Maybe not but he should be given a chance.

Not for me. Hes very raw.

Tindall is a good longer term prospect but has a bit to work on.

I do agree that Stephens would have been a useful player to have retained, given our lack of quality cover in outside backs.

they have their moments of being ablett and jones but not irreplaceable as far from being ellis and ali

Really every time anyone put a bit of footwork on him he missed the tackle - very average player - typical of this team - more moneyball than quality.

I think we have more talented players than both in our system to be honest.

Again though Mellor was injured last year and coming back from surgery now. Martin was badly effected by COVID.

Some Aussies do struggle in their second years over here though for some reason.

I thought Gale was very poor today - his kicking was a shambles and he had zero control - perhaps this is a season too far for him. Hall is a great prospect but he isn't physically up to SL. Broadbent MOM for me - he had a great game as did Alex Sutcliffe. No sure about Leeming either - hopefully he will improve his distribution - simple pass to Briscoe easy try.

Harsh not seen stats for this week but he was top tackler with only 2 misses against Wakefield.

Season too far is a bit melodramatic to put it mildly. He's on his own and recovering from an injury.When he's fit and got someone decent next to him I reckon he'll be class again(I thought he was excellent against wakey).

Agree on hall, but he was actually better physically than I exacted for someone his age and experience.realistically he isn't going to get that many chances this year anyway.

Yeah he does, I just don’t think Mellor together with Martin gives us enough imo not against the better teams

Agree with a lot of what has been said here.
Funny how nowadays we are pleased with the effort considering where we have come 18 months ago.
Hall had a bad first half but didn`t look out of place in the second half.
Broadbent very good again along with Alex Sutcliffe.
Tom as I keep saying offers nothing and for those wanting Gale binned you need to give your head a wobble.
Yes not as good as we expect but he will get there.
Liam Sutcliffe had one of his better games but half back he isn`t.
The forwards did well and contained the Cas pack.
I agree that we don`t get much out of Mellor/Martin on the pitch together and Donaldson as much as I like him should make way for King or Walters.
My preferred ​team when all fit would be:
Myler
Newman/Broadbent
Hurrel
Sutcliffe
Handley
Eastmond
Gale
Mik
Leeming
Prior
Tetavano
Martin
Smith
Subs
Dwyer
Holroyd
Thompson
Mellor/King/Walters

While he did nothing to convince me he was a 6, I thought Liam Sutcliffe had a much stronger game, with some good runs (despite one or two defensive lapses).

Jon Wilkin annoyed me by going on about how Cas had a much more versatile squad than Leeds. With so many players missing from our backline, what does he expect us to do, play Oledski at FB? Jon Wells could barely contain himself gushing over Cas in his analysis.

A team with a bit more strike would have scored a lot more with the position and possession Leeds had today. Tom Briscoe could be forgiven for jumping the line (after all, Ryan Hall did it loads) if he offered a bit more going forward. I'd like to see him make a few more damaging runs bringing the ball out of our own 20, for starters. Still early in the season to be writing any of our players off.

Enjoyed the game.
As far as Cas go, rather like last week I don’t think we were clinical enough. We had plenty of full sets in the Leeds 20 and didn’t make enough of that possession.
I thought Tetevano was very good and I’m a big fan of Leeming. As a non-Leeds supporter, it seems like a lot of interchanges to constantly swap Leeming and Dwyer though (I think you used four interchanges for that today) when Leeming seems to offer much more of a threat.

As a neutral I thought it was a good game and you performed really against a good Cas side who will do well if they keep their spine fit. I thought you young lads did really well maybe Hall the exception. Zane T looks a fantastic buy, if anything I thought your more experienced players let you down, Gales kicking was terrible, he is much better than that and Briscoe was poor, what has happened to him, use to make some many yards, win penalties and make regular breaks, he did nothing of note until he gave away a 4th tacke set restart and got the read wrong for their last try which just about finished the game off for you.

Plenty to be positive about particularly if you can get some backs fit.

Just on Jon Wilkin, I think he speaks well and is clearly confident in front of a camera, however I don’t think he can mention Leeds without having subtle digs here and there, mind you probably don’t blame him how many GFs did he lose against Leeds?

John Wells is director of rugby at cas , hes bound to be a bit biased, he can’t say they’re crap, that means he’s doing a crap job.