Never said that. It is the total number of injuries that has done for us not just the loss of Aiton.

Lilley joined Sinfield and McGuire defending on the fringes. Forwards plus Watkins to pick up the slack midfield with a big bench to share the load except the Leeds coach seemingly skipped class the day they taught game management.

If the Leeds forwards (Peacock, Delaney, Ablett and Ward) are looking flogged right now it's because they are.

You can Leeds are really struggling because tvoc comes out of hiding.

But his point is totally true.

yep,he is spot on,as he usually is.
you have to question if ward is not rated, burrow is used when he has to be used here and there, then wtf did we only have one hooker in the squad? terrible oversight

Here they go again

am I wrong? no, since aitons injury we've fallen to pieces. it's there for all to see. if you want to see it

How is it a club the size of Leeds has been unable to produce a hooker of the correct quality since Matt Diskin?

Only having one hooker in the squad was a huge oversight - Burrow as a back up is nonsense notion too.

Even if they had played Sinfield at 9 he would not have defended in the middle so the issues that causes still exist.

If Sinfield isn't fit to play next week then he will play Burrow at 7 so the team will have to hide three half backs against one of the strongest physical sides in the competition - deep joy.

Never said he wasn't. I don't like McDermott use of subs at times and I don't like the hiding 3 HB's in defence tactic.

Just funny how old Mr Meldrew only pops up when it's going badly.

And you start making excuses

We have sustained injuries to both our two regular hookers in the closing stages of an otherwise successful season. On top of that the coaches have seen that the academy hooker has regressed and is not to be retained. Add to that the injury to Sutcliffe and Burrow (as cover for half back as well) and we had little alternative to play Sinfield at 9 leaving us exposed at 6.

In a capped sport you cannot just replace young Ward after the signing deadline. It is also clear that under the new SL format the Wembley finalists are at a big disadvantage playing an extra high emotion draining game in the middle of the super 8s. Add a number of injuries to key players and both the physical and mental toughness are stretched to breaking point. It would be a remarkable achievement if they can recover from this unfortunate set of circumstances.

Your comments about James Child's performance in the first half!! do I need to go on?

you probably should go on as I made no comment about Child's performance last night.

So I misread this?

"He was practically begging for the VR to disallow Moon's try for a knock on that only existed in his head. He calmed down in the 2nd half actually but the was so desperate for calls to go against us in he 1st half that it was again pathetic to hear from a paid "professional"