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Concern at Cup triumph

Lee Sykes
21/ 1/2004

ROUGHYEDS boss Steve Molloy was relieved to see his side scrape home in the Law Cup game against Rochdale Hornets.

Describing the match as "not pretty", Molloy said: "Although it's pre-season and we have not played a lot of football I thought at times Rochdale showed more commitment than us and that was a concern for me which I have addressed with the players.

"Having said that a win is a win and we have several new players settling in.

"We played reasonably well when we had our full strength side out.

"When I made changes, we dropped off and in the second half allowed Rochdale back into the game."

Molloy was also pleased with the new faces in the team.

He said: "Ian Watson and Paul Southern have plenty of experience and they will be a great help to the younger players, many of whom haven't played at this level before."

On the injury front Dane Morgan is a major concern and is to see a specialist on an upper arm injury he picked up in the game.

Molloy said: "We fear it could be ruptured which is a worry for us.

"We can't really afford injuries to quite a thin squad, especially to a player of Dane's quality."