It was meant to be followed by a roundabout.

to be fair, Bluey has made some bad calls. Watkins played well & gets dropped, Ellis has neither the pace nor the agility to be a centre. Injuries such as Gibbo, Toopi, Ablett, Kirke etc. are unfortunate, while suspensions (Scrutons) are our fault, but something we can do nothing about. The only change i would have made to friday's lineup would be Watkins in for ellis at centre (Lauititi dropped to bench) and Smith for Hall. Other than that, there's little bluey can change. But if we have to go with a SR in the centres, Lauititi would be a much better pick than Ellis.

He's injured,and lets not forget he's only 17 you can't expect a lad who's learning the game to play every week i agree with the way bluey and the staff are nurturing him.P.s when watkins was taken out of the first team squad we had players returning i.e ablett who were more experienced in that position.

Do you know what? I'm not really bothered if it's perceived as hypocrisy because I know it's not meant as such. It's a genuine appreciation for where we are right now. I have criticised Smith before, but at the time I felt it was deserved, still do to some degree, but I now realise that it is impossible to play at the top of one's form permanently.

My opinion, and I'm just as entitled to one as you are, is that we are holding something back in the tank. Maybe we were doing that before, and I was less inclined to believe TS about it.

In the words of the Daily Mail Dylan, he's no son of mine.

I don't think we are holding something back,i just think it's our sticky part of the season.
There's still enough games and time to turn it around and i've every confidence we will

Bluey out!

It'll be interesting to see how Bluey's coaching skills are viewed after 3 or 4 seasons, as I think it's far too early in his tenure to judge him. He has IMHO, got off to a pretty decent start, with the team playing some of the best rugby seen at Headingley.

If injuries, and the consequent loss of matches are to be expected over a course of a season, surely, only the most paranoid of Rhinos believests would be criticizing the team or coach at this particular point in the Calendar?

The idea that any RL team goes into a match, happy in the knowledge that a supposedly pre planned slump and consequent loss of points is acceptable is hilarious.

Proof positive methinks, that sniffing glue and access to a keyboard is a bad mix.

Smith's overall record was impressive, and we thank him for that. However, in many minds he will always be remembered for the decsision to play a badly injured Senior at Cardiff in 2005. .

I'm not sure anyone is suggesting that we are trying to have a pre-planned slump, more that we are trying to do less to win in an effort to save energy for when it really matters.

I'd agree that no team will take the field with the intention of losing (unless Sean Long says so of course........)

After 2 titles from 3 grand finals in 4 years, winning the league by 9 points in 04, and a wcc those minds you refer to must have been sniffing that glue then.

You are kidding aren't you. The first title in 32 years and people will remember smith for that. Jeez