confidence bears such an impact. A workmate who supports Leeds watched last night's match and ... speaking as a level headed neutral .... acknowledged we seem to be panicing with no direction. He was of the view that had we would have won that match our season would turn around overnight. A loss is a loss no matter how close, and a win is a win. He also pointed out Ian Millward being under fire in 2004 when Saints went thru a horror patch, including being beat 70 nil at Leeds!!



I'm sure things will turn round ... I'm a great believer in swings and roundabouts and it won't be too long before we're stringing 5 wins on the trot.

5 on the trop would be nice now...wouldn't that mean we would win the GF...or get there at least!?