tad rhino wrote:
I agree. but it was the manner they played. no passive stuff, no miracle plays.
they gave it to the leigh forwards, albeit they ran out of steam, understandably.
RS was only out the door 48 hours before this performance, and Chev said in the presser they didn't have chance to change much.
They cut out most of the errors which really helped, and they were more direct - one thing I did notice was using the bigger men out of yardage, which has been annoying me for months. Having said that, look at the carries Edgell made.
Our line speed got poor in the second half again I thought and Leigh were rolling us.
I don't think we can use the Leigh game as much evidence of transformation without RS, although I get the agenda on here. We won the game well but we were still far from perfect. I thought the selection was really brave putting McCormack and Edgell together outside Frawley, that could have gone either way but credit to Chev.
I think where I'm at is that Leeds should be a top-6 side this season with the team we have, but we have been misfiring. Changing the coach, if we bring the right one in, could improve our performances but we'll need better luck with injuries too. I don't think this squad is good enough to take the title no matter who coaches us.
We need both a better coach AND a few top quality new signings to bridge that gap between us and the top of the table. Hopefully we will do both.
