Last week at widnes they won with academy players in their team, maybe their coaching staff and owners should have had a little more faith in those than some that played yesterday

Left out one of if not their best players in green

Dixon does that every single time I've seen him. I think the errors in his game will never be coached out. Like Eden and Caro.

Chesters desperation to have his best player out there showed. Kelly was nowhere near fit or injury-free. Arrogance.

I don't think it's arrogance at all, I think it's trying to have your best players playing in the clubs most important game for a generation.
Kelly also looked like the only KR player who might break through our line. What was lacking was any support for him. Blair was anonymous as were KR's backrow and centres who should've been running lines for Kelly.

I do feel a bit harsh having a go at Dixon, but I don't think his performance was anywhere near good enough for a full time pro player.

Whilst I agree with the posters complaining of poor skills but I think the major factor in his poor performance was his attitude.
He didn't seem properly focussed on what needed to be done in that game. I noticed that when the TV coverage went to the KR dressing room pre-match that he was writing something on the tape around his wrist. Now either he needs help determining his right hand from his left or he was writing a message/name on there to hold up to the camera when he'd scored a try. I know it's only a minor thing but I really don't think that's anything like the right mentality for a huge game like that.
Then add in his lack of support runs and not timing properly the few support runs he did make and of course the far too many knock ons and, in my incredibly inexpert opinion, I reckon he was in very much the wrong frame of mind. In complete contrast to the Leeds players.

Now Dixon obviously wasn't alone in this in the KR team. But I think it was most obvious from Dixon. As Jon Wilkin said on the TV coverage, KR have to change that kind of mentality to a more professional one and that comes from the very top of the club all the way through it. Things like the 10-5 bar might be a good place to start. Hopefully Jamie Peacock will help in this regard, but the club management have to embrace and implement it in all aspects of the club.

Couldn't agree more

Not only does the current system not teach youngsters the required skills, it also puts off a huge amount of youngsters from either continuing to play or from joining up in the first place.

There's nothing better than a comeback story, so I hope he gets over this and kicks on.

There's also nothing worse than scