FORUMS FORUMS



  
FORUMS > Leeds Rhinos > Boxing Day | Leeds Rhinos v Wakefield Trinity.
257 posts in 18 pages 
<<   PREV  NEXT   >>
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain2356
JoinedServiceReputation
Feb 20169 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jun 2024Feb 2022LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



For those of you saying Mc.D is right etc & those of us who attended basically got what we deserved i refer you to his pre-match PC then the hypocritical response to the abject bilge his team produced.
Marty as an attendee of these games for years i know full well "what to expect" however what was produced should be unacceptable on every level.
Yes they are generally error ridden with the obvious cobwebs but 95% of the time they produce some reasonable RL.
As for not expecting any structure really?
Again id expect at the very least a basic structure to be produced with or without the ball this was neither & the Coach/Team deserve the pelters they get rather than the fans deserving that garbage.

RankPostsTeam
Club Captain3615
JoinedServiceReputation
May 20169 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
May 2022May 2022LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Not saying fans got what they deserved at all. In fact charging the fans £18 is in my eyes disgraceful.

The game is what it is though. A meaningless friendly in the middle of pre-season. Every year people go and after its always negative comments. Its a mickey mouse meaningless game.

RankPostsTeam
Club Captain2356
JoinedServiceReputation
Feb 20169 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jun 2024Feb 2022LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "Not saying fans got what they deserved at all. In fact charging the fans £18 is in my eyes disgraceful.

The game is what it is though. A meaningless friendly in the middle of pre-season. Every year people go and after its always negative comments.'"

Like i said mate given 2016 & the Coaches pre-match comments i dont think it's unreasonable to expect better than what was produced.

RankPostsTeam
Player Coach5813No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Apr 201015 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Apr 2022Mar 2022LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "Not saying fans got what they deserved at all. In fact charging the fans £18 is in my eyes disgraceful.

The game is what it is though. A meaningless friendly in the middle of pre-season. Every year people go and after its always negative comments. Its a mickey mouse meaningless game.'"



But people pay it and go. Was there near 11000 people there. No ones forced to go.
From the comments we were dross but we were dross all last year and with the quality of recruitment wouldn't have expected anything else.

RankPostsTeam
International Board Member17230No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Oct 200222 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Nov 2024Nov 2020LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "Not saying fans got what they deserved at all. In fact charging the fans £18 is in my eyes disgraceful.

The game is what it is though. A meaningless friendly in the middle of pre-season. Every year people go and after its always negative comments. Its a mickey mouse meaningless game.'"


I agree with you on result, but not on performance. Getting some form of structure is what this game is all about, otherwise what's the point?

All we heard about last year was the pathetic excuses about preseason, floods, spotty, etc. Preaseason was such an excuse for those defending at all costs last year. Wouldn't that surely make this preseason all the more important?

RankPostsTeam
Club Owner1606No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Oct 200321 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jan 2021Jan 2021LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Gotcha "

I agree with you on result, but not on performance. Getting some form of structure is what this game is all about, otherwise what's the point?'"


This is it for me. Nobody expects a great performance or great rugby, but you do expect the game to be taken seriously. Pre-season games are for putting into practice what you've been training - a chance for a bit of trial and error. A chance to see how things work when put into practice....

If it's just being used as 'an opposed training session' and the coach/players see it more of a hinderance (that's certainly the impression I've got) then the club are simply using it as a money making exercise and charging £18 doesn't seem reasonable to me.

RankPostsTeam
Club Coach3479
JoinedServiceReputation
Dec 200420 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Apr 2019Mar 2019LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Leeds lose pre-pre-season friendly with 10 (?) players missing & several new faces making a debut and Southstander goes into meltdown.

Love it. icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif

RankPostsTeam
International Star87No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Sep 201212 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Feb 2021Feb 2021LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



In the days of winter rugby the boxing day fixture was an important competitive game in the middle of the season.Nowadays very few people take these friendlies seriously.Most media don't even report the results.

RankPostsTeam
International Chairman18060No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Feb 200223 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Jun 2023Jun 2023LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: loiner81 "Leeds lose pre-pre-season friendly with 10 (?) players missing & several new faces making a debut and Southstander goes into meltdown.

