batleyrhino:

I agree with the handling errors part, and you could also throw in penalties conceded. My point, which I'm sure you also understand as clearly you're knowledgeable about the game, is that without the front row "working harder" gaining more metres and winning attacking and defensive collisions, we will continually be under more pressure with the ball, making the handling errors and conceding penalties as the game gets too fast for us. I'd look to fix the front row problems (and winning collisions more generally) to relieve that pressure and we break the cycle.

Not easy, but we have to do it.

chapylad:

Yep all our plans to use Sivo/Hall to get us out of our half have gone to pot.
I would still consider it a failure though if we didn`t finish 5th this year.
No doubt another year next season of rebuilding.
Think that takes us to 12 years now.

YosemiteSam:



Things built in less than 12 years. 

Panama Canal - 10
Hadrians Wall - 6
Colosseum- 8
Canadian Pacific Railway - 4
Channel Tunnel - 6


Oh, and from a standing start, 8 to put a man on the moon and only 13 for Alexander the Great to establish his empire. 


Conclusion - at the end of our epic, nay legendary, rebuilding programme,  we'll surely have a team and infrastructure to dominate RL forever. 

chapylad:

Yep all our plans to use Sivo/Hall to get us out of our half have gone to pot.
I would still consider it a failure though if we didn`t finish 5th this year.
No doubt another year next season of rebuilding.
Think that takes us to 12 years now.

YosemiteSam:



Things built in less than 12 years. 

Panama Canal - 10
Hadrians Wall - 6
Colosseum- 8
Canadian Pacific Railway - 4
Channel Tunnel - 6


Oh, and from a standing start, 8 to put a man on the moon and only 13 for Alexander the Great to establish his empire. 


Conclusion - at the end of our epic, nay legendary, rebuilding programme,  we'll surely have a team and infrastructure to dominate RL forever. 

Exeter Rhino:

All Leeds had to do to win the game was to cut out the dropped ball and respect possession.


Defensively we were fine, line speed fine. Quite a few individuals played well, e.g. ECW, Lumb, Gannon. I thought the forwards generally did well, and I thought Palasia was strong. The forwards can't really be blamed for not setting a platform if someone drops it every time we get into an attacking position.


Brodie Croft had one of his worst performances in a Leeds shirt. I'm starting to wonder whether he's the half we need. No doubt he's a skillful player, but most of what he is trying to do isn't working with the rest of the team, a bit like Sezer when he was here. I think we look more natural with Connor and Sinfield in the halves.


Early days yet. If we were the real deal we would have ground this one out, and snuffed out Wakey too. Still very much a work in progress. If we keep the line speed and defensive effort going hopefully the ball-in-hand stuff will improve and we'll get some wins.