: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:39 pm  

bigchris wrote:

They give you £10 to watch them, that's not a bad deal but I'll still give it a miss.

No problems. Continue to watch a 2nd rate team. Teams on the down need supporters like you [seriously - I know, I've been there].

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:40 pm  

TyBulls wrote:

What did you say to the players?
SM: Thats between me and the players.

Did the conditions affect your team?
SM: We cant control the weather.

Did the Cas game have any affect?
SM: Last week was last week.

.....Its my job as coach to make sure we are ready for next week.
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I fear LEEDS are going to give us a bigger beating than Wigan did.

Mmmmm. Do you think he issued a b********? I think that's part of the problem. I don't think he has the fear factor!

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:41 pm  

Ivor C&G Scarf wrote:

No problems. Continue to watch a 2nd rate team. Teams on the down need supporters like you [seriously - I know, I've been there].

Where? Odsal? Are you one of the 100 or so that travel over then?

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:43 pm  

TyBulls wrote:

Macca being interviewed on BBC. He is very very defensive....not seem him like that before - he looks very angry.

Part of me feels sorry for Macca, because he has once again been badly let down by his players. But he has recruited those players and it is his job to instil the mental toughness needed to win matches from various scenarios. I'm afraid the interview didn't really inspire confidence that things can change for next week.

I'd like to see Deacon dropped but who else can we play there? Perhaps if Solomona is back we could look at moving Menzies to 6 and Jeffries to 7. Deacon is doing very little right now other than throw the odd hospital pass and missing far too many tackles. I'd go for the following team for Leeds:

Platt (despite todays blunder he has been playing well)
Halley
Sykes
Nero
Tadulala
Menzies
Jeffries
Burgess
Newton
Lynch
Solomona
Cook
Langley

Worrincey
Koppy
Scruton
Crossley/Donaldson/Whitehead/Hyde

Let's give one of the young guys a go. Ok Leeds at home isn't the ideal time to blood a young un but I don't see the benefit of having an out and out winger on the bench. I assume Crossley is fit, in which case I'd give him a chance to make a name for himself. Quite often a young player actually makes his name is such high profile games.

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:44 pm  

FFS i fell asleep at half time put teletext on and thought FM useless bug@ers are those idiots at teletext , then i came on RLFans .....
I stand corrected


did the mystic 1 see this coming?

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:47 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Part of me feels sorry for Macca, because he has once again been badly let down by his players. But he has recruited those players and it is his job to instil the mental toughness needed to win matches from various scenarios. I'm afraid the interview didn't really inspire confidence that things can change for next week.

I'd like to see Deacon dropped but who else can we play there? Perhaps if Solomona is back we could look at moving Menzies to 6 and Jeffries to 7. Deacon is doing very little right now other than throw the odd hospital pass and missing far too many tackles. I'd go for the following team for Leeds:

Platt (despite todays blunder he has been playing well)
Halley
Sykes
Nero
Tadulala
Menzies
Jeffries
Burgess
Newton
Lynch
Solomona
Cook
Langley

Worrincey
Koppy
Scruton
Crossley/Donaldson/Whitehead/Hyde

Let's give one of the young guys a go. Ok Leeds at home isn't the ideal time to blood a young un but I don't see the benefit of having an out and out winger on the bench. I assume Crossley is fit, in which case I'd give him a chance to make a name for himself. Quite often a young player actually makes his name is such high profile games.

I'm dreading Leeds next week, although the match I'm watching now seems to be taking a bit out of them. Deacon dropped would be good, he's been more of a liability than ever lately; He can't tackle, knocks on at easy passes and his in-game kicking has gone to pot. I'd include Donaldson or Whitehead and I agree with Menzies and Jeffries in the halves.

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:49 pm  

debaser wrote:

Where? Odsal? Are you one of the 100 or so that travel over then?

At least we travel. When you play at the Galpharm most of your spporters only have to catch a local bus.

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:50 pm  

Ivor C&G Scarf wrote:

At least we travel. When you play at the Galpharm most of your spporters only have to catch a local bus.

Yeah, but the Beer's awful!

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:51 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

I'm dreading Leeds next week, although the match I'm watching now seems to be taking a bit out of them. Deacon dropped would be good, he's been more of a liability than ever lately; He can't tackle, knocks on at easy passes and his in-game kicking has gone to pot. I'd include Donaldson or Whitehead and I agree with Menzies and Jeffries in the halves.

We need to do something until Deacon can sort his defence out. If not Leeds big men will run at Deacon all night long and score tries for fun. He's had plenty of games to find some form and has offered nothing, time to make a bold change to shake things up a little.

: Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:54 pm  

Ivor C&G Scarf wrote:

At least we travel. When you play at the Galpharm most of your spporters only have to catch a local bus.

That's cheered me up. Cheers.