Here's a picture of yesterday's man of the match

Well.

I was at a wedding yesterday so couldn't watch. Saw the score updates coming through on my phone though and to say pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. Sufficed to say it made the day even better and unfortunately my head this morning that much worse. Now going to watch the recording with a cup of tea, a bacon sandwich and some paracetamol.

We're all part of Kear's army, we're all going to Wembley!!

If you head over to the Rhinos forum the inquest has begun in earnest. I neither support nor oppose this behaviour, but it is amusing seeing RagingBull doing a good job of winding the Leeds fans up, with quips such as:

"Imagine getting ripped apart by one of your OWN players"

Feel a bit hungover.

Gotta admit Im still proper buzzing my moobs off. Glad without hangover though.

Just for those of us who like to gloat in private, while feeling charitable towards our near neighbours, take a glimpse at the Rhino's Gaz H falling on his sword, while defending his boy... https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2019/05/12/ ... herington/

Just for those of us who like to gloat in private, while feeling charitable towards our near neighbours, take a glimpse at the Rhino's Gaz H falling on his sword, while defending his boy... https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2019/05/12/ ... herington/

What else can GH say at this point?
They'll survive in SL thanks to London being so poor (seriously, where have they spent their central funding?!) but the squad is just not good enough for anything above a 7th or 6th place finish at best, so it could take a while before they are back challenging for silverware.

The transition from the golden generation was always going to be tough, but to say that they've made some poor decisions along the way would be an understatement.

That transition was always going to be difficult. It was the same for us after 2005.

Yes, it's likely to be a long old haul back to the top of superleague. Pity they'll likely miss the drop. I really do enjoy Leeds Bradford derbies above everything else!

I don't think they're anywhere close to the mess we got into though. They still have a good youth setup and strong financially. They've just made some bad recruitment and coaching appointments. Luckily they've got some good young players who with a few good signings will steady the ship. This year will be painful but they've got enough quality to stay up.

How many of our GF 2005 squad did we lose in the off season and early into the next though?

R Paul
Peacock
Radford
Reardon
Pryce
Parker

Fielden
Withers
Noble

Our squad dynamics changed rapidly, Leeds have had ample time to plan, their plans of keeping all until retirement seemingly has left them short of character.