Ablest looks much more comfortable on the left, rather than right. He never looked like passing right, or that he was comfortable with it. On the left however he has no problems, and looks so dangerous.

Might that also have something to do with who is on the outside of him?

I wonder if Keinhorst will come back into contention for the RC berth with Abbo moving back into the BR and Watkins staying at FB???

On the money there Gotcha. His pass to the right is no-where near as skilled/confident as it is to his left.

There was a few occasions where he didn't even scan to see what options he could feed his winger, so he took it up himself. Not all bad - he has a great blend of footwork and power, makes busting through look very easy.

Watson has played 2 games for Hunslet and he was probably the Man of the Match in both if them. Yesterdays game against a good Featherstone, Watson did at least 6 try saving one-on-one tackles and scored a try of his own. His confidence is definately back. Don't forget Boxing Day was his first game since October and his first at FB at that level (others were on the wing).

He played out of his skin at Featherstone and is beginning to look too good for Hunslet (IMO); but my thoughts are if Rhinos are not going to play him now then they never will and its time he moved on to get game time.

If only Leeds had a versatile jack of all trades type player able to cover wing, centre, full-back, possibly even half-back and hooker.

Such a player (had he not been released to sign for Wakefield) would be worth his weight in bronze right now.

Hindsight is wonderful. The salary cap dictates that we can't have a great reserve for each position. We have 2 outside backs out due to injury. We will have to make do, and I think we looked well enough on Friday considering.

We brought Vickery in to replace Smith, and at least he will always be hungry for his shirt. Smith was only hungry for food by the looks of him over the last couple of seasons

he certainly was fond of Elamis in Gildersome

Is it just hindsight or is it a lack of foresight to release a player who offered so much versatility, experience and proven quality with potentially many productive years still left in front of him?

While you might suggest Leeds replaced Smith with Vickery I couldn't possibly comment as before he rocked up at Headingley I'd never heard of him - I doubt I'm alone. In much the same way as I'd never heard of Mark Wilkes and Rex Terp.

I can understand if Smith felt unloved at Leeds, Hetherington has always portrayed a take it or leave it mentality and it appears he has a coach formed from the same mould.

Great to hear W55ARE i'd be happy to see him get a game if he's looking confident again because imo he oozed class for the Acadamy teams he played for.

Smith leaving sees him playing week-in week-out for Wakie in a settled role. Not the worst position for Smith.

Few OTT reactions on here. Injuries are part and parcel. As luck has it at the moment our three-quarters have been black-listed.

Zak..Vickery..BJB. It happens.

Yes we played Lee Smith at FB against Saints away last year. Anybody else remember how shocking he was that day?

Granted everyone (from memory, Stevie Ward on debut and Moore excluded) were poor, but Smith shone above the rest for being rubbish on that day.

Leeds lost in the two games that book-ended Lee Smith's efforts in the starting full-back role but they also won 26 of the remaining 36 which some might note included a deserved Harry Sunderland winning performance as a late replacement for Brent Webb.

Sadly IMO Leeds no longer possess such a versatile asset.

We've been unlucky in that we've lost our first and second choice full backs to injury. In that context it could be argued that releasing Webb showed a similar lack of foresight too. Maybe some things just can't be foreseen.