I agree - but the season ticket sales are down year on year and this will continue if the team continue to put in performances like this on as regular a basis. It suggests to me the depth of the squad is not what it should be, so that begs a question as to where is the money going? With the revenue from games dropping that will only mean one thing cut backs on the playing and coaching - one thing is for certain the CEO is not going to take a cut.

Well tell that to the OP who said ''the person who should have been the future of our front row, Mr Burgess, was ripping up trees for Souths on Thursday''.

I presume he meant Luke as he is the former Leeds player out of the Burgess brothers.

Yeah because guitarists have 17 other guitarists trying to stop them playing their chords correctly .Comparing sportsmen making mistakes to musicians forgetting songs is one of the dumbest comparisons i've ever read/heard.

Sports is ALWAYS a gamble to spend money on, a boxing match could last 1 Round, a day at the cricket could be largely rained-off, the horse you've backed could fall at the 1st hurdle etc.

You would think the way some go on on here that they ALWAYS perform to a certain standard whenever they've played sports whether it be RL or something else.........I seriously doubt that though. Along will come the cry of ''but we aren't payed to perform'', but sorry, just because you're payed to play sports still doesn't mean you'll get it right everytime........but I guess in the workplace where you ARE payed you never make errors .

If you're determined that you MUST get some certain amount of value for your ticket then I suggest that you should avoid sport events, probably best the cinema too just in case the film you've heard so much about turns out to be rubbish.

I believe he was referring to George rather than Sam or Luke as he was the only Burgess that played last week for Souths that was also at Leeds.

God, 7 days in sport is a long time for some people's memories.

Reading through some of the posters and threads they've been quick to roll out the old and very tedious ''Leeds don't care about the regular season''.

Strange considering people were full of praise last week for the professional job we did going away to Saints, likewise.....
- Hudds were poor last week, good this one
- Cas put up a good fight this week, definately not this week
- Saints disappointing last week, very good this week
- Bradford very good last week, to unable to finish off 12 men
- Hull disappointing last week, very good this week

It happens, get over it.

But it seems to be spreading all over the league that if a team lose it MUST be because they know it doesn't matter because of the Playoffs, so explain other sporting events like......

2011/12 - Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City (this ultimately cost them the title)
2008 - Manly 40 - 0 Melbourne (in a GRAND FINAL match)
2012 - Rory McIlroy doesn't make the cut at one of the 4 Majors (US Open)
2010 - England win the Ashes by winning THREE tests with an innings to spare.
2007 - Even though they win Grand Slams in '05 & '08, Wales can't even get out of the group stage at the Rugby World Cup.
2013 - In a non-playoff league, Man City (already behind Man Utd by 9 points) put in a woeful performance to lose 3-1 to relegation contenders Southampton
2010 - Leeds 6 - 30 Warrington (CC FINAL)

All of these poor results even in 'critical' occasions show that bad results/performances happen in sport regardless of the importance. Seems to be more a lazy excuse from some RL fans to dismiss a defeat as 'not important' simply because of the stick they get from rival fans in defeat and to downplay the other team's good victory.

Some people shouldn't watch sport at all, they take it all far too seriously, like it actually means something in their lives, which is sad if it does (unless you're employed in said sport, in which case you get to sit in coffee shops laughing at your own supporters opinions).

unfortunately i think that is unrealistic. Performances like that are not sustainable over a long period. This group of players has shown an ability to raise their game to a level that others cant hit, but that has a pay back in term of what it does to your body. Our club has been unrivalled in getting our key players available and at 100% come play off time. Question is do people want an entertaining team, or a sucessful one?

To some extent we shkuld make hay whilst the sun shines. We may have to wait a long time for another group of players a special a this one. I'd prefer to see this group continue to write they name into the history books, but then again, I'm not a season ticket holder

They should be attainable on a weekly basis - that is what a squad is for, a team of this quality should be able to compete with the likes of Huddersfield any week of the year.

What I cannot understand is why they can get up for the GF yet play so appallingly in the CC?

You need to get out more

Yes, the coach and players did make it clear they were bothered and that they did wish to improve their regular season performances. The timing of their statements just happened to coincide with the flogging of season tickets. What a coincidence.

Not sure why they would not want to win every game and finish higher up the league considering I would assume bonuses go up the higher they finish?