DoubleAone wrote:
I am interested in how you go about gathering evidence on some ones "attittude".
Like I've said in previous posts - the evidence was in how the players acted on the field - walking to scrums, taps and other breakdowns in the game, sloppy and unforced handling errors, lazy marker defence, silly penalties.... All signs of a poor attitude to the game. If a team is 'up' for a game, those things don't happen (though you may get some silly 'over eager' penalties).
You admitted in your post that you don't believe all players were motivated for the Bradford game - that's a poor attitude!!! I also admitted in my earlier posts that it's understandable that some players would have an eye on next week (particularly those guaranteed a spot), what I said I was more disappointed about was that the younger fringe players who should be trying to play for a spot in the semi team didn't up their game - and obviously it's disappointing the senior players didn't lead the way.
For me, the younger/fringe players missed a big opportunity. They were playing against one of the weakest SL teams and had the chance to shine - they chose (along with the senior players) to enter the game with a poor, low tempo and half arsed approach.
I'd expect any youngster in the Leeds set up worth their salt to be looking at the current squad and thinking they've arrived at the perfect time to take someone's shirt- many players are getting to the end stage of their careers and their form is starting to slip. They should be coming in with the attitude that their gonna make it impossible for the coach to drop them - playing against Bradford was a great chance to showcase both their will to win and skillset. Walters is the only youngster I see at the moment who's really busting a gut to keep a shirt.
