Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:28 pm  

That's good news about Singleton.

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:15 pm  

The bubble has burst. That game in 30 degree heat will have taken a lot out of their tanks. They were well beaten in a huge cup game, so it will affect them mentally. Moors is a huge loss on that left side. 2 days extra rest is a huge advantage for us. Take them on down the middle and cut off the supply to Shenton. Game over

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:34 pm  

If we loose this then we can give up the LLS (not a huge blow obviously but always nice to win)

Hull showed the way, use speed and size to puncture holes down the middle, I actually think Mullally and Baldwinson would be more use that Galloway in this game.
Would also give Ablett the very specific job of shutting down Gale on the left

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:05 pm  

Spot on - close down Gale - with & without the ball. Its the obvious tactic , but as Mac has never yet done it against Gale or Brough etc - why should he start now ?

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:09 am  

I'd stick Ward on Gale, and Ablett on Roberts. JJB's defence could be massively important on Friday

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:26 am  

Stevosfalseteeth wrote:

I'd stick Ward on Gale, and Ablett on Roberts. JJB's defence could be massively important on Friday

The one thing Hull showed on Sunday, is that organised one line defence is how you stop Castleford. The minute you start jumping out, they hit you, and again when Hull slacked on this Cas hit them. On that basis, JJB's defence is the massive issue we have for Friday, so if you meant important as in him not doing his usual but actually sticking to the one line, then yeah you are correct.

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:51 am  

leedsnsouths wrote:

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Hull showed the way, use speed and size to puncture holes down the middle....

So who'll provide that for us?
We've not got any forwards with the power of Watts, Taylor or Bowden.

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:14 am  

Gotcha wrote:

The one thing Hull showed on Sunday, is that organised one line defence is how you stop Castleford. The minute you start jumping out, they hit you, and again when Hull slacked on this Cas hit them. On that basis, JJB's defence is the massive issue we have for Friday, so if you meant important as in him not doing his usual but actually sticking to the one line, then yeah you are correct.

JJB has led the defensive line which for so many years has been a proven strength for Leeds and he still leads our line. However often the problem is that his team mates are too slow to follow his fast line speed and he sometimes gets the blame when if fact it is others having a rest.

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:19 am  

Juan Cornetto wrote:

JJB has led the defensive line which for so many years has been a proven strength for Leeds and he still leads our line. However often the problem is that his team mates are too slow to follow his fast line speed and he sometimes gets the blame when if fact it is others having a rest.

Your second bit is just rubbish Juan. JJB puts in massive effort in defence that is unquestionable, but his excuberance in jumping out costs us a lot of times. As I stated in my initial post, a structured one line is how you beat Cas, and one man going against that is not the blame of his team mates however you want to spin that.

Re: RD 19 | Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers : Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:04 am  

Gotcha wrote:

Your second bit is just rubbish Juan. JJB puts in massive effort in defence that is unquestionable, but his excuberance in jumping out costs us a lot of times. As I stated in my initial post, a structured one line is how you beat Cas, and one man going against that is not the blame of his team mates however you want to spin that.

They score virtually all their tries on the edge and Im guessing over half their tries are scored by wingers, so how is a middle defender jumping out to apply pressure gonna be a major problem?

I would rather we all moved up and in and test Gale's short kicking game than sit back and watch them score multiple tries off the same set move over and over again