Thankfully yesterday isn't anything to go by so there's no worries at this end.

This thread is quite embarrasing to be honest.

It was a preseason friendly for gawds sake. These things happen in friendly's where the result is secondary to trying out other things.

But on the other hand the level of defensive posts from fellow rhino's posters is just really sad.

At the end of the day that side we put out was not just a team of youngsters, it contained quite a few players who should have been capable of stepping up to the plate. That they did not, was probably the very reason they were playing in that game in the first place like McDermott alluded to on Friday, when he said certain players need more game time. It's not right to say we had so an so, and so and so missing, so everything is ok.

Quite a few players in that side yesterday, and a number who many rhinos fans are clalling for to be in, will be in the side at the start of the season. As yesterday showed at this moment in time the coaching team should be concerned, but at the same time they have another 3 weeks to get it right. That is what preseason friendly's are all about.

Featherstone on the other hand, are a damn good side, well organized with plenty of hunger. Nothing short of what I expected from a first class coach who will go very far as a coach when new opportunites present themselves.

What he said

Well it should be.
We've had a few Leeds supporters on the Wigan message board telling us how good these Leeds "youngsters" are.

Meanwhile I have been asking you on here for years what was wrong with the Leeds academy systems, as they are not producing players anywhere near enough the quality that you have in the past.

Just to illustrate Wigan took a very young inexperienced team to Barrow yesterday and won.

Matthew Russell, Ryan King, Jamie Acton, Josh Charnley, Tom Halsall, Chris Tuson, Sam Powell, Dom Crosby, Logan Tomkins, Lee Mossop, Jonny Walker, Jack Hughes, Danny Bridge

Replacements
Matthew Crowe, Tom Spencer, Kieron Harrison, James Greenwood, Liam Carberry.

I'm not worried. I've seen 70% of those players have very good games. Every team has bad days. I remember the 2008 playoff vs Saints, Leeds got tonked and we're embarrasing...2 weeks later they smashed Saints and won the SL title.
I'd put it down to a bad day at the office, nothing more nothing less. It will be a kick up the backside. Maybe it will be good for the new coaching team to face a bit of adversity before the season starts.

Everyone is talking about the lack of depth....most of those players are way way down the pecking order..Leeds would have to have some very bad injury luck for most of those to be picked.

I'll refer you to what i posted earlier on the thread "what other teams do or don't do is IRRELLEVENT.
Also last year was the 1st time in 4yrs we've ended pot-less yet players like Mcshane ,Bjb and Watkins gained more SL experience.
The production line is fine ,it may not be churning out the numbers as in past years but we are still producing players for our 1st team.
Given how wonderfull your acadamy is i look forward to that being the Wigan team sheet v Leeds in 2013/14!

And Leeds took a young inexperienced team to Hunslet and won, a Hunslet team that will probably finish above Barrow.

It's compeltely irrelevant.

What Leeds did yesterday should be a concern for the Leeds coaching team, as I said on my previous post, but the Leeds coaching team only.

What you did at Barrow will mean jack poop to the Leeds coaching team or us for that matter.

And still you sign a crocked 30 year old Aussie ham and eggs halfback to play along side a 32 year old Paul deacon? And you have the brass neck to say our academy is faultering?

Meh! Looked like a contractual obligation we had to fulfil to make their best player our 3rd choice full-back. Wouldn't lose any sleep over it!

Leeds may well have beaten barrow yesterday, fev might have beaten Wigan. Then the boards would be full of the same but on their board. It BS on a massive scale.

whilst all the emphesis seems to be on how 'weak' a team whinos put out, nothing mentioned of the fact that although fev started with a strong looking team, they also had a couple of youngsters and at least 5 new signings interchanging that have had very little game time together....even ya own website has stated a 'strong' leeds outfit......no doubt you will get over it but for the few of you that made it over to our 'cup final' will have seen that it could have been a cricket score if we didnt bomb a few.

Hunslet will not finish above Barrow.

That may or may not be, but as we are only preseason you or I have no way of stating that as fact now do we?

I'm not so sure, Barrow struggling financially plus the Schofield Effect. Fantastic for local licensed premises, not so good for team performances.

Can I just remind you were currently in 'Pre-Season' ?!?!

Just because were a SL outfit doesn't mean we have the right to be beating teams like yourself by 50-60 points.

At the end of the day it was a good run out, and at this early stage in the RL calendar that's all it's supposed to be.