Didn't have a good feeling heading into the first two league games but I actually feel quite confident heading into this. Not that we'll win because too many injuries but I do think we'll give them a game and it won't be the cricket score some are fearing after what happened yesterday.

Like I said on one of the other threads, sometimes we need an ar$e kicking to knock us into shape and we do usually save our best for when we're written off (Phil "Leeds won't win another game this season" Clarke)

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Yes but whatever happened to having two slow ponderous halfbacks being our major problem along with a too old front row?

Three leaders if you include Mags

Hardaker
Handley Watkins Moon Hall
Sutcliffe burrow
Galloway Cuthbertson Garbutt
Ferres Keinhorst
Delaney

Achurch Singleton Lilley Mullally/Walters/Baldwinson

hope you lads give the aussies a good game, for this match alone I will be shouting you on

If we win it will be the performance of the year, their at full strength and weve got 8 possibly injured, the bookies would still have had them as favourites if that was reversed
Saints and Wigan though should both win imo, no Pearce or JWH and no Hunt or Reed- if you dont include milford thats them both missing their best 2 players

Greg Eden is starting on the wing for Brisbane, will be interesting to see how he goes.

The choice of referee has, ontop of the poor start and injuries, all but sealed Leeds' fate.

Oh well with all our injuries perhaps we should bring Keith Senior back, he and Silverwood got on so well before in the WCC.

If it wasn't for the WCC this Sunday I wouldn't feel half as bad as where the team is at.

We've lost three very influential players, one of which is arguably the greatest ever captain we've had. We had a mixed up preseason because of the flooding. We started the season without JJB, Falloon and Ward who would definitely be in our 17. Added to that Mullally who offers cover in the forwards with super league experience.

First game of the season we give Warrington, who are one of the comps best sides, a real good game. Dominating territory for a lot of the match and if we had a goal kicker would certainly have gained at least 1 point.

After a preseason of training with our new half back pairing of Sutcliffe and McGuire. (One who'd not played a game in 7 months) picks up a calf strain but has to play on because his partner and new captain go off injured after twenty minutes!

To add to all that losing Briscoe, Ablett and the young Golding I really don't feel we can judge so harshly the start of our season.

Like I said at the start, if we didn't have the WCC on Sunday I really wouldn't be so worried, it's just cos we have a big game on Sunday. People say it's just a glorified friendly, but I'm sure to players won't see it like that. I certainly don't. All I want is for the lads to do us proud. If we get hammered it looks bad for us and for super league.

Of the grand final 17 I reckon only around 10 will play on Sunday.

apart from the known injuries before the weekends game who else has been confirmed definitely out then?

I don't think any have been confirmed yet.

Pete Smith on Twitter said Ablett is the least serious (although still a major doubt for this weekend) and Golding has a "possible" broken bone in his foot.