Unfortunately for that viewpoint, in a big game he's the only Leeds three-quarter who's likely to pose any threat as well.

What caused Donald's injury last night? A sharp gust of wind? It looked bizarre from the amount of contact.

Lucky result, but the game i believe hinged on the injuries to Rob Burrows and Donald, before them we were hammering Cass. It is been clear for much of the season when Burrows plays well, we did and he was well suited to the conditions. Very worried about the lack of the performance from the forwards, they allowed Cass to dominate at times. Webb another poor game. But on the positive i thought McGuire had a good game which makes a change.

But we grinded out the win, that was vital, a few weeks ago we would have lost the game.

My brother has a view of Donald, it generally goes along the lines of, "when the weather gets tough the ginner gets going".

I think its more due to the fact that at this moment in time he just doesnt fancy anything that includes wearing a Leeds shirt, playing outside a multiple choice centre and running either with or without a ball!!

Starting the game with a full wet set up proved invaluable as well, as Cas slithered about on their intermediates.

Never understood players who don't wear full studs on anything but concrete. I got more grip, even on fairly hard grounds with full studs than anything else, and certainl far more than other guys with moulded or short studs. I wore them during pre-season most of the time as well unless it really was solid ground. The way pitches are watered these days I can't get my head around it.

Well said Tad. Good post.

I have moulded blades. Sweeeeeet!

the F.A. have been trying to ban them for years.i have seen photos of injuries caused by them. as adidas plough millions into football they haven't a chance of banning them though

Blades? Didn't they get banned from Sunday League football anyway?

not yet no

Scum have banned all thier players from wearing them. I've just Googled it. Mine have served me well.

i liked mine, it's just they tear and rip flesh instead of just making a hole as studs do

I'm not a dirty player anyway. I do like a good tackle though me.

Ooo Errrrr sailorrrrr!

So why didn't we respect possession then? Do the players not deserve criticism for dumb footie?

Woah there horsey. I only agreed with what Tad said.