For me what’s so frustrating is that it’s totally unacceptable being towards the bottom end of the league for a club like Leeds. I know it’s early and it’s not panic stations yet but we need to get a win or two soon regardless of injuries as if we don’t confidence will be rock bottom and we’ll get stuck in a rut.

Leeds should be challenging towards the top end of the league most seasons and accept nothing less. We’re clearly hugely reliant on Gale Hurrell Tetevano being fully fit and firing. Without those we lack the leadership and strike to win games.

Hull?

Did you expect us to beat Cas, Saints and Wigan with the teams we had out? You cant possibly have done if your honest

with salary cap should be feasible for anyone to be top or bottom but that hasn't worked out and currently better signings going to wigan, sts, warr than us

Nope I didn’t and that’s not what I’m saying. We need to get some games won soon with the players we have available.

Im sure we will be fine.

Glad you are

We’re not going to get relegated this season but some heads will roll if we end up in a dogfight for it.

We’re a solid mid-table side right now (and that’s progress).

To climb up we’re going to have to make some better senior recruitment decisions. We have a base of youth now; we need stardust.

I know it’s hard but our main competition have found ways to out-recruit us for some time now.

Absolutely agree.

Jimbo you told us all we was challengers this year.....

I'm not sure 'solid mid table' Is progress. This is some drawn out transition phase.

We can't rant judge where we'd have been with a fitter squad. We've been absolutely decimated by injury, far far worse than any other team....
Unfortunately that's threatening to ruin our season... Not sure there writings have been any other solution to the start we've had, and likely to have for the next month or so.
Moving forwards we need to be able to pay without Gale as his age and injuries will mean he wasn't okay every game. Also need to make sine big calls on Senior player retainment /signings for next year...

I agree Shabino. Injuries have done us so far but so has a lack of discipline. A fully fit squad has the potential to challenge top 4 and no team can cope with the numbers weve had out but there are issues with the squad.

I do think when Mikolaj, Prior and Tetevano are on the pitch we have a decent pack but a top class partner for Gale has to be a priority. Clearly Lui is the best option at the club at the minute but his injury has killed that and hes not the answer going forward either.

We currently have Lui, Martin, King V and Thompson taking up 4 overseas spots. Are they really the quality you want from your overseas quota? Not easy to attract NRL players these days but im sure we can get a lot better than those 4.

We gave Thompson, Donaldson, Dwyer, Leeming and Briscoe new extended deals. Incredible.

Look, KR apart the team has competed well with heavily depleted teams. Fri was a big letdown, were better than that. We need a response from the team this week. We arent as bad as we think we are but we can do better.

Great post. Think Hudds looking alot better on paper. Kr was the game we needed to win. How we go depends on whether we can get some confidence back...

Lui Martin Prior and King V all off contract. I think only Lui so far is the one who won't be offered a new deal. Martin needs to improve and far too early to judge King V. Prior may retire but if he does decide to do another 12 months then the club will I'm sure take him up on this.