Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:59 pm  

Sibbs Rhinos wrote:

Yeah this preseason victory against wakey is the bragging rights we've been waiting for. If only we had a one of our players sent off like your lot to gloat about. Not like we have anything else to brag about now is there....

LOL did I say that, no you've gone on some weird tangent there bud, only thing I said is that a few of your lot seemed to take a lot from beating a 12 man 'full Strength' Trinity side, with you're supposed side of kids.

And give it a rest, if Bailey had flattened Poore and got sent off yesterday, you'd be having a mass circle jerk like you usually have about the crap house.

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:00 pm  

yeah i'm sure agar will be very happy to learn that 20 minutes of bailey is too much for poore to handle, the fact that it was in a friendly makes it even worse; he couldn't handle the attention in a friendly so whats he going to be like when it really matters. then when you combine it with the fact that you didn't have any other 'named' props in your squad, it's a great showing from him

end of the day bailey has a small cut which will be gone in a week or two. poore has put a big target on himself for both players & refs which will last for months.

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:04 pm  

Shifty Cat wrote:

LOL did I say that, no you've gone on some weird tangent there bud, only thing I said is that a few of your lot seemed to take a lot from beating a 12 man 'full Strength' Trinity side, with you're supposed side of kids.

And give it a rest, if Bailey had flattened Poore and got sent off yesterday, you'd be having a mass circle jerk like you usually have about the crap house.

It was as pretty much a full strength side, chances are you'll have at least 4 or 5 out for most games through injury suspension etc. Supposed kids? Are you trying to deny that we didn't play kids? Insane. .Seems to me like a lot of you are ignoring that a team made up with MOSTLY first team players got beat by Leeds juniors. I know what kind of response I'm going to get as it will not be admitted but facts are facts. A bit worrying. You're overestimating your clubs significance to us, you are for the time being at least no real threat to us.

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:13 pm  

Poore went at it like a maniac yesterday right from the off, i loved every second of it.
It was an odd red card, and i'm struggling to think of too many recent games with 1 red and 3 yellow cards in it, so that says more about the ref than Bailey's supposedly wonderful goading tactics that earned him a whack.
Leeds have some terrifyingly good young uns coming through and clearly have plan right through the club to focus on offloading in the tackle.
Wakey were decent and kept right in it, Trout was as good as he could have been. We were a bit light up front for obvious reasons, the backs put some decent plays together and i thought Collis had a great game. I worry about our wingers defence again.
All in all a good run out for both teams and there is obviously more work to do before the big kick.
It really whet my appetite as well, super stuff all round.

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:15 pm  

Leeds were missing 12 probable first 17 players. Wakey 5?

...14 at a push with Griffin and Clarkson.

[Wildthing]

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:21 pm  

Seth wrote:

Leeds were missing 12 probable first 17 players. Wakey 5?

We were missing 7.

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:42 pm  

Wildthing wrote:

We were missing 7.

And more significantly played without a recognised prop after Poore was sent off.

I think people are reading way too much into this. It was a friendly with a ref out of his depth. Apart from Baileys bloated ego I see no damage done!

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:50 pm  

Sibbs Rhinos wrote:

It was as pretty much a full strength side, chances are you'll have at least 4 or 5 out for most games through injury suspension etc. Supposed kids? Are you trying to deny that we didn't play kids? Insane. .Seems to me like a lot of you are ignoring that a team made up with MOSTLY first team players got beat by Leeds juniors. I know what kind of response I'm going to get as it will not be admitted but facts are facts. A bit worrying. You're overestimating your clubs significance to us, you are for the time being at least no real threat to us.

The main point is, if a team whether they are made up of few of the younger players can't beat a side that played with 12 men for over half a game there is something wrong, especially the Champions.

No I'm not trying to deny anything bud but the way you lot have been trying to paint the picture you'd think there were 17 teenagers on the pitch. We also had 6/7 younger players and only one recognised prop (Poore) and you had about 10, you really are making more out of it than there is especially for a pre-season boxing day game, that's all I've said.

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:01 pm  

Shifty Cat wrote:

The main point is, if a team whether they are made up of few of the younger players can't beat a side that played with 12 men for over half a game there is something wrong, especially the Champions.

No I'm not trying to deny anything bud but the way you lot have been trying to paint the picture you'd think there were 17 teenagers on the pitch. We also had 6/7 younger players and only one recognised prop (Poore) and you had about 10, you really are making more out of it than there is especially for a pre-season boxing day game, that's all I've said.

leeds used 3 props yesterday, bailey played 70 mins, singleton did 50/60 mins & kirke did 20/30 mins

Re: Updates from boxing day : Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:07 pm  

Didn't Healy (a prop) also play? Not sure it was over half a game with Leeds also down to 11 then 12 for 20 minutes of the game. Wakeys squad had a far more 'familiar' look than leeds though that just highlights the strength in depth of one side and the lack of in the other, to be expected really.