Griffin let himself down by giving away too many penalties.

definately, his d was good and his go forward, but his discipline was poor three penalties, his cause not helped by the fact cas scored two tries on the back on them

Always makes me smile when comment is made on this forum about sloppy passes. The Forward Pass has long been a recognised Leeds trademark, and our flat passes are usually pushing it as well. When it goes well, it's great to watch, when not, it's frustrating to have yet another try chalked off. On balance, I'd say our brand of exciting RL has proven itself over the last few seasons, so any chelping from the terraces that focuses on a particular individual in this regard is not really warranted.

Friday night was as we would expect, with Cas raising their game and showing real heart in an enjoyable game of RL. For me, either McGuire or Ablett should have been MOM, but Webbs overall contribution to the game was top notch.

I'm liking what I've seen so far this season, especially when you consider what we were watching at this stage last year....

Agree 100% with the last sentence BR a huge improvement thus far lets hope we can continue to build the momentum and performances.

All the top teams push the flat (occasionally forward pass).
The prime culprits are;
For Wigan, O'Loughlin
For Saints, Roby especially from Dummy Half
For the Wolves, Monaghan (as Roby), Briers & on last night's showing Hodgson.
For us, Webb.
Refs (& touch jusdges) know this & so are, or at least should be, looking for this.

It is understandable when a flat pass drifts forwards but the frustration in Webb's case is that so many of his passes are yards in front of the receiver so this is not an attempted flat pass just a badly executed normal pass. His usual incredulous reaction to his many forward passes would suggest the solution is not to be found on the training field but in a visit to Specsavers!

I think you're spot on with last two paragraphs, but not sure I'd agree with the first. While you're right about the flat pass, many of Webb's have been worse than marginal and some are shockers. Whether this is because many of his passes are ambitious and look brilliant if they do come off, or whether there is another reason is debatable.

My opinion, fwiw, is that this problem dates from his return from back injury. It's only conjecture but I think Webb's ability to pass accurately is hampered by difficulty in twisting his back. I'm not sure for example that he could have come near to making the pass that McGuire made to put BJB in for the first try against Widnes.

The WCC has focussed Leeds' early season form which was a missing element from last year. It will be interesting to see where the lull will come if at all.

BMD looks a different man as well. So much more relaxed compared to last season. That's got to come across to the troops.

Agreed i guess he's more comfortable in the job and more relaxed now we are "singing from the same hymn sheet" as it were.

Have to agree.....even if the team does suffer a slump I have more faith they will soon be lifted from it.

One thing for sure...any season ticket holders must be pleased they seem to be getting much more for their money at the moment this season to date.



It's all very well stating the team raises its game at the 'business end' of the season, but that hasn't exactly been conducive to buying a season ticket.

In fairness to G1, i'm pretty certain Cas scored all their points while Kirke was on the pitch. Coincidence?!?