Love it. As usual you miss the point - the loss is irrelevant it the club taking the p1ss out of its customers after doing the same for the previous 10 months - shows the management are slow on the uptake

RankPostsTeam
International Star11412No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Sep 201014 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Feb 2021Jul 2019LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



You know you aren't forced to go to the match? In fact a key reason many go is just to avoid their families for a few hours over Xmas, not because of the rugby.

The guy has said in previous Boxing Day post match press conferences pretty much the same thing if not worded entirely the same, he's even said he'd prefer as a coach NOT to have a fixture on Boxing Day but has to do it as it's tradition for the club. Also I seriously doubt the guy is in charge of setting the admission cost for the game.

RankPostsTeam
International Star3882
JoinedServiceReputation
Feb 201213 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Nov 2024Nov 2024LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Brian Mcdermotts post match comments were disrespectful to the 10,300 crowd and to Wakefield Trinity who every year give it a go and appreciate that they are there to entertain which is what the sport is..entertainment.

If he wanted an opposed open training session then tell the sponsor who will have paid good money for the event, the club's paying the players wages, the fans paying the equivalent of £200,000 in gate receipts etc...

Trinity had such an opposed open training session at Belle Vue a couple of weeks ago v Hull KR and only charged £1 per person entry not £18.

Last season BM put out a stronger team and Rhinos lost then went on to have a very poor season ....change of tactics this year putting out a second team to hide flawes in the squad as there is a lack of depth.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-7644911

The year before in 2014 Rhinos also put out a strong team and won by 50 then went on to a win the treble....think BM is living on borrowed time in 2017.
Brian Mcdermotts post match comments were disrespectful to the 10,300 crowd and to Wakefield Trinity who every year give it a go and appreciate that they are there to entertain which is what the sport is..entertainment.

If he wanted an opposed open training session then tell the sponsor who will have paid good money for the event, the club's paying the players wages, the fans paying the equivalent of £200,000 in gate receipts etc...

Trinity had such an opposed open training session at Belle Vue a couple of weeks ago v Hull KR and only charged £1 per person entry not £18.

Last season BM put out a stronger team and Rhinos lost then went on to have a very poor season ....change of tactics this year putting out a second team to hide flawes in the squad as there is a lack of depth.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-7644911

The year before in 2014 Rhinos also put out a strong team and won by 50 then went on to a win the treble....think BM is living on borrowed time in 2017.


RankPostsTeam
Club Captain1421No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Oct 20159 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Oct 2021Oct 2021LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



On the plus side, Delaney looked healthy. Evidenced by more tattoos on show and less bandages. As others have said mullalley and ormondroyd banged in. Mullalley twice got his nose through the line, the fact I am noting this as a highlight is a clue to the scale of the negative side.

Wakey looked ready to play and kear likes to get of to a flyer and hang on through the season. Leeds looked like some had bulked up but now need to get match conditioned. Keinhorst looked like a man playing In another man's body. Him at ablett and centre were awful.

As others have said the really alarming part was that Golding, Sutcliffe and lilley produced nothing in a rudderless display that matched last year. In the first half Leeds got about 4 sets on the line mainly through luck. On the first tackle of another repeat set Sutcliffe ran laterally to he corner flag which he did all game, produced the usual dummy were he does not even look right and got caught, threw a hopeful ball to briscoe before being pushed into touch before Leeds lost the ball. Utterly clueless.

Leeds have 10 to come in etc but only McGuire as a potential game manager. Based on that , Unless Leeds sign another half (which they won't) Joel moon will have to play 6 to make us even vaguely threatening.

Agree with others, pre match McD was saying we need to show some sharpness and that a flat performance last year rolled into a poor season. Yesterday was even worse and now it is just a training run.

I think fans patience will wear thin pretty quickly this year if tripe liked that gets served up in the first few rounds.

Both McD and GH will get it in the neck because with no signings and the same clueless work ball in hand it could be.grim viewing. I thought Leeds would look much sharper and coordinated, I was very much mistaken.

