Quote: Sal Paradise "This assumes that the gains in the Leeds side were not offset by an improved effort from Melbourne. It assumes that Melbourne were playing at their absolute best - something not covered in your scant analysis.
So Delanney was in the 17 for both of the opening games in SL and some on here were suggesting Keinhorst as the starting left centre so suggesting he is a back row forward is spurious and only there to support your argument. Galloway hasn't played for months who is to say he is now an improvement? Peteru has played 20 minutes on what basis is he being judged as a better player than Ormondroyd? Last season Mullally was an average squad player how he has suddenly morfed into James Graham is beyond me.
To suggest Kasiano is less of a miss than either Galloway or Peteru doesn't really stand up to any scrutiny at all.
Leeds were well beaten by a side on a different planet - accept it and move on to a softer competition where Leeds will be there or there abouts come the end of the season.'"
Delaney does usually make the 17 when fit but not as your 1st sub prop interchange which he was against Melbourne. Keinhorst surely would've been on the bench to play 2nd row for this game.
You can argue that Kasiano is as much of a Miss as any ONE individual prop for us, but we weren't missing one prop. If just Singleton was missing then you've still have Cuthbertson, Garbutt, Mullally, Peteru/Galloway.
Also people haven't argued that Melbourne weren't the better team, deserved to win and wouldn't still win if we had our strongest 17. We've argued a very weak point that some have jumped on this game to support their preconceived ideas on players whether that be thoughts of Myler & Moon as a partnership or your criticism of Cuthbertson & Parcell who I recall early last season you called respectively a one season wonder and nothing but an average workhorse. See it took all of one defeat in very testing circumstances for it to start this season.