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| Good start to the season. Looked organised - especially defensively which was enthusiastic, hard and intelligent all night.
Once again the usual suspects ran the show on the back of a strong forward showing. Big change from the last couple of seasons for me was that we played patient rugby - not trying to score from all over the pitch - content to take the ball out and kick when required, but still making the offloads when the percentages were right.
Very, very good start especially as I thought Hull's defence for 65 minutes was almost claustrophobic, very good.
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| Hull in the second half were about as good as Lemar
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| Quote: ThePrinter "- Massively better defensively.
- Good making metres upfield.
- Bit unorganised/sloppy when we got to the final 20m in the 1st half but credit Hull's energy for that, once they got tired out in the 2nd we broke through.
- Kicking game downfield very good, minus a few dodgy cross field attempts from Sinfield.
- Moon, Peacock, Burrow, Sinfield and McGuire all big games.
- We were on the recieving end of some quite soft calls from Ganson which was really the only reason Hull had hope for 55 mins.
- Great to see things like Sinfield kicking from the scrum from Leeds' own 20m for Watkins to chase, the game was won but they were trying to keep it entertaining when others would have been up the jumper, likewise the effort for Hall's try.
- .......and finally, WTF are the refs/touch judges wearing????'"
Would agree with all that. Sinfield MoM imo. Ablett was also very good wide left before Vickery's injury and over the season can see Ablett/Moon/Hall having the sort of joy that Lauititi/Senior/Bai once did.
McShane was very good at the simple things, giving us a bit more zip and freeing up Burrow a bit when he came on at 6-6, after which we became more clinical. Achurch and Kirke went under the radar a bit, but couldn't say anyone had a bad game.
Only disappointment was a lack of ball for Watkins (even when he was at centre) and Hardaker, but all in all a very engouraging start.
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| I thought we were very good for a 1st game of the year and defensively outstanding.
Once the passes started sticking Ull had no answer and to be fair they were lucky we only got 36 and they got 6.
I wonder when the FC chairman Mr Pearson is gonna deliver this world class team he was gobbing off all pre-season about
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| Quote: craigizzard "Only disappointment was a lack of ball for Watkins (even when he was at centre) and Hardaker, but all in all a very engouraging start.'"
It's an interesting point, but Watkins looked far more dangerous in an England shirt. He is a great ball player, Moon has had the press as an offloader, but Watkins passing is superb. If you go to him he passes and if you hesitate he kills you himself - especially near the line when it's try time. Then you have his sheer pace from anywhere on the pitch.
Shame he's missing his winger at the moment.
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| Very pleased with Moons performance ,early days but it looks like we have a centre who can pass the ball.
And what about Peacocks performance the man is ageless.
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| Quote: craigizzard "Would agree with all that. Sinfield MoM imo. Ablett was also very good wide left before Vickery's injury and over the season can see Ablett/Moon/Hall having the sort of joy that Lauititi/Senior/Bai once did.
McShane was very good at the simple things, giving us a bit more zip and freeing up Burrow a bit when he came on at 6-6, after which we became more clinical. Achurch and Kirke went under the radar a bit, but couldn't say anyone had a bad game.
Only disappointment was a lack of ball for Watkins (even when he was at centre) and Hardaker, but all in all a very engouraging start.'"
Yeah i liked the look of Ablett playing next to Moon, shame about having to switch him. No coincidence that Hull's only score came straight after we had to re-jig things.
Again i don't think it's a coincidence that we started to look more organised in attack and starting scoring when McShane came on, he like Lunt won't offer you something edge of your seat like Burrow but just gives us that more traditional presence at 9.
Watkins side not seeing much ball might also be to do with Hull's line-up, they had the experienced partnership of Yeaman/Briscoe on that side whilst Moon/Hall were up against the new young partnership of Arundel/Crookes.
