I can see us being a better side at the end of the season than we look now, which is the better way round than last year.
I’m already starting to wonder whether we give McClelland a run instead of Myler. I’d have Smith in for Sutcliffe to have a look too.
Good to see Dwyer given a chance, he looked OK and it keeps Parcell on his toes.

I agree with those that say Merrin should be back row.yes, he is here to provide the x factor not be a cart horse! Its a tough situation but i trust Furner to see tje big picture and we see what happens.

Perhaps Merrin is being played at prop because he is now too slow for the backrow

I've yet to ever see a pass to Farrell that was backward. All his career they've either been flat or forward.

Trouble is mate other teams will inevitably improve as well.

He might go a bit quicker if he lost a stone...

He diesn’t have marquee impact or marquee minutes at prop for me, and when he got number 11 I was hopeful they’d try to slim him back down a bit and get him to play.

Maybe when Crosby is fit, we lose Donaldson and go with a back row of Merrin, Ferres, Ward with Smith on the bench. Crosby, Peteru, Cuthbo, Oledzki looks OK for prop.

You’re right though, this Leeds side looks slow compared to some sides. I don’t know who we have who could go the full length any more - maybe Briscoe if he got free but nobody really has scary pace.

I do like Hurrell. Almost anything could happen when he gets the ball, good or bad, but he’s certainly entertaining to watch. Loved his hit on Hardaker.

Merrin hasn't been a second row for years. He's an all-round loose forward. It's Stevie Ward who should be in the 2nd row because he's never going to mske impact in the middle - I feared for him every time he was tackled. For Merrin to be at 13, we need another prop (whether Crosby or someone new).

Yep makes sense. You could spell Merrin with Cam Smith then.

2 very bad calls against you or it could have been much closer. As others have said Walker had a shocker and your stand off looked to be running in treacle. Once Watkins is back to match fitness he'll be as good a centre as any where in super league, on the other hand cut your losses on Parcell he's just dragging you down to bottom 4 level.

I'd move Ward to right side back row just to tighten up the defence on that edge, we can't go the full season with Tui Sutcliffe and Watkins defending there, it's an easy target for the opposition at the moment.

On Parcel, he needs to run more, yes it's more difficult when the PTBs are slow, but that doesn't mean he can't be effective, but he does look very one dimensional when we're on the back foot, and if Dwyer had the engine, I'd play him for 80 minutes based on his form and his performances at the back end of 2018.

Im going to be overly positive here but I do see some glimpses that we will be a good team this year, I think it will take us at least 6 games till we look anything like though, I said before the season we will have to be patient and I stand by that. I really like the look of Hurrell and I do think when match fit Tui will be good, If i recall he didn’t play a great deal last year a definitely not at 6, Merrin will be fine if he gets back to his proper position