To say we didn't miss Duffy is just daft. He chases, tackles, sets up moves and kicks far better than anyone else we can field, and the Sheffield chaos on Thursday simply served to prove that..........we missed every aspect of his game.
I am also concerned that all of the Ex Leigh contingent were unavailable on the same night ..... hope this was a coincidence only and not indicative of one or more of them loosing interest.
Having said that I just don't know what tto make of the Sheffield performance. It was awful, in the extreme, totally lacking in ideas, drive and rugby sense............ Sheffield are a very ordinary team who simply showed more desire than we did (nothing else). They should have been easy meat if we had any pride etc.
I can't get my head round one simple fact in particular .................. and someone within the Whitehaven set up needs to come up with an answer .............. How the hell can we have beaten Halifax four times this season, and still finish up behind the in the final league table.
That very question has to be dealt with ...........with greatest urgency ..... To me it indicates Whitehaven RLFC is fatally flawed in some respect. I have defended DR throughout this season, believing he could and would pull off third place and an upbeat end to the season..............although I never expected us to reach the GF ............but the 'Best of the Rest' .........yes !!!
Looking back over recent weeks he has failed on both counts, and MUST carry the can and now I believe he must go.
We will not beat Halifax away this time in the playoffs ........if we some how do manage to beat Leigh.
'Haven are now on the downward slide, the recent glory days are at an end and we need to rebuild............ throughout the team
Forget all this hogwash about new stands ...... get real BOD and put us a decent team together ............. under a new coach.
Who need stands were never going to fill .... we don't even fill the one we've got .... it's like buying a new car to sit on the drive just because the neighbours got one.