Truly awful watch.
All the noise about a hard pre-season and players looking fit and strong.
We were totally gassed and looked unfit as a team.

The backs were dreadful.
Handley and Lumb were run ragged down that edge.
Handley is not a centre in a million years.
I've said before, Newman is not the player he was after the injuries.
And Hall, club and sport legend though he is, looks like a 37 year old playing elite sport.
Frawley is just terrible.

We must bring ECW into the centre and put Handley where he belongs.
And I would play Connor at 7 instead of Frawley.
But I fear that BA will be too stubborn to do either of those things.

I've also been very disappointed with Ackers since he signed.
O'Connor is a better starting 9.

The start of another long, old season I fear.....

Only positives were that the defensive line speed is noticeably better under BA.
And the return of Holroyd and Gannon.

Other than that, depressingly awful.

I would move Handley to full back, put Conner at Centre. Conners running the ball back with that little shimmy, he doesn’t fool anyone. He just gets hammered . Least Handley has some pace to run wide of the defence. Not certain once again with Newman, he really needs to improve his game.
Although we never seem to put him through any gap or space. Frawley is poor, very rarely breaks the defensive line. At the moment having viewed the majority of the first round games excluding Salford, we look to be the poorest team. Six or seven games in will be appraisal time, pressure on Arthur. Up to him to sort things out, after all that’s what he is paid top money for.

I know, I was just making the point as others had said it was the props

Totally this...and all that hype about a tough preseason and how superfit our squad now is...we looked totally gassed after 20 minutes...as for the one out style we seem to be adopting...truly shocking to watch. Really horrible and a massive deflator for the season ahead

When is Brad Arthur’s contract up?

Is it about same time as Salford go into liquidation and Rowley becomes available?

I genuinely think he will leave and head back to Oz due to being homesick.