Here's my random thoughts -
Both teams were rusty. However this was the first game in a long time that I enjoyed watching. Last season was often the case of 2 crap teams battling for who could be the worst. This was better.
On the result, even in our "good" seasons, the Leeds games could always go one way or the other. A 4 point loss to them in any season is not a bad result.
Ratchford and Atkins were poor individually, but it's just one game.
I didn't even notice BMM was on in the first half.
We were't a well-oiled machine by any streach, and things were a little messy in the last 20m, but we didn't look totally clueless in attack like the last few years.
On another day we could have won it. Leeds defended exceptionally well. We were held up and were just short enough times. If we were a little more clinical, we'd have had a few scores. This is something that will get better as the match sharpness comes back.
Roberts will get better as he adjusts to life in SL. Sandow was fairly average in his first game - a heavy loss to Leeds. Roberts' passing was like an arrow.
On that, the whole team's passing has greatly improved.
Goodwin is a fantastic buy.
Cooper is much improved on last year, as was Hill in his short stint. G King and Philbin are coming on nicely too.
I said before the game I expected Myler to struggle as the lead halfback when paired with Moon. He proved me wrong in spades, his kicks for the tires were pinpoint.
Watching Goodwin and Watkins compared to Atkins showed up how one-dimensional he is.
Would I have like'd a rampaging win? Yes. Would I liked to have seen Roberts run rings around everyone? Yes. Is it disapointing to lose? Of course. But as a first game, I'm still just as positive as I was before a ball was kicked. There's improvements to be made for sure, but I still think we'll be in the top 4 come the business end.
