With Gilmore and Owens on that pitch we would have won by at least 30, you know, those two players that are shite and need moving out?
Anyway, the only thing I can think is that we don't train for situations like that. We kept on playing dumb rugby as if we were 13 v 13. Foz was scooting from the ruck far too much, Edge wouldn't back himself enough, when 10 yds out, coming into the line. We have a knack of running out of pitch width due to the slowness of the passing. All these things can be ironed out, but they need to plug the iron in quickly.
Paulie xx
@viking25 We have 25 of our own players. We have signed Lawton from Oldham, Condon from Australia who has played NRL and had a SL contract with Leigh for this season until he was injured and that lad from Wigan academy who was playing in Australia.
Not to mention recently signing Maizen who was rated as one of the best outside backs in the Championship. Plus Will Roberts on loan from Saints who looks useful at half back.
Recruitment has been very poor yes, but that was a decent side today and in Lawton and Condon, at Championship level good signings. Against 11 men for an hour absolutely no excuses.
What a shocking performance today. Completely lacking in leadership and ideas. Doncaster were by far the better team, even with 11 players.
How we managed to lose the game after clawing back the lead, was disgraceful. Do they not know how to close a game down, as Sheffield did.
Too many stupid defensive errors and clueless⁰ in attack. Why persist in one man rugby up the middle when we had a 2 man overlap? Has Bent ever actually broken a tackle or made an offload, although he was not alone.
Do you think we should ask Bradford to send 10 players next week to give us half a chance?
Anyboby know what the attendance was?
“widnesrl We're pleased to share a positive update on Jake Maizen following the incident during today's match which saw play suspended as he was stretchered from the field.
Jake has undergone medical assessment and we can confirm there is no neck fracture, which is a huge relief. He has, however, sustained a concussion and some muscular strain in his neck.
As per concussion protocols, Jake will take the necessary time away from training and competition to ensure a full and safe recovery. We'll continue to support him throughout his rehabilitation and provide further updates as needed.
We thank everyone for their concern and well wishes for Jake”
One very lonely man was the referee who, iirc, waved 'play on' after the crowd reacted immediately to the tackle.
But apart from that there were times in the second half when we were in possession with nobody in the Doncaster half of the field! Surely a good 'boot and chase' would have been in with a chance?