I don’t have a problem with myler short term. He’s been good but is obviously getting up there in age. 9 wise O’Connor has gone well and there’s obviously still improvement to be had there, but for him to improve we’ll have to take the rough with the smooth. Johnson needs more game time, I think we’d be better when those 9 duties are shared. I can only assume they’re being cautious with a kid who’s not played a whole lot of first grade rugby for his age?

My main issue with the halves is Sezer. For me he lets the game pass him by, and yes while his NRL resume reads great, it was always interesting that he was let go at a prime sort of age (right after aforementioned grand final I think) and came to SL at that age. The way he flits in and out of games for me directly correlates with our form. Austin like myler is ok, but imo guilty of trying to do too much.

Also to add with the level of RL ‘journalist’ in this country i don’t blame Smith for being a bit guarded

Sezer will be gone next year

2nd half was, 1st 30 minutes we (Leigh) were superb.

Leigh were great first half, they didn’t need to be in the second half as Leeds didn’t really look like scoring

Thanks for travelling over to watch the game at the LSV. It’s really appreciated. To see such a big following in the South Stand from one of the games leading clubs was awe inspiring. We were completely overwhelmed by size of the away support you brought. I only hope we can replicate the away support you gave your team in the reverse fixture. I’m sure it will inspire our team in the same way it did yours tonight. Hopefully the fixture is not on TV so that it does not affect the attendance travelling over the Pennines. We wouldn’t want anything to distract us from supporting our team.

It seems some Leigh fans have a bit of a bee in their bonnets about away support. Maybe a Friday night in Leigh looking at a load of people dressed up like Bett Lynch isn’t for everyone.

Just enjoy your win.

There were no excuses tonight - fully fit squad , settled spine , powerful bench - so why cant the coach get the team to play ? Time is running out if Smith can`t find the answer .

He did admit after the game that the slow starts are a problem, but seemed to suggest this was the first time we'd leaked a lot of points in that period? That doesn't make sense, as even in most of our wins we've been behind and caught up. If you keep giving away leads you're going to lose more than you should.

I think he needs the break to have a think about how he's setting the team up. We're ten games into the season now, about the same time he joined last year. We're better than we were under Agar but nothing like the team we became at the back end of last season. I keep waiting for us to kick into some sort of extra gear but there's not much sign of it yet.

These losses are tough, as don’t think any of us expected us to be this inconsistent.
Just need to regroup and get it right for next home game. Plenty of time left in season. We do have some cap space, and am sure club are actively looking to bring in more quality. Fullback and centre look to be positions to prioritise, but def not Gildart thanks!

HKR look to have signed a cracking centre in Corey Hall btw.

The home form is OK because they haven't played any of the big hitters yet - Wigan, Saints, Warrington - they have played Hull x2 and Wakefield. Catalans just capitulated as they can do, Huddersfield was a good win.

I think Smith is the man but he needs an experienced assistant to support him e.g. McDermott to Smith. He doesn't seem to be instill any consistency even in a single game never mind a run of games. I have said it before Smith seems to be refining his style as a coach and Leeds are just a part of that process

For all the talk Newman looks a shadow of the player he was - these serious injuries must dent your confidence

Agreed!

2x new halves, a full back and a centre for next season please Gawy.

Smiths comment on early points was an odd one and also, the only way of getting momentum isn't in just executing our plays (as he said) but also playing the game at the right end of the field with better line speed and contact as well as not coughing up the ball and giving so many penalties.

We do not have the players to be carrying off this high risk game plan every week, no one does. He's got some great ideas has rohan but he's not going to reinvent some core principles of the game that will always be true.