Quote: Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino "I think as BA mentioned in his presser - time is limited and although he wished he'd had a preseason with the squad hes confident as long as they take in what hes saying (and lets face it, it was actual common sense truths) then we may be able to squeak it.
There IS a team at Leeds its just been taking daft shortcuts to try and get results and BA wont stand for it. Having a better attitude in reality probably wont make our lack of oomph in the forwards magically disappear or our faltering attack suddenly spring into miraculous form but if we can stay in games longer and cut out the mistakes (which are killing us) then we'll have a chance against anyone. Sometimes taking a step back, simplifying the task at hand and then moving forwards doing the basics well can be enough.
Must admit, when Brad said "We need to go looking for contact and not let them come to us" I nearly keeled over in ecstasy.'"
Yep totally agree with this. I think we need to be realistic with what BA has to work with.
Leeds have the potential to play better just by cutting out errors and brain farts, but if it was as easy as just "stop dropping the ball" I think we might have figured that out by now. The problem for me fundamentally is that the squad isn't good enough yet.
I think we can carry out of yardage way more effectively, I think BA can do something quickly about that. I think he can improve our kicking game too in terms of positioning and responsibility. I hope he can get our line speed and kick pressure more consistent too.
He does have a core of good quality players in the side to work with, and a few others out of form he needs to improve confidence.
Be very interested in his selections - he can only select from what he has. There are a couple of prop options from the reserves I might be tempted to try rather than just sticking Donaldson back in the middle. For me you can afford one of O'Connor, Goudemand, Bentley or Donaldson in the matchday squad but probably not two. Maybe it's time to give Hudson a run off the bench.
