Keep hold of the clucking ball.

Hall and Hardaker magnificent in that half. McGuire well out of it at moment.

We're winning the game in every department at moment just lacking that finishing touch. McGuire is having a stinker. Time to give sutcliffe the starting shirt. Keep this up in second half and they will run out of steam. Need to get a couple of earlier scores and the game is hours.

THink the score in the end reflected the game. Despite some sloppy handling first half possibly our most complete performance this year

Quite a turnaround in second half. McGuire looked excellent, Sutcliffe looked well out of depth.

Yep good second half performance from McGuire not sure sutcliffe was out of his depth though.

McGuire's second half was the best he's played this year, after a very ropey first half. (First half he was playing mainly at stand-off with Sinfield hooker/acting half, second half we reverted to Burrow hooker and Sinfield/McGuire halves).

Sutcliffe made a mistake for Saints' second try but went ok other than that.

Ablett, Kylie, JP men of the match along with Hardaker and Hall.

Still need to work on the execution towards the Watkins/Briscoe side a bit more, should've been better in the first half. Once McGuire (and Leeds) focused more towards the left we had a lot of joy, Ablett had a great game.

As for Sutcliffe, he's on the field but as of yet hasn't really developed a role in the side. As is often the case with young players they're plugging the gaps and filling the numbers, he'll gel in time whatever position that may be.

Speaking of which, Burrow went off. With Aiton out will we see R.Ward get a game or Sutcliffe start with Sinfield to 9 (he played quite a lot of the game there today anyway).

To be honest, if Saints didn't have Roby they'd have not even been in the fight and he wasn't even at his best but was still well ahead his teammates. Can understand Amor wasn't at his best with injuries but Walmsley didn't impress me and Masoe......no. Did Turner play???

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I could picture the grins on here as Kirke ran through Amor on his first touch from the drop out.

Burrow has a suspected broken collar bone.

Worth thinking about BJB 1, Hardaker 6, Sinfield 9 until Aiton or Burrow are back?

Kirkes first carry was fantastic. Then it was Kirke away, never to be seen again.

He was a dummy runner for one try, and was involved in numerous tackles, amazing how some people do t actually watch the game they are watching. It was a tipickle Kirke performance solid but nothing spectacular.

Nice.

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=568306&tsmp=1398534866 An imbarrassment!

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=568306&tsmp=1398534866 An imbarrassment!

Thought Kirke had a decent game. Justified his selection imo.

Thought he did too, defensively. I was responding to the post about his very good first carry, and that it didn't happen again.

That's why they call them the entertainers

Agreed. We were slagging him off in pub before but thought that was his best game for a long time today, on both attack and defence.

He might not have done a load more in attack after the initial first run but we know that's going to happen. Defensively he looked as solid as anyone out there for Leeds.

As much as someone like Singleton offers more in carrying the ball, I feel more confident with Kirke in defence.

Just think how happy and excited you would be with 13 Kirkes in the team. Lovely stuff

Does Singleton offer that much more, ball in hand?

IMO he doesn't make that many more yards in a carry, and he doesn't tend to generate a much quicker PTB.

You might get more quantity, but not more quality.

Singleton has struggled for consistency this year, but when he's been good he's been very good. It hasn't helped that the amount of minutes he plays seems to fluctuate with each game. He was excellent over easter when given more minutes on the field. He can be slow at marker occasionally, but IMO if it came down to a straight choice between Singleton, and Kirke I'd choose Singleton every time.

oh cant wayte to git on theer

I thought we played well and fully deserved the winning margin and maybe more.
At the game there was some frustration about how we had "kept them in it" during the first half.
I thought Hardaker ,Hall and Ablett were outstanding throughout but the 17 all put a positive shift in imo.
Also I thought Kirke played well and should retain his shirt unless he is rotated ,with losing Burrow I'd like to see Sinfield at 9 with Mags 7 and Sutty 6.
Then with that in mind Robbie Ward on the bench the lad has earned it and has the talent to warrant a chance to play for us at SL level.

I thought we lost a bit in defence when Sutcliffe and Singleton came on. It's not a criticism, but they're young lads and their reads in the line still aren't always quite there.

I thought everyone was good. Hall, Ablett and Hardaker stood out, Moon was very good too. The pack were terrific too.

Good show all round. The Burrow injury leaves us light on our 1st and 2nd choice hookers. Which is a big blow.

I think he made about 7 carries. Did he have a second spell? I don't recall him coming back on, but he may just not have been that involved