: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:37 am  

St Helens lost 4 from 5, Leeds are currently on 4 from 7 but it's early days yet. Leeds lost 4 from 7 at one point last season and still ended the season as Champions.

Leeds have the seventh best attack in the league at the moment and it shows in the performances. One out boring rugby, with no hint of an offload or any second phase. There's no backing up anymore because there's nothing to back up anymore.

I only hope it's part of a wickedly devious plan because I keep hearing how great things are going in training and how the CEO believes Leeds have a squad capable of reaching their goals this season.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:38 am  

tvoc wrote:

I only hope it's part of a wickedly devious plan because I keep hearing how great things are going in training and how the CEO believes Leeds have a squad capable of reaching their goals this season.

Re: Where do we go now? : Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:43 am  

EmmaMur01 wrote:

I know it is only one match, but leeds looked well off it today.

Is it time for Gh to dip into his pocket for a centre? Do some players need a rest?

What would you do?

We certainly need some flair out wide as the pack is unable to win games on its own. The loss of Ellis has impacted on the strength of the pack and the likes of JJB and Sinfield who although having decent seasons are not making the breaks they were.

I also feel we currently have a real lack of creativity coming from the halfbacks so far this season. I do feel we have a lot more to come from a lot of the squad but are short of where we were last season by a fair way.

The Eastwood decision certainly could not be forseen but I still have to question the perceived lack of effort to bring in a decent centre to replace Toopi as this has caused all sorts of trouble for us out wide........especially with us having to move Donald.

Re: Where do we go now? : Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:22 pm  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

The NZ national team could have played tonight but if they attacked like that they would have lost too. McClennan tried to tire the Bulls out by using the forward as battering rams but his tactics didnt work. We showed we were the better team when the ball (very rarely) was thrown about and had we just executed better we would have scored 6 tries.

Agree. We have the players (except a right Centre) but it is the team plan that is wrong. Too much down the middle and Peacock style die with the ball will not win any cups. Go back to the attacking style with flair and we will be back up there.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:23 pm  

I think we should crawl back under our stone..