Don't blame you mate. There's a good deal of name calling and nastiness creeping in. It's bang out of order and would be more suited to twitter. You will be missed. Enjoy the game on Thursday.

The bile written on here 48 hours (or more, God help us) after a loss or poor performance has only become worse over the years. The tendency for people to resort to petty insults if someone disagrees with them has always been here, but sadly there are fewer sensible people posting to balance all the knee-jerkery.

I get that things have been pretty disappointing since 2015 (despite the GF and CC wins, and the GF run last season), and it has become massively frustrating being a Leeds fan in this period.

A lot of the posters on here badly need to learn patience.

The mess we were in after Brian Mac is behind us, and we've moved on from the dark days of Lowes and Sinfield being in charge.

Richard Agar helped steady the team but he obviously hung around a season too long. While Rohan Smith has performed some pretty major surgery to the squad he inherited from Agar, the spine and the big earners are all Agar selections - Myler, Sezer, Austin, Tetevano, Fusitua, Bentley - plus Leeming whose place in the squad hasn't yet been filled to my knowledge.

For me, Rohan Smith has credit in the bank for the GF run and a run of wins against Saints, Wigan, and Catalans this season. Most importantly, (IMO) he's also put faith in a lot of younger players and we've seen the likes of Holroyd, Gannon, O'Connor and Cameron Smith (etc) really improve under his coaching, which is the kind of development we were definitely *not* seeing under Agar and McDermott.

For some reason the match day 17 don't always seem to be 'up for it' against teams that Leeds would be traditionally expected to beat handsomely, leading to some woeful showings recently. I think this has as much to do with the mentality of the players as anything else. Austin clearly wants to give his all for the team, but there are a lot of other big earners coming out of contract at the end of the season. Clearly having a clutch of senior players back from injury showed against Huddersfield too.

After reading the last few pages I’m a bit concerned, this is a forum for all fans of leeds and y’know what I’m sad to see that a valued contributor in Chris feels that he has to take a hiatus. I have tried to let things “flow” and only in very rare circumstances felt the need to step in, this is one of those times.

From this point on, I want anyone who feels that things have overstepped to DM the mods directly, report button is also there for a reason. I will not tolerate this board to slide into the horrid cesspit that is the Leeds bookface page.

Everyone has a right to an opinion, you don’t have the right to use personal abuse to score points and this will be cracked down upon from now on.

Consider this a wake up call with regard to conduct.

Largely in part because very little of the engagement is with those posts, therefore there is more disinclination to post them in the first place. A bit of chicken and egg, granted.

Back to winning ways again ..Not sure if we were actually really good or if Hudds made it look that way,anyroad , 2 points gratefully received,.Flashes of brilliance from Austin and a really good game for Myler. As one poster has mentioned , Hill lucky not to be binned for a late hit on Myler,
Big improvement with discipline and very few errors.

Which is a shame as a negative outlook has engulfed the site.
You can see that from the amount of posts since final whistle on Friday, no where near as many as there would have been if we lost.

There’s some top notch Coaches, CEO’s, rugby directors on here, who have all the answers.
One rule for online posting I use is to only say something you would be prepared to say face to face. Imagine some posters telling a player what they’ve been saying about them on here!!!

I think it`s a fair assumption there will always be a difference of opinion some good some bad.
Deep down we all want the best for our club and sometimes frustration creeps in and words are said in haste.
Those that stick by the club through thick and thin such as Chris are to be admired.
I for one am guilty of blaming Smith usually for poor team selections and sticking with players who clearly in my opinion do not deserve to be playing.
However I would never personally insult anyone who has a different opinion to me.
Insults should never be tolerated and those committing that offence should be suspended for a period of time increased by severity or regularity.
Roll on Thursday.

Insults been going on (and tolerated on here for a long while) not sure why the outrage now?
Nothing ban able been said about Christopher (to my knowledge), but agree a shame he’s bowing out. Can’t imagine him missing it much though tbf!

Yeah I’ve noticed a few posts from one or two on here that are out of order and are close to being personal and stepping over the line. Well said Mods. Chris is a terrific contributor on here and has been for years.

Anyways onwards to Thursday. Move on.

A much better performance where we seemed to do the basics a lot better, albeit Hudds were dire and clearly not playing for the coach.

I feel this was our first 80 minute performance of the season. When we are playing well, we look like a match for any side, however, we have been extremely inconsistent so far. It would be nice to go on a winning streak now and improve our confidence.

Like others have said, Myler at full back and Handley at wing should be the only way. Fusitua and Austin were very good. I would extend Austin's contract by a year. Lisone and McDonnell also very good.

Walters was very good. I'm praying he ends up signing and the rumours are wrong i.e. Walker and Sutcliffe when they were meant to be leaving.

Johnson's progress has been extremely slow, however, I think the regular game time is helping, and he is seeing very gradual improvement. I think he might be taking over O'Connor soon whose passing for mine is not good enough.

Walters has confirmed for wigan this morning.

I’m genuinely sad about this one. Think he will turn into a great forward with a bit of an X Factor about him.

Leeming I did not care about whatsoever. Walters I am disappointed about.

Although Walter's still has a lot of improvement and is not the full package yet, he has bags of potential. He looked a real threat every time he had the ball on Friday.

Good team performance all round. Austin was on a different planet to anyone else on the field. Huddersfield were dire but you can only beat what is put in front of you. It begs the question - how did they lose to Wakefield?