SUPERSTUD

In my professional capacity I was always told that if it starts off looking like excrement it will always be excrement.

Let’s not kid ourselves here. Money still makes the world go round. I am Wakey through and through. Ashurst, Toppo, Fletch, Lampkowski and beyond days. Thick and thin cold away nights etc. Always had a solid loyal following in the grand scheme of things. But boy oh boy. There isn’t half some ‘Bandwagon’ supporters following Wakey now.

I’d say difficult to assess. Swinton are very poor end of.

I am genuinely hoping for you lot that your new board are keeping their powder dry and are working on a cunning 2027 plan behind the scenes. If not I genuinely feel that you are gone.

Ref did ok and he is inexperienced. He did not influence the result. One of our players did have an amicable conversation with the ref upon the full time whistle. Player told him if he wishes to progress he needs to stop being influenced by shouts from the crowd! Fair point. One day he may have 15-20 thousand shouting at him. Also needs to stop getting old manned. But he will learn these lessons on the run.

End of the day we come on here and vent our spleen because we all care. We all share a common goal which is to see the club prosper. Success is nothing without previously experiencing the difficult spells. Everything appears to be up in the air at the moment regarding league structures etc. Very difficult times with what I personally believe involves different factors having their own agendas. Selfishness will eventually bite hard.

Fair points. IMHO there were numerous factors which contributed to the Hunslet result. I will say that expansive plays also require high energy levels and we simply did not possess the required amount of gasoline. Addy also greatly assists when playing out of the back and expanding the play. Game gone now and Hunslet fully deserved to win.

Headless chicken - Often lacks any purposeful direction when in possession of the ball. Colleagues potentially find him hard to read as various plays are often off the cuff. However no one can knock his energetic type input. That’s why I said that he would have come in handy yesterday. He would have brought energy to the team.

Hookem’s headless chicken approach as daft as it may seem would have probably injected more energy into the performance today. Buzzing around like a bee in a bottle like Robbie Savage based his game on in football.

Agree. Personally I have already described the performance as absolute tosh but with mitigation. Believe me I nearly walked out before the end for the first time ever. But I just and I mean just managed to see the bigger picture.

Ok I respect your point of view. Forgetting all the in play intricacies at this stage. Such as small pack, down the middle etc and purely focusing on your three matches in eight days doesn’t really cut it! Are you seriously saying that a team, any team is not at a disadvantage having played three games in a week compared to their opponents only having played one, which by the way did not involve any travel. Oh including a no fault of their own midweek trek to Keighley!

Attended the game. This could be a long post. Firstly Hunslet were deserved winners on the day. Believe me I was as miffed as any Dewsbury supporter and for the first time ever I nearly walked out. However there is massive mitigation. Three games in a week is totally unacceptable for part time players let alone full time. The governing body the RFL purports to be massive advocates regarding player welfare and Dewsbury get handed this deal. Hunslet in comparison last played a week ago. Some of our players whom I could name have played the full 240 minutes in the same week. Madness. Some of our players were out on their feet very early doors. There is a case ongoing at the moment involving Widnes and the 1895 cup final. I personally stand in solidarity with Widnes regarding their genuine threat not to compete in the final. Again a decision made by the club to protect the welfare of their players. Commendable! So my major point is that I could quite easily rip in regarding that performance because it was absolute tosh. However this supporter understands the bigger overriding picture.

It is a fair point regarding high kicks. Last home game v Fax. Game had already gone by the way. On our left edge we had tall guys Graham, Senior and Delaney begging Sykes to put in the cross field kick. He opted for short arises Bateman, Carr and Copland instead. Talk about playing to your strengths .

Honestly not looking to fall out with any fellow poster but I do have to agree with certain aspects. From what I have personally observed these so called older players are not fit enough. As a coach such issues can have a massive bearing n your approach to in play interchanges. We have players in our team who are absolute 80 minute workhorses week in and week out. To be honest I feel that their performances are often taken for granted by some of our blindfolded supporters! There is no so called older player being left out who could improve this team.

I wonder as a club did we stand on hard enough in relation to this overall situation. Initially we turned up willing, able and ready to fulfill the original fixture. The home team staff failed to provide and prepare a pitch deemed fit and playable for a Championship fixture. Not withstanding all the expenses incurred for both the club and the travelling spectators. Personally I am not interested in the pride thing and I offer no opinion on that particular subject. What I am adamant about is that we should have vigorously pursued the two points or at the very least sought out a reversal of the said fixture. Seriously. Why should we all be expected to travel to Keighley on a Wednesday night and fulfill the fixture at a last minute.com rugby union ground? No offence to Keighley RUFC. The RL are a joke IMHO. They should have stepped in and made the correct executive decision. Two points to Dewsbury or reverse the fixture.