good post

After the shocking opening 25 minutes we were bleedin excellent, we came alive and were unfortunate not to win IMHO. Credit Wigan, they are an excellent side and you cannot afford to give them a 16 point start. We might not be completely finished yet, if we can keep that level of intensity up we will give anyone a fright. Proud of the lads and not gonna b1tch and moan about ref's calls.

As I stated elsewhere ...it was great to see, but I expected it today. Just hope they can do it more often. Winning the CC would have resulted in a weak showing in the play offs I believe.

My hope is that now they will raise their performance levels to this same extent.... and go all the way to a winning performance in the GF.

McDermott was a credit to the club in his TV interview after the match.

Have to agree

What did he say?

I'd expect nothing less.

We have class, and we lose with dignity.

Can i bitch about the officials, shocking.

I thought after 20 minutes it was going to be a whitewash, i was wrong and when you guys finally woke up were easily the best team, but the Charnely incident killed you off, the fact your pack were pointing to the screen at the blatant error and Bentham ignored it showed an arrogance beyond even that of Tomkins. Unlucky guys

Didn't see it, why what did he say.
I must admit at first I was always bemused by his press conferences but for the last few weeks they have been growing on me.
The neighbours comment in CC semi made me chuckle

I shall watch the post-match reaction when I got home tonight. But I totally agree with everything that the OP has said. We’ve done two very similar threads and what a joy it is to be on a similar wavelength when it comes to thoughts on today.

Dignity? Maybe one or two on this board should consider having a few less beers on gameday, eh Jordan?

Was that 'dignity' on show when you showered the Wheldon Road pitch with bottles after losing to Cas?

He gave credit to Wigan and refused to make any comments about refereeing decisions despite being drawn by the interviewer, "what's the point" was his response. He thought we conceded "soft" tries which didn't help. His main comments were in support of the Leeds players and what he thought was disrespectful treatment of them by the press prior to the game (I don't read newspapers so I don't know what that was all about but the guys in the BBC studio understood very well what he meant). It wasn't a rant, but he was also keen to point out that people (and I don't think he meant fans here) who thought this squad lacked commitment and passion were dead wrong.

It's at about 2h35 rlhererl

It was disrespectful, he's spot on. Comparisons were made by some fans and the media to the Sheffield Eagles final in 98. Mentioning this side, the majority of which has taken part in 3 Grand Final wins, in those terms is plain daft to be honest