On Olpherts I saw a Cas fan post this : "Cas fans thought he was carp and could never understand what Leeds saw in him"

That was exactly what we thought before we got rid to Cas except he was known as Derrell AWFUL guaranteed at least two disasters every game without fail.

Must admit to being shocked when Leeds signed him.

A lot better Leeds teams than this one have lost at KR in wintry conditions……
As awful as it was, not season defining for us. Big game vs Hudds coming up now though.

Didn’t see the game and glad I didn’t from the sounds of it. Yet another inconsistent performance from us. Hearing a lot of noise from people on how bad Olpherts was, I’ve a few Cas mates and they cannot believe we signed him.

Big game next v Hudds.

Hard to look anywhere else than the combination of our back 3 and pathetic line speed, but thought Bentley was absolutely awful, braindead play after braindead play yet again, really hope we dont retain him, McDonnell can be the same player without the liability side of it.

*After every defeat* “it’s not season defining for us”.

It’s not the defeat in isolation, it’s as a collective. This and cas are season defining. It’s defines our season as sh*t.

It doesn't define our season at all.

Sorry, but why are we a nursery for a coach learning his trade?

Poor Rohan, he’s learning, he’s discovering himself, he’ll make mistakes.

better leeds sides might have lost at rovers before but never in such gutless fashion.
nothing was learned by the insipid non aggressive game at cas, who were truly awful, or the cats game where we won it due to the age old way of aggressive forwards getting on top.
smith, as I said before, seems to want to prove how clever he is by doing things differently.
Well it doesn't work. it won't work.
and if he doesn't change then he won't be here long

No it doesn’t.

What an utter shambles, at the risk of stating the blindingly obvious the match was lost with the rovers try just after half time. Without doubt a pathetic and easily preventable try. It gave us a mountain to climb ,at the moment we aren’t capable of achieving that. Not certain what to make of this current team and coach and I have followed Leeds for a long time. Don’t believe we should get rid of smith but unless things change we may not win many away games. Felt sorry for the young full back chucked in at the deep end (no pun intended) Myler without doubt would have dealt with the high kicks.
As previously stated we have lost at rovers before but it’s the manner of defeat that’s hard to take. This team seems mentally fragile ,last night’s game was similar to the cas game conducted in front of a hostile crowd. We just seem unable to cope with the pressure. I honestly thought we would win last night and start a decent run of games. Sadly it seems we are taking one step forward and two back. Full credit to rovers they deserved to win fo for me it’s not sour grapes. But once again the referee was woeful, all night he allowed rovers defenders to grapple at the play the ball.
Next game up ,the giants are a well coached and competent side, so it’s a big challenge . I really haven’t a clue as to how we will perform in this match. Never a dull moment following Leeds is it?

The Giants are the dullest team to watch in the league, I’m glad we don’t play that style of rugby.