Quote: The Ghost of '99 "No, the team is struggling to adapt to the loss of three key players whilst those who have assumed the mantle are struggling to find coherence and form, all exacerbated by a major injury crisis. Don't arrogantly assume the only reason mighty Leeds could possibly have a losing run is due to some internal crisis.'"
Spot on. I don't think the dressing room is lost otherwise even though the results and performances haven't been good, a lost dressing room would be losing games by much wider margins.
However, the Sinfield and Peacock factor wasn't as 'needed' for a large part of last year (granted they were still there). I think what we are seeing is a team that just doesn't have the hunger it had last year. Don't get me wrong you can still see that they are trying but it's more of a "auto-pilot" effort than a team that looks determined to win things this year.
**and as a note we even saw that during the Sinfield/Peacock era during the first halves of the 2011/12 seasons (or 2006) so you can't definitely say it wouldn't be there if they were still around.