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| Danny Mags looked lethal
Joel Moon was fantastic, just have to hope Norwich City FC don't bid for him
Sinfield was majestic
And Bailey owned that gob.... Westerman to
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| Quote: ThePrinter "Yeah i liked the look of Ablett playing next to Moon, shame about having to switch him. No coincidence that Hull's only score came straight after we had to re-jig things.
Again i don't think it's a coincidence that we started to look more organised in attack and starting scoring when McShane came on, he like Lunt won't offer you something edge of your seat like Burrow but just gives us that more traditional presence at 9.
Watkins side not seeing much ball might also be to do with Hull's line-up, they had the experienced partnership of Yeaman/Briscoe on that side whilst Moon/Hall were up against the new young partnership of Arundel/Crookes.'"
Pretty much agree with all you've said. Poor old Ablett...forever destined to never play in his LF position: just as well he does make a pretty good centre too. Moon looks the business and hopefully will gain a more telepathic understanding with Hall. Watkins needs to see more of the ball in future games I hope....and I agree about McShane. Peacock was superb ably supported by the rest of the pack, Sinfield and McGuire were ever dangerous (McGuire's kicking game has improved so much it's a joy to watch) and Burrow's jinking around elusive jack in the box style again paid dividends with yet another try.
Best of all defensively the team looked far more cohesive and watertight
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| I thought our wide defensive play was the most impressive aspect.
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| Obviously a good performance but the player who has surprised me most was Clarkson. He really looks like he's bulked up and does still have a bit of pace. Has started to run some great lines and looked really effective, like JJB in his pomp. Kind of written him off after the last 2 seasons as a solid defensive player who offered little to nothing in attack, but on the back of that and the Bradford performance he looks to be a very handy player to bring off the bench.
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| Quote: Andy Gilder "I keep hearing about how much we "flogged" Peacock last year and how this is going to have a detrimental effect on his performances.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in September and October last year he didn't look like a prop that had been "flogged" for the preceding 7-8 months,
Jamie Peacock can give you 60-70 minutes of solid impact, 32 weeks a year that will get you by at domestic level.
And Bloodbath, given League Freak's usual MO, that's just as likely to be a dig at FC fans as it is Leeds
You told us peacock was past it 4 years ago.
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| Peacock will have benefitted from a full off-season and pre-season now that he has given the International game away - and on the basis of that high quality performance it showed.
I still hope Leeds afford him a few breathers through the year allowing that quality to be maintained for as long as possible - not forgetting he's contracted until the end of the 2014 season. Having had to wait for the final league game of last year to open his try account he's got the prospect of the naked run out of the way nice and early this year.
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Good also to see Ryan Hall given a role away from the wing at times allowing him to highlight is smart offload game.
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| Cracking performance. Slight concern about Achurch - who doesn't look match fit to me - but that was more than compensated for by the steel of Peacock, Ablett, Bailey and Clarkson. McShane seems to inspire confidence in those around him, which is great.
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| Quote: Sibbs Rhinos "Obviously a good performance but the player who has surprised me most was Clarkson. He really looks like he's bulked up and does still have a bit of pace. Has started to run some great lines and looked really effective, like JJB in his pomp. Kind of written him off after the last 2 seasons as a solid defensive player who offered little to nothing in attack, but on the back of that and the Bradford performance he looks to be a very handy player to bring off the bench.'"
Clarkson stood out last night. JJJb was nothing more than a body on the park.
Ablett was fantastic and for me MOM. Sinfield controlled things superbly, and DM really turned back the years with some great probing of the line.
The defence looked really good last night as a unit. I actually thought Watkins really stood out in that defence when at centre, looking really strong.
Moon as I thought he would be, looks an extremely good signing.
I don't think Hull were anything close to the 50 minute score line. They were kept in it from Ganson for me.
Ganson needs speaking to for that clear discrimination in that first half with Bailey. Those two penalisations were ridiculous, when you had at least another 50 same type in the game that went unpunished.
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