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| Agree with Arthur as well on player development. We bemoan poor development of juniors into first team players (and rightly so), but the number who reach the first team and stagnate is also a poor reflection on the club.
Newman is the latest example of a could be great/could be blah player, and based on recent history you wouldn't bet a lot on him being the best he can be at Leeds. There was a bit of an outcry from Leeds fans when Mik wasn't picked for England, but in my opinion he's some way behind the very best, and is one of our pack that regularly get crushed by bigger teams, and just isn't the pack leader we hoped he would be. Cameron Smith looks good every now and then and does a lot of work, but often looks horribly slow and his decision-making as to how and when to put himself into the line as a playmaker is generally terrible.
One thing I don't understand is how we always seem to have so many small forwards coming through, whereas other clubs seem to find good big players. This goes back to Bluey's days as coach, when he spotted this issue straight away with our junior/reserve props. No idea how this keeps happening, but we need to develop far more big forwards ourselves IMO.
Another mistake we seem to keep making is betting everything on one player in a position, and persevering too long when its obvious they're not what we hoped. Liam Sutcliffe failed as a prospective stand off, then a centre etc. He was around for years, and it would probably have been better for both parties if he'd left way earlier.
I don't know where the problem is, but if a club the size of Leeds can't get it right then the game as a whole will suffer.
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| I like the pod. Win, lose or draw, it's always a good listen. I didn't mind the 'forthright' nature of the last podcast. Part of the attraction of fan media is that it's often unfiltered, but I appreciate that if you want to attract sponsorships, then you have to keep it PG.
Although, I would suggest maybe changing the name so it references Leeds rhinos or rugby league. That may help with the algorithm
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| Quote: christopher "Thank you
We are hoping to do more with the club but obviously it's been a bit of a weird time for the club in general.
People need to realise that people at the club, staff, players and coaches are human beings and things affect them just as it does us.'"
I know you get it Chris you're a good chap.
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| Hello!
We've asked for more access to the players and staff for our content. Which we hope comes to fruition soon enough. Like Chris said - the club have had a lot on this year - and a podcast asking for some access to players is absolutely one of the items at the very bottom of their list!
As for the recent podcast - absolutely 100% on me as much as Mark - I should have stepped in and asked for the personal abuse to stop. Some enjoyed the unfiltered podcast, some didn't, we removed it anyway and we will learn from it, grow, and promise it won't happen again.
We've all had a pretty emotional time of it recently. And recording on the day of the game, only hours afterwards, was not a good idea.
What I will say is, we love doing what we do, we love having different opinions on our platform. And we are constantly thinking of new ways to improve and make our platform look and sound better.
We've listened to all feedback, good and bad, and have taken it on board.
This recent podcast was an abnormality. Anyone that has listened to us before would recognise that.
Eddy
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| Keep up the good work Eddy, the Lot pod is a good listen, especially when cutting the grass or washing the car…
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| Quote: DMF "Hello!
We've asked for more access to the players and staff for our content. Which we hope comes to fruition soon enough. Like Chris said - the club have had a lot on this year - and a podcast asking for some access to players is absolutely one of the items at the very bottom of their list!
As for the recent podcast - absolutely 100% on me as much as Mark - I should have stepped in and asked for the personal abuse to stop. Some enjoyed the unfiltered podcast, some didn't, we removed it anyway and we will learn from it, grow, and promise it won't happen again.
We've all had a pretty emotional time of it recently. And recording on the day of the game, only hours afterwards, was not a good idea.
What I will say is, we love doing what we do, we love having different opinions on our platform. And we are constantly thinking of new ways to improve and make our platform look and sound better.
We've listened to all feedback, good and bad, and have taken it on board.
This recent podcast was an abnormality. Anyone that has listened to us before would recognise that.
Eddy'"
Well done Eddy. Very well said and no doubt the podcast will go from strength to strength
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