Re: Leeds' season ended : Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:18 pm  

Rh1nomick wrote:

Sinfield is liability now, he offers nothing in attack.

What King Kevin ! Not been the same since the headbutt

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:19 pm  

really? he did ok at wembley i seem to remember

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:21 am  

nantwichexile wrote:

It was a joy to see Leeds win the CC after so many tragic failed attempts but I do feel that will be it for this season.

Considering the efforts shown against Saints last night compounded by the strange reticence of our esteemed coach to use 2 subs even when down to 12 men Leeds could probably finish as low as 6th and the team having no apparent depth in trusted squad members I do feel that is it now.

Saints will win the shield and Wigan will win the GF.

Pure genius and yes you were shouted down by several who appear to be oblivious as to the direction the club is sadly now heading.

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:33 am  

nantwichexile wrote:

Ahem! I think I got shot down in flames for daring to suggest this !!!

Admittedly I might have been deceived by Cas having a chance of winning the GF (that's most likely to be Wigan)...BUT it was patently obvious what the players wanted this season. It must be hard to motivate yourself enough to go the extra mile again to win the championship after having so much previous success there......that's where the good coach enters the equation of course with his motivational abilities and selections.

Leeds are potentially making the mistake of rewarding the core players of a hugely successful era just a little too much with excessively extended contracts.

As supporters we owe this team a great deal for what they have given us to cheer about....I just hope we do not see them slide into an ever decreasing pale shadow of their former selves. Some are already there (McGuire is, apart from a couple of good performances this year significantly epitomised by his CC final appearance) and some are damn close (Sinfield and even Burrow are - when was the last good game the latter had?)

. ..renewing Peacock's AND Lleulai's contracts seems particularly daft and sentimental.

Roll on 2015

And if anyone could be arsed looking, they'll find a few totally contradictory posts by you too.
Well done for covering all bases though. #armchairfans

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:57 am  

Rh1nomick wrote:

Sinfield is liability now, he offers nothing in attack.

Funny...i am sure it was sinfield that cut through the Cats defence to gift JJB what should have been the match winning try.

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:22 am  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Funny...i am sure it was sinfield that cut through the Cats defence to gift JJB what should have been the match winning try.

Sinfield stepped up in the second half when quite a few didn't.

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:56 am  

craigizzard wrote:

Sinfield stepped up in the second half when quite a few didn't.

"didn't" or "couldn't" there is a difference! IMO it's couldn't. Sod sentiment, we'll remember the old guard for many many years but some use of the moth balled cheque book is urgently required. Over to you Mr. H.

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:06 am  

There's no individuals in a succesful team

To blame individuals isn't fair

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:21 am  

ant1 wrote:

"didn't" or "couldn't" there is a difference! IMO it's couldn't. Sod sentiment, we'll remember the old guard for many many years but some use of the moth balled cheque book is urgently required. Over to you Mr. H.

TBF it wasn't an "old guard" thing last night, we had errors from guys of all ages, Briscoe and Hall drops....in their 20's. Ablett who I thought was probably our best player last night gave an almost identical penalty away to the McGuire one when Catalans were pegged back near the line in the first half.

The team looked mentally cooked last night, and that can and did happen to all ages. I think Sinfield retiring from Internationals is very important to how we go next year, hopefully the fewer who get picked by England this November then the better.

Re: Leeds' season ended : Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:25 am  

how many pens do we give away for ball stripping? it seems to be 3/4 every single week. drives me mad