Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Sun Feb 25, 2018 7:48 pm  

vastman wrote:

and...

I'm surprised that Leeds got even close with all those players missing.

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:57 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

I'm surprised that Leeds got even close with all those players missing.

Widnes had half a team missing too.....

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:20 am  

Wigan , Hull & Leeds all lost after playing games down-under . Did all 3 teams travel down there together.

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:45 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

I'm surprised that Leeds got even close with all those players missing.

And Widnes had no injuries? So the mighty Leeds have 8 players missing and they can't beat woefull Widnes. Leeds clearly lack strength in depth because I reckon weedy Wakefield could give Widnes a game with 8 players missing, maybe even a win.

Do Leeds actually ever have 17 fit players? I think they need to revise their training and medical care.

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:04 am  

vastman wrote:

And Widnes had no injuries? So the mighty Leeds have 8 players missing and they can't beat woefull Widnes. Leeds clearly lack strength in depth because I reckon weedy Wakefield could give Widnes a game with 8 players missing, maybe even a win.

Do Leeds actually ever have 17 fit players? I think they need to revise their training and medical care.

Their training facilities were waterlogged 2 years ago, maybe that had something to do with it.

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Mon Feb 26, 2018 12:20 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Their training facilities were waterlogged 2 years ago, maybe that had something to do with it.

More to do with us being daft enough to rush over to Aus and back to get our backsides handed to us by a team who has a massively bigger salary cap just so some fans can have a jolly abroad.

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:10 pm  

PrinterThe wrote:

More to do with us being daft enough to rush over to Aus and back to get our backsides handed to us by a team who has a massively bigger salary cap just so some fans can have a jolly abroad.

Indeed

In fairness, Leeds should have gone over to play the WCC but, Wigan and Hull FC, although filling their pockets with gold, appear to have made money at the expense of 2 SL points.
Perhaps, they are so confident of making the top 4 that it wont matter but, equally, 2 points could be huge come the business end of the season.
Just imagine if we were daft enough to "invite" Perth to join SL

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:54 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Indeed

In fairness, Leeds should have gone over to play the WCC but, Wigan and Hull FC, although filling their pockets with gold, appear to have made money at the expense of 2 SL points.
Perhaps, they are so confident of making the top 4 that it wont matter but, equally, 2 points could be huge come the business end of the season.
Just imagine if we were daft enough to "invite" Perth to join SL

Not at all difficult to imagine a scenario where at least one of Leeds, Hull or Wigan misses out on top 4. Not inconceivable that we all could. 2 points could indeed be huge.

That said, Widnes are making a habit of outplaying us at their place, with or without a trip down under thrown in.

[Karen]

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:44 pm  

Our loss had nothing to do with the trip down under, it was to do with us playing some really stupid rugby!!

Re: SUPERLEAGUE ROUND 3 : Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:34 pm  

Karen wrote:

Our loss had nothing to do with the trip down under, it was to do with us playing some really stupid rugby!!

You may be right but, all 3 clubs that ventured down under lost games that, under normal circumstances, they may have expected to win. Probably just coincidence