I went to the Boxing Day Match with my Dad. It was the first Leeds RLFC match I actually couldn't wait to be over. I was embarrassed at the level of effort and basic skill level on show! The Halves didn't have a clue! The Centres were completely outplayed. We never once played wide to the wingers. And when we did, it was p!ss poor kicks. The effort in defence was disappointing. Golding was out of position more than 10 times. He looks like he isn't a good defensive organiser. The Pack did a job up the middle, but were extremely average.

If it wasn't for the Ref, Wakefield would have scored 2 more tries!

I acknowledge it was a "Meaningless Friendly", but paying £18 for that showing is a p!ss take.

Just genuinely poor Leeds. I'm dreading 2017 with those Halves.

Wakefield showed some enterprising set plays and looked fresh, with lots of ideas. I can see them doing well in 2017.

I didn't go to the game but comments from people who did seem to say that there was no evidence of any stuff being worked on or even being tried.

I did go and you are absolutely right. What was produced was very poor and that is why despite what he said McD will be very concerned or at least should be. As others have said it was as uninspiring/boring a display as you could imagine.

In 25 yrs of watching Leeds it was the first time I have ever left a game home or away 10 mins early! Left the ground feeling very fearful for the new season and saw nothing on display that would give me any optimism for the future,very very depressing!! Have seen more structure and cohesion at amatuer and school level in a word CRAP

i'm not sure who people defending the team think we can bring in to improve us?? yes Watkins,hall and moon are class but they need direction from half backs and that sure isn't going to happen.
parcell? we can but hope.
everyone else is either past it, a plodder or both.
going to be a long hard season

You forgot Miller our most lethal player last year.

Cas stuffed Hull are we to assume Hull are duffers? I know hull had a really week team out but even so they are hardly having the meltdown you lot are having.

Leeds had a golden era now they are struggling. It happened to SAints and Wigan nothing lasts forever and worse still look at the Bulls - calm down!

I think people who are blaming the halves haven't played 6/7 before, numerous times they caught the ball and literally everybody else was stood still, no one made runs and no one offered themselves out the back.
It doesn't matter how good you are, if your decision is to run it yourself or pass to someone stood still, then the defence will never really be troubled.

I know what you are saying. But my opinion is that our Halves (The Steering Wheel) are steering us into a Wall and it doesn't make for good viewing.

If he and the players have that mentality then why charge £18 to get in?
Either let people in free or make it a £10 charity game or something.

I never mentioned boxing days halves. I was talking about players coming in like McGuire and burrow

Remind what kind of season Hull had last year, then compare that to the one Leeds had, and then try and understand why the appalling display is worrying for many of us.

And Saints and Wigan didn't fall as low as we did within ONE season of winning the treble.