Don't think the forwards were too bad. Mullaly and Ormndroyd ran hard when they came on.

Ablett, needs to never play centre again, and that God we have a 9 on the way. Again we looked devoid of ideas which is a worry.

Has anyone else noticed that Golding gets involved in a lot of tackles, a lot that he has no need to get involved in. Lost count of the amount of times he was disentangling himself late in the tackle count when he really should have been positioning himself and others. Hopefully this can be coached out of him.

Leeds were poor..lacked organisation, composure and leadership. Your hooker giving a penalty away unnecessarily whilst in possession on Trinity try line in 2nd half having a go at Allgood was absolute school boy stuff....you've several players to come in but have shown you have no strength in depth. Looks like some dead wood needs clearing out.

Trinity also have Miller,Fifita,Caton-Brown,Jowitt,Gibson and Molloy missing but were strong defensively and should have scored at least 3 more tries which they bombed. Some promising stuff though and Johnstone,Hirst and Kirmond were outstanding.

Twitter feed of forum member who hasn't appeared here for a while (can't think why)...

12 minutes that sum up 2016 Leeds
All the field position. No idea. Concede soft try.

And again.
Going to be a long 2017 season.

On this evidence there's no point sending Aston on dual reg.
He won't get in Featherstone's team.

Dire, uninspiring garbage.
And I'm being kind. #McDermottOut

Hope nobody is sending Matt Parcell the video of this, he'll cancel his flight.

Those Leeds fans too young to remember the dark days of the early 80s, you're in for a treat.

F*** this, I'm off home. Waste of £18

I've paid to see worse Leeds teams than this, when I was younger and dumber. Thought I had more sense these days

How much transfer fee did GH get in the end? Was it that £300k he said the asking price was?

Classic. Meanwhile we're spaffing money on a half-back we don't need to stop Sheffield from going under.

He likes his "undisclosed" does Gary. Hides his embarrassment.

Why hasn't he been on for a while?

You'd have to ask him.

Possible reasons? Leeds were awful last season, he lost his passion and couldn't be @rsed. He wanted to be critical of the team but concluded this forum had become too intolerant so he'd post his opinion elsewhere instead.

Me and daughter went to game today with more hope than expectation.sadly it was dejavu same mistakes as last season same missed tackles, lack of support play no organization in attack nieve defending at times,where do we go from here? As has been said hope GH does'nt send a dvd to our new hooker else we will be well and truly stuffed

Apparently, having been asked to put a strong squad out to give us a decent workout, the Wakefield management weren't too pleased by the calibre of the squad McD put out....And who can blame them? I don't expect us to automatically win the festive challenge, its a chance to see how we're developing, try fringe players, positional changes and cover options for the inevitable injuries that will arise in the season ahead, etc etc. However, probably unreasonably, I do expect us to look like we have a clue. We were unstructured and clueless both in attack and defence and whilst excuses about the strength of the squad we fielded can be trotted out, in light of my opening comments, they don't really explain the festive shambles. Still it was nice to get out into the fresh air and sunshine at HQ, catch up with friends and have my expectation for the coming season adjusted

I think some credit has to go to Wakefield today, they were very organised and once they got some joy on Abletts side they kept going there, defence was solid from them as well.

Easter?? He should have had his p45 by 2.30 this afternoon.
That was woeful from the 1st set.
No structure-AGAIN
No kicking game-AGAIN
No dummy runners or attacking options for the ball carrier-AGAIN
No Leadership from snr Players-AGAIN.
No communication defensively-AGAIN.
Young Players hung out to dry-AGAIN.
No F#$#ING Clue from the Coach - AGAIN.
Cheers Brian im so glad i paid 18quid to be told at FT it was an opposed training run
Of course it's Pre-Season & yes we have players to return but that was a rudderless clueless shambles & a reminder of how far behind we have fallen since 2015.

P.s Just to add when you make Liam Finn look like Andrew Johns at his best you have issues friendly game or not.

Quite possibly, it's what remains after his departure that could be the problem. Aging half backs, no balance or structure in the squad etc etc.

but a new coach with no ties to the players could be more ruthless in getting rid?

Cheers for that, enjoyed our annual festive trip to Headingley and really looking forward to the new season. Have to say though seriously disappointed in McDermott's comments about today being an open training session. A lack of decency there when both sets of fans have shelled out the best part of twenty quid, he may well have thought it but poor form to come out with it.
All the best for 2017