The defensive protocols are fine. It's individual players not following them that's the problem. Now that usually comes from fatigue which usually comes from quick opposition play the balls. If we control the ruck better I have no doubt our defence will be rock solid again.

The attacking protocols, well I think they're fine too. I don't buy this stuff about attacking structure. We're Leeds. We've never had a rigid attacking structure. A rigid attacking structure is there for teams who don't have the skill and flair to play flashy rugby.
I find teams based around attacking structures incredibly boring to watch. Teams like Huddersfield & Wigan. I'd far rather watch Leeds, Cas or Saints any day of the week.

I thought in the Cas game we looked a lot more confident with the ball and we were passing it along the line a lot more than in recent games. Our timing of runs was a little bit off and our centres and wingers still don't quite seem to know what each other is going to do.
That would be my area to work on rather than going down the attacking structures route, which in SL appears to simply be throw as many dummy runners/blockers as possible into the defensive line and hope you don't get pinged for obstruction. (And then whine like a tart when you do.)

The attacking play where we repeatedly throw the second man pass along the line appears to be the only structured play we have.

One of the problems on the left is Moon who seems incapable of running in a straight line - he often cramps his winger for space due to his diagonal running.

Yet he is our form centre and tops our try assists and this season already has a higher number that anyone last year

Leeds have shown this season they can defend well and attack well so nothing wromg with your protocols. When players lose form and their timing if just a bit off the things that looked good one week can look poo the next. Accept that it is the players that recently have not performed and not the coaches.

Class players will regain form given time and patience. They know more than anyone when things are not right.

No wigan create space by sending dummy runners in front of the ball to cause obstruction. I don't find that either good attacking play or good to watch.
We were managing to put Hall, Briscoe, Watkins & Moon into good attacking space earlier in the season without the need for the boring blockers that many teams seem to like to use, and then b1tch and whine about when they're rightly done for obstruction.
There's no reason we can't get back to that.

Given that Leeds attack mostly down his side his try and assist ratio is bound to be higher - would Watkins create and score more with the same level of supply I for one would say yes. It is all conjecture

Indeed!

Now that Hardaker is back in the team hopefully we will again better see the attacking prowess of Watkins....and hopefully Briscoe. Zak does seem to favour linking up down the right. This should be encouraged and perfected. That little extra space created is all that Watkins needs.

If Watkins wore the cherry and white he and his winger would score double the amount of tries they score at Leeds and they would also concede fewer, IMO.

The at times bizarre current application of the obstruction laws yet again rewarded poor defensive play by Leeds' right centre.