He's already looking like an idiot. The team has not improved since week one and that is down to the coach. Points scored242, against 380 i.e -138
it doesn't take a genius to realise that they they need to tackle, tackle, tackle. Forget the attack just tackle the opposition into the ground. If you stop them scoring you've got a point already but NOTHING has been done to shore up the defence all season!

Hardaker has been in dreadful form all season at fullback. I do not know if he has been carrying an injury but he has looked slow of foot and slow of thought. Like many players that rely mainly on their physique he will not be as good once he loses some physical advantage which has happened. Other teams realise he is not going to pass and have him worked out and he looks like a busted flush this year. Last night he too was thrown around like a rag doll and when he was moved back to fullback as Cas took their foot off the gas he still looked insecure and as bad as he has been all year. I would look to try and cash in on his past reputation and get rid.

Golding was one of the few to keep trying last night and has shown he has the mental toughness and enthusiasm to not to dent his confidence but with forwards not tackling around the legs he had had a busy evening with breaks coming all over the field.

Hardaker has been a shadow of last seasons player, but he has been a million miles from dreadful. One of our better performers despite his downturn in form. He certainly hasn't given a performance yet this season has bad as Golding last night, but I see the hypocritical comments you are making there.

Hardaker was woeful last night, easily in the bottom 3 performances. Golding did OK and kept working hard to try prevent Cas on the numerous occasions they broke through. One of only 4/5 guys to come out with a tiny bit of credit for effort last night.

All time best coach Wayne Bennett guess,WINGER.

A despicable, humiliating and embarrassing quote .....
Leeds Rhinos are "incredibly energised despite poor form" insists Gary Hetherington.

Well that's a relief !!! for a minute there, I just thought I was watching a really really rubbish team who were massively low on energy ?

Golding is enthusiastic and he made a good one on one tackle in the second half on Solomona. His positioning is quite poor for a full-back though as Dorn and Wells pointed out after the game for the second Dorn try and that happens often. Another example was the Ormsby try at Huddersfield two weeks ago, when he stood static wide left behind four Leeds goal line defenders instead of taking a more central position. Jones-Buchanan does his usual charge up in his one man defensive line and Golding enthusiastically gets over but too late. He does a lot of getting places just too late.

Not wanting to bag anyone specifically for last night they were all (Galloway apart) terrible for Leeds.

I thought Keinhorst tried hard & at least seemed to make most of his tackles unlike the arm-flapping efforts of most of the rest.

Just before Mo Bamford arrived and Leeds equaled their record unbeaten run, won the JP trophy and made the CC semi. Although Dean Bell arriving at precisely the same time might have had a small impact also.

Hi guys looking forward to your visit to LSV in August, we don't have train station but horse n carts can be parked on the 1500 free spaces we have on site or at numerous local car parks
Would be great to organise a up pub crawl as we have about 20 boozers within 10 mins will contact nearer the time to test interest

He is young and learning his trade but all evening he was having to cover across from wing to wing and had to cover the attack just before the excellent Gale kick on the 4th tackle so you could not say his positioning was poor. He did some really good work and showed great maturity one one occasion in particular where he tracked back not committing too early to the tackle looking back over each shoulder having to change direction several time as the attacker tried to wrong foot him which allowed teammates back to help make the tackle. Hardaker has hardly been a good role model for positional play this season either.

With regard to JJB if his team mates put in as high a work rate as he did then we would not have conceded so many points. JJB was top tackler again with 45 tackles top market tackler (11) and 103 metres (best m per c) with no errors no penalties so although there were big holes on our right flank he was doing his share of tackling so no wonder he missed a few.

Unfortunately however I think Printer was proven right: JJB is just not capable of playing anywhere but up the middle channel now.

As for Hardaker....have you ever liked anything he did? At least now you have him playing the position you have always stated he was better placed to be a success in. Cough !

^This^.

I don't think I've seen young Jimmy put a foot wrong all season - maybe one knock-on but that's been about it.

If more players, particularly Watkins and Hardaker had Keinhorst's work/attitude ethic we'd be much better off right now.