2nd half : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:42 pm  

What happened in the 2nd half tonight?? Last week against HKR we let a huge lead slip and then tonight even though we were in control the 2nd half looked to be going away from us again, thankfully it didn't. Is it when we build up a lead we think no-one can touch us?? I don't think the weather was a huge leveller, given the way we threw the ball around in 1st half but in the 2nd half it seemed a bit scratchy and if Leeds had scored another try then it could all slip from us.

Very pleased with the win ad the way we played in the 1st 40 mins tonight but just bothered if we do this against other teams it will come back to bite us!!

Re: 2nd half : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:54 pm  

Conditions played a big part,

1st half wind and rain behind us, 2nd against, makes a big difference

Re: 2nd half : Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:54 pm  

I don't think we looked in danger of letting this one slip like last week and Briers was sensible enough to kick the drop goal just to make doubly sure. I think the conditions were certainly worse in the second half and we were playing into the wind then which probably did have some effect as our kicking game was much better in the first half. We did look flat whilst attacking for a lot of the second half. There were a lot of players standing still whilst when receiving the ball near the Leeds line. Maybe the loss of Hodgson, or even just a loss of concentration caused this, but our attack was definitely sharper in the first half.

Re: 2nd half : Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:42 am  

It was good to see Lee kick the drop goal, game management is the current phrase, although TS didn't look happy with the decision.

Re: 2nd half : Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:40 am  

Apart from playing into the wind, Leeds tightened up their defence, played much better & Burrow had more impact from hooker than he had from half back in the first half

Re: 2nd half : Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:17 am  

Think being scoreless 2nd half against kr and 20mins gone lastnight 2nd half without a score could of been the reason for the drop goal. If I was the coach of this team I wouldn't be happy with a one pointer either

Re: 2nd half : Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:43 am  

Remember that Leeds struggled against the elements in the first half, and we played the elements much better in the second half. I thought it was an excellent performance.

Re: 2nd half : Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:38 am  

The job was done after 30 mins- The team clocked off whilst Leeds needed to gain some pride.(add in the conditions) Easy win against a very poor team

Re: 2nd half : Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:55 am  

I honestly thought Leeds played okay.

Also worth noting that we got caned by Thaler on the penalty count and I don't think we even got a penalty until about the 65th minute.

Re: 2nd half : Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:04 am  

Some of the pens given to Leeds were pathetic IMO, looks like Thaler had been instructed to try and even things up for the benefit of the tv audience.