Savelio is having a really good game, that was a good, important try. Don't think we'll get back in it though, no chance we stop Leeds scoring again.

Sympathy decision from the officials there!

Savelio - keeping us in it single-handed. Keep going big lad. Get the pack going. We have to stay on top in the middle. Leave nothing on the pitch.

Game over. Much better performance in this 2nd half though.

Ughhhh, we just sabotage ourselves with all the dropped ball.

Yes. But we simply cannot ever let Leeds go two scores ahead and hope to win. We either score first or lose, and Leeds know that, which is why they play like frantic madmen in the first ten minutes of every game. And we haven't found a way to cope with that yet. I see Leeds scoring in this set too. They have our defence rattled every time they pass twice inside our twenty.

Luke Walsh was the difference between the two sides. I'll add nothing more on the subject.

Did Burns play tonight?

Regard

King James

No. Unfair to pick him out alone. Every one of our backs from 1 to 7 is inferior to his Leeds opposite number. Leeds have beaten us in the threequarters each time this year. We can't beat them unless the forwards are so dominant that their backs get no possession or territory. But Leeds have found a way of getting enough forward contest to free their backs, and their backs are just much better than ours.

Luke Walsh's defense lost us the game. His kicking game was absolutely disgraceful and that was when we had decent possession aswell. In that second half Walmsley, Jones and Savelio gave him a big enough plat form but he was sh@te.

I agree his kicking was much worse than Sinfield's. However, he was busy with ball in hand, and it wasn't his service which was poor, as he was frequently taking the ball to and across the line looking for support; it was the lack of runners hitting gaps at pace - probably because Vea and Greenwood were again injured. Also, if you watch Leeds' backs, so many of their breaks come from either individual skill from their threequarters, or interplay between them. Our threequarters simply can't do what Leeds' lads can. Only Percival has the footwork to evade a tackle, and neither centre-wing partnership has yet got anywhere close to the sort of instinctive understanding and ability to support each other than Leeds' pairs have.

Our forwards recovered from a horrible first 30 minutes to get on top, but the other aspect of our play we need to look at was pointed out I think by Davies - Leeds run inclumps, expecting the offload and ready to take advantage of breaks. Saints run one-up and hope that Quinlan happens to be there. Our second phase attack and close-quarter support play is terrible. Whereas Leeds forwards look to hit the ball up and offload to support, ours are clearly looking for yards and a quick PTB. We need to change that approach if we're to seriously challenge Leeds/Wigan/Wire, because we're not good enough to go around good teams, and yet we're not using our strongest attacking weapon of the forwards as effectively as we might.

You'd make an excellent solicitor for Walsh. Busy with ball in hand ? give over. I respect your opinion but it must be influenced with 6 or 7 pints.