Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 1:18 pm  

tvoc wrote:

How do you easily assess whether one team had more injuries than another without getting all subjective on the matter? How about using squad numbers as an indicator of full strength ie. a score of 153 would represent squad numbers 1-17 all playing in a given fixture.

I currently have these for Leeds' opening six regular rounds:

Leeds 189 - 210 Warrington
Widnes 203 - 206 Leeds
Les catalans 192 - 234 Leeds
Leeds 239 - 251 Huddersfield
Wigan 231 - 231 Leeds
Leeds 213 - 225 St Helens

Of those only Warrington have won while being further away from their optimum starting number than their opponents.

How many of those did Brett Ferres play in - a starting 13 player but with shirt number 26?

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 2:20 pm  

Ferres played in all of them.

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 2:59 pm  

Juan Cornetto wrote:

Could we have done better - yes. Should be have recruited better - yes. Have we had pre-season disruption to preparation - yes. Have we had senior players badly out of form - yes. Are we suffering from the loss of our two long term leaders on the field - yes. Do we have to be patient - yes. Can we get in the top 8 - yes. Can we win the Cup - Yes. Should fans stop panicking - YES.

An excellent summary.

To balance out the massive amount of negativity, it's worth pointing out that there are a few real positives which will come out of all this, not least the fact that we've blooded some really good youngsters, with more to come (the last time we did this was when names like Calderwood, Sinfield, McGuire, Burrow and Jones Buchannan were all relatively unknown).

Personally I'm confident that we'll finish well within the top 8, but I don't care about not winning everything/anything this year. With the loss of Sinfield and Peacock, it was always going to be a year of rebuilding. Unfortunately it's been made all the tougher by the floods, lack of confidence and injuries to pivotal players.

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:21 pm  

tigertot wrote:

Yesterday Wigan lacked these from their pack;
Flower McIlorum Crosby Farrell Tomkins O'Loughlin

I was until recently responsible for the team that manages one of the facilities, I was speaking yesterday to the supervisor about Rhino's use of the facilities, so yes.

Which facilities have we used all season then? and how do they compare with Wigan's?

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:30 pm  

Luke Leaner wrote:

An excellent summary.

To balance out the massive amount of negativity, it's worth pointing out that there are a few real positives which will come out of all this, not least the fact that we've blooded some really good youngsters, with more to come (the last time we did this was when names like Calderwood, Sinfield, McGuire, Burrow and Jones Buchannan were all relatively unknown).

Personally I'm confident that we'll finish well within the top 8, but I don't care about not winning everything/anything this year. With the loss of Sinfield and Peacock, it was always going to be a year of rebuilding. Unfortunately it's been made all the tougher by the floods, lack of confidence and injuries to pivotal players.

It wasnt intended as a year of rebuilding, if it was we would have kept Robbie Ward and tried to up his game time, among others.

On an unrelated point I think we are all seeing that having only one proper 9 in a 25 man squad is costing us.

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:48 pm  

tigertot wrote:

Yesterday Wigan lacked these from their pack;
Flower McIlorum Crosby Farrell Tomkins O'Loughlin

And Wigan got tonked 40-10.

As far as I know tonight we have the following out injured : Ward, Cuthbertson, Ablett, Delaney & Briscoe, Moon, Hall, McGuire & Hardaker

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:50 pm  

Golding
Luke Briscoe
Watkins
Keinhorst
Handley
Sutcliffe
Lilley
Galloway
Burrow
Garbutt
Achurch
Ferres
JJB

Singleton
Mullally
Walters
Smith

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:59 pm  

Huddersfield look like fielding a much stronger side tonight and in recent matches look to be gaining confidence so a big test for us. Should be a tasty encounter. Good luck to young Smithy

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:22 pm  

Ferres 3 penalties In 15 mins. We're better off without him

Re: Huddersfield away : Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:47 pm  

Watkins is just an error machine right now