shrewsbury roughyed

You can’t underestimate the importance of the leaders in this squad. JT, ET, Mattie Wildie, AM, JD etc. There’s a lot of thought (not just money) gone into building this squad. Huge credit to SL and the board. I wonder if Pat Moran could be the next to follow George Hirst to a SL gig. I’ve never seen him be less than excellent and his stats for half a game are better than some who play much longer minutes. A real impact player.

From one crisis to another: rugby league in dire need of real leadership | Super League | The Guardian Maybe too depressing to read but a Guardian article today about the RFL and SL's regular idiocies. Feel free to completely ignore.

According to the website, London have won their last 13 matches against us!! Time to right that wrong!

I’d imagine that if Bill and Mike appointed him they’d know a) what they wanted and b) what they were getting. Those two guys are nobody’s fools as they’ve proved in spades so far. Let’s give the bloke a fair chance.

Big punishment but, assuming he did it, justified. Big lesson for the lad. Hope he learns from it and comes back fitter and better.

Hard to call this one. London narrowly beat Featherstone, though Fev had their own troubles at the time. Bradford beat them and they narrowly beat Dewsbury in the 1895. I watched them against Goole on tv in the Challenge Cup and they weren't firing on all cylinders and had an unsettled team. You'd assume they have started to gel now but if we play to our strengths and show more intelligence near their line I think we're capable of winning this one.

I’m teetotal but until the last couple of seasons watching the Yeds has made that very, very difficult!

I hope the lad hadn’t bitten off more than he can chew. Sorry!!!

When is the panel meeting?

I wasn’t disrespectful, Ulv. Never underestimate a Cumbrian side - or anyone else for that matter. My point is that I’d be hoping to be very competitive against all those in the league bar probably the supposed top and full-time and financially better off sides. Barrow deserved to win today. Goood luck to them. For me we made a mistake in assuming that without our own top players we’d be good enough.

Hindsight is easy and only Sean and the coaching team know what thinking lay behind the team selection but I agree that this was too many changes, too many key players out. Hull KR is exciting but ultimately meaningless compared to the bread and butter Championship games snd also imo the 1895 Cup. Early days. Lessons to learn. I’m fully anticipating the negative ‘woe is me; it’s all over’ posts that will probably follow this result. But it’s a tough decision and a learning curve. Let’s move on.

Double punishment at the moment!!

10-6 half time. Not enough guile at the end of sets. This is winnable but we’re going to need a better half and dime intelligence near their line. Not putting them under enough pressure at the moment.

This is a big match for us imo. First away game. Plenty of (too many?) first choice names (and onfield leaders) out. An opponent, with no disrespect whatsoever intended, that we would hope to have a good chance of beating. I’m very nervous.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-helmets-required/2025/mar/06/toulouse-bradford-promotion-race-results-super-league-match Interesting article reinforcing that anyone can beat (or lose to) almost anyone in the Championship, on the day Toulouse beat Bradford, having lost to Widnes. It’s a more interesting league than SL, but likely (ridiculously) no promotion at the end of it for the champions.