I reckon Leeds would have been 2 or 3 more wins for the better IF those 2 blokes were still playing.

I think a lot of that comes down to where the injuries are, rather than just "injuries" as a catch-all reason/excuse. Leeds currently have a 19 year old and a 21 year old in the two key pivot positions and, whilst Liley in particular has been impressive, he is making naive decisions. Aiton has been a massive loss as well and his replacement, Faloon, has barely been fit.

The pack has also been very weak this season, which is probably a combination of factors including fitness, access to the training ground and the loss of two key props. I think that weakness up front has put more pressure on the rest of the team and, if you look at the performances of the likes of Watkins, Hardaker and Hall in particular this year, it's really showing. Those three in particular are having to carry a lot of weight on their shoulders and their confidence is clearly shot.

Same thing happened with us at the start of the season, which a lot of our fans, couldn't see, or wouldn't accept. it wasn't so much the actual injuries, but the disruptions these caused throughout the team every week, i think we had 6 different full backs in our first 8 games and 6 different half back pairings, our left side was different for 7 successive games,only Jerry and Leroy were able to keep some sort of partnership together for more than 2 games.
In a team game like RL, more than most, disruptions to these mini teams hit teams hard when they are changed every week.

It's Wigan 2006 all over again.

Let's hope Leeds don't go down the same route Wigan took that year otherwise they'll be in bigger bother

Oh I dunno, I think Dennis Moran would be a great signing for them.

All teams go through an injury crisis. We did last season and it seemed to go unnoticed by the media.

Did Wigan win the treble in 2005?

Still superleagues most successful team by a country mile. They will bounce back

Regards

King James

The more hysterical Leeds fans are calling for McDermott's head; but they were doing the same in 2011 and 2014 so I think we can safely ignore them.

Whilst I accept most of the arguments as to mitigating circumstances, the biggest concern is the lack of form of several the few remaining established first teamers. McDermott paints it as overcompensating for the loss of their teammates but I'm not convinced (and the downward trajectories of Watkins and Hall were well established through the back end of last season).

Meh! Get some bodies back and we'll have a crack at the Top 8. If we don't make it there's some tasty West Yorkshire derbies to look forward to.

As a KR supporter I had hoped Peacock joining us would instill some of the Leeds Rhinos into our club? I got my wish, half the squad injured, out of the cup & near the bottom of the league.