RankPostsTeam
Club Captain1421No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Oct 20159 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Oct 2021Oct 2021LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: asmadasa "Brian Mcdermotts post match comments were disrespectful to the 10,300 crowd and to Wakefield Trinity who every year give it a go and appreciate that they are there to entertain which is what the sport is..entertainment.

If he wanted an opposed open training session then tell the sponsor who will have paid good money for the event, the club's paying the players wages, the fans paying the equivalent of £200,000 in gate receipts etc...

Trinity had such an opposed open training session at Belle Vue a couple of weeks ago v Hull KR and only charged £1 per person entry not £18.

Last season BM put out a stronger team and Rhinos lost then went on to have a very poor season ....change of tactics this year putting out a second team to hide flawes in the squad as there is a lack of depth.


Well said. If it is a training session make it £5 entry to all, the club deserve plenty of stick and so does he after producing that after 3 months of training. Time for a change for mine.

RankPostsTeam
International Star798
JoinedServiceReputation
Jun 201212 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
May 2024Apr 2024LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



It has been said before that a major reason for the game is the income it generates in the office season.

If that's really how the club see it and having bearing on the season, they should send the team out to play Globetrotter stuff. Entertain the crowd and keep them coming back. Sure more people would go at the thought of a 60 - 80 point game.

Out of interest, how were the young lads who came off the bench?

RankPostsTeam
Club Coach3479
JoinedServiceReputation
Dec 200420 years
OnlineLast PostLast Page
Apr 2019Mar 2019LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
Signature
TO BE FIXED



Quote: Sal Paradise "As usual you miss the point - the loss is irrelevant it the club taking the p1ss out of its customers after doing the same for the previous 10 months - shows the management are slow on the uptake'"


I'm missing the point, really? Why didn't you go Sal?

Probably for the same reason I didn't...
Because it's always been nothing more than a pre-season training session and i've got better things to do on Boxing Day.

But don't let the opportunity of a good moan and some faux outrage pass you by.

257 posts in 18 pages 
<<   PREV  NEXT   >>
257 posts in 18 pages 
<<   PREV  NEXT   >>



All views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the RLFANS.COM or its subsites.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure that news stories, articles and images are correct, we cannot be held responsible for errors. However, if you feel any material on this website is copyrighted or incorrect in any way please contact us using the link at the top of the page so we can remove it or negotiate copyright permission.

RLFANS.COM, the owners of this website, is not responsible for the content of its sub-sites or posts, please email the author of this sub-site or post if you feel you find an article offensive or of a choice nature that you disagree with.

Copyright 1999 - 2024 RLFANS.COM

You must be 18+ to gamble, for more information and for help with gambling issues see https://www.begambleaware.org/.



Please Support RLFANS.COM


11.58203125:10
RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
3m
Ground Improvements
Khlav Kalash
197
8m
Shopping list for 2025
HU8HFC
5588
26m
Film game
Boss Hog
5763
43m
Transfer Talk V5
Seth
512
60m
Fixtures
Moe Lester
9
Recent
Shirt reveal coming soon
Khlav Kalash
2
Recent
Salford
Smiffy27
59
Recent
Salary Cap Changes Blocked - 11 votes to 1
NickyKiss
9
Recent
2025 Recruitment
Pyrah123
212
Recent
Opening Championship and League One Fixtures for 2025 Released
RLFANS News
1
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
44s
Game - Song Titles
Boss Hog
40802
50s
Shopping list for 2025
HU8HFC
5588
1m
Fixtures
Moe Lester
9
1m
Rumours and signings v9
Mark_P1973
28902
1m
Salford
Smiffy27
59
1m
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
tad rhino
2611
1m
2025 Recruitment
Pyrah123
212
1m
New Kit
matt_wire
69
2m
How many games will we win
Shifty Cat
48
2m
Opening Championship and League One Fixtures for 2025 Released
RLFANS News
1
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
Shirt reveal coming soon
Khlav Kalash
2
TODAY
Opening Championship and League One Fixtures for 2025 Released
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Getting a new side to gel
Bullseye
1
TODAY
Fixtures
Moe Lester
9
TODAY
Writers required
H.G.S.A
1
TODAY
2025 Fixtures
Jemmo
1
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS