It was all a bit tasty in the first half, so I don't think we has brought on until the second half. Not for that reason though............ honest.

When the going gets tough Kirke normally gets knocked out cold.

Kirke and Bailey ,waste of space,get rid soon as
BJB deserves to be in and around the squad until his departure
Stevie Ward has a great future but he desperatley needs bulking up in the next pre-season
Looking forward to the return of Aiton,liked what I saw of him,Chris Clarkson is certainly not the answer to things

In terms of Bjb I'd definitely keep him around until he departs & possibly play him at FB in the CC game then maybe v Wakey & London but other than that I'd keep the backs together as much as possible.

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to buy my tickets here so just wondered if you can pay on the gates in the away end ? Thanks

yes no problem

I wouldn't worry about your team, this will your easiest game for a while, depressingly I'd be happy with anything less than a 20 point defeat.

In the Wigan game Hall made 8.08m per carry, Bish made 7.73m per carry and Hardaker 7.5m per carry. He also put himself in a great support position in centre field which could well have won the match for us had McGuire passed to him.

For the season Briscoe averages 10.17m per carry (1st place), Bish 9.84 (2nd place) and Hardaker 8.39 (6th place) and Hall 8.08m (8th place). BJB also has the best trys per match average. So I do not think BJB is letting the side down and is a great asset to the side. The back three should be continued to be selected on form.

Some of this stats should be taken with a pinch of salt as most appearances came against lower sides. Better tries per match would be expected really.

I seem to recall Kirke only came on after half time and made 4 more tackles than Singleton and one less carry. I also seem to recall he put in some solid defence around the ruck. Without knowing the minutes played it is difficult to compare with accuracy.

With Leeds playing a sort of mob handed blitz defence we have to expect that we will have quite a few missed tackles which is not a problem providing the rest of the gang stop the opposition. What is more a worry is a one on one miss like Ablett made for Green to score.

The other players also had chance to make hay against those lower sides so only a very small pinch of salt. You have to say Bish has done a good job when given the opportunity. In the Wigan game he did not have the advantage of Watkins insided him like Briscoe has enjoyed so even less salt I would say

And they did, their try per game ratio suffers from playing against the likes of Saints and Hudds which BJB didn't, also from missing out on one or two of the weaker teams to make way for BJB to get a game. I'm sure Hall (vs Widnes) and Briscoe (vs London) would've made hay if they played those games.

No he didn't get to have Watkins at centre, but neither has Briscoe on a few occasions due to being moved over to the left to accommodate BJB. Briscoe has scored in 6 of his 11 league appearances, 2 of the 5 games he didn't score in came when he was over on the left. In those games BJB grabbed 2 tries both times playing outside Watkins and the ones vs Cas were laid on a plate that any of our wingers would've finished.