I know things are looking bleak but you can't honestly think you won't finish in the top 3 of the middles 8's (if indeed you are in there) and if the worst comes to the worst lose the £1M game?

This season and after last night ANYTHING is possible.

"Tackle round the legs" - it's traditional in Rugby League to achieve this by having a smaller forward - it's called a hooker for those that don't remember them - defending the middle along with your 6'4'' props. Might be worth a shot.

Leeds beat Castleford at home in 1996.

That result may be of interest to those comparing 2016 (W3, L11) with 1996 (W6, L16).

Needing tvoc's help. But have Leeds ever averaged such a lower points for total over this many games, in the modern era?

Sorry, missed this one first time around until someone pointed it out to me.

Taking the modern era as SL and to keep it simple for me taking the average per game from those complete Regular Round seasons we have the following17.29 (After 14 Rounds)
Previous Lowest 24.71 (Season 2000, Coach Dean Lance)
Previous Highest 41.14 (Season 2005, Coach Tony Smith)

Tries Average Per Game -

This Season 3.00 (After 14 Rounds)
Previous Lowest 4.09 (Season 1997, Coach Dean Bell)
Previous Highest 7.46 (Season 2005, Coach Tony Smith)

Goals Average Per Game -

This Season 2.64 (After 14 Rounds)
Previous Lowest 3.56 (Season 2014, Coach Brian McDermott)
Previous Highest 5.64 (Season 2005, Coach Tony Smith)

A more appropriate time to make the comparison will be after Round 23 if Leeds finish between 9th and 12th or after Round 30 if Leeds sneak into the Super 8's. Given there are possibly only 9 rounds remaining (depending on your interpretation of the middle 8 status) Leeds would have to more or less double the number of tries and goals they have scored per game so far this season to prevent it from being their worst performance in terms of points, tries and goals in the 21 seasons of the SL Era.