Positives for me were Golding & Lilley look every bit ready for the next step in their respective development i.e regular 1st team RL.
Garbutt and Singo were very strong for us and lead from the front.
However 6 & 7 very poor until we moved Lilley to 7 i lost count how many times we lined up for a set move and RB ran it solo when it blatantly wasn't on and conditions dictated he'd never be able to get the pace and step needed for his darting runs from DH let alone a set defensive line who only had to be paitent enough to watch him run up his own arris!
Galloway was poor imo id hoped for a bit more from an experienced pro with his CV but given the"bigger picture" too early to be too judgemental.
Finally i like the idea of giving young lads game time so i was a bit peed off Baldwinson ,Smith didn't get longer or that Oledski/Jordan-Roberts failed to appear at all.
For Wakey as has been said well deserving of their win well organised and took their chances although a bit too premature to be hailing B. Smith the best Coach in the League or that they won't finish bottom imo.

I know Leeds were missing Hardaker and Watkins but Sutcliffe was the miss for me.
Leeds had flashes but no real direction.
Our newly organised defence was able to run everyone down.

With him and assuming McGuire steps up at 7 the team could be very different.
Not sure how the WCC is going to go though. Could be tough going.

Plodder or not Finn makes a big difference to our team.
Good start for us but that's all. Long way to go yet.

Wish people would stop banging on about Sutcliffe being the saviour. You (we) will all realise before long what a huge miss Sinfield is going to be. GH should have gone balls out for Widdop. Mags can't do it on his own. Lilley is one for the future. Sutty is not a half

Given Suttys performances AT 6 pre-injury you were clearly watching a different Sutcliffe.

Well Sinfield has gone.
Sutcliffe is the best you have.

He may not be the saviour but he's very good and if it were me I'd build the next generation around him (and a couple of others too)
If you don't want him Wakefield could take him on loan if you pay half his wage. As a favour.

Although 8 man benches were announced apparently only 6 players were permitted to be used so 2 guys were always going to miss out. Agree that Baldwinson should've gotten several more minutes really.

Think the game showed two different attitudes. One club treating it as a key part of their build up to the new season (Wakey) and the other club just running out because it's the traditional Boxing Day fixture for the club (Leeds).

Agree with this. Awful day and too early to judge any players. Our last tackle options and general kicking were very poor. Not one decent bomb or kick to the corner. Wakey deserved it and showed a lot of hunger in defence. Think smith is after a flying start to season. They looked sharper and further down pre-season track than Leeds who were pretty dumb in the conditions

was out in the company of widdops mum and dad earlier in the week his dad said leeds offered widdop a great deal he was very close to taking t but his dad talked him out of it, as for galloway he is a pretty average player watched him for the last 8 years , strong defence wise in the middle but a plodder ball in hand

Why would his dad talk him out of it?

Galloway a Bailey mark 2....without the niggle.

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Galloway is a lot better than Ryan Bailey - he at least has a desire to get stuck in - not be the 3rd man in a tackle when his team mates has done all the work. I'm sure he won't hide when the going gets tough something Bailey was very adept at doing

mate from what i couldd gather his dad reckoned finish his contract with saint george then go to leeds , galloway is no better than bailey your right there