And I hope he reminded you that 2005 was in fact considered a reasonable season , 2 cup finals , 1 of which we managed to throw away in ridiculous fashion . 2006 was a huge disappointment by comparison , on reflection I'd take the chance of two trophies everytime thanks very much.

at the start of the year there was a lot of talk of having to peak twice, to do that we would have to drop the intensity at some stage during the season,

with all things going to plan, now would be the best time to have a drop in intensity,

Leeds best form IMO came around easter time, which is around round 10/11 should Leeds finish top 2 and get to the CC final we would be looking at the GF been 11 games from now, a rest over the last few weeks would allow us to get back to the level of round 2 or 3 over the next few games and look to peak in about 3 months

what will be will be!!

bluey is a good coach

most of the players have resigned

the kids are the best around

the club is in the best condition its ever been in

win or lose games and trophies, we are always in the running and will be for a long time to come.

been a leeds fan is a privilege and i love it!!

Well said.

It's a shame more whio fans don't realise this.

Exactly - but then some people are never happy

Well said

the reason smith got it was because our summer lull of 5-6 games happened EVERY YEAR. True, this doesn't look good, but if all that can be levelled against Bluey is that hwe lost 2 games on the bounce, that's very different.

No it didn't.
In Smiths 1st season we only lost 2 league games all season.
As G1 has stated about the same time last season Smith was getting slated on here with calls for him to leave immediately. Claims we only played well and won the GF because the players knew Smith was leaving are a joke, unless it was intended to mean they gave everything for a coach they regarded as one of the best and wanted to send him off a champion.
We have time to turn it around this season and the 2nd half last night was promising.It was the best we have played for a few weeks (IMO since the Wakey game at home).

And this my friend is a perfect illustration of the hypocrisy I am talking about.

All of last season Smith repeatedly stated that the team's objective was to peak in Sept/Oct. The players said this. During the "slump" last year none on here would have a word of it. Nobody. You were one of his sterner critics though you were not alone. it was dismissed as an excuse as the blood of our greatest ever coach was bayed for.

Yet it is exactly this mantra that you're all willing to roll out on behalf of Bluey to explain away the last three defeats.

I dearly hope Bluey can emulate what Smith achieved. I have minor concerns the more I see Smith's structure fading within the team and Bluey's off the cup approach being caught out more and more. Individual brilliance from talented players will not be enough to win this league and its' something we've been relying upon more and more.

I think it's only been present when we've been in some bad positions score wise,the structure was there in spades early season,we've just hit our blip.
Out of the last 3 defeats 2 have been down to missed goal kicks so with even poor stages during the matches we have'nt been far off.

yet i feel we are more structured now. under smith at times we struggled to break teams down at times and relied on a bit of individual skill.
perhaps the detractors in the middle of last season remembered the dire season before?

Fair enough David.

Smith got my continued support for the unheralded two championships he brought the club but whatever floats your boat I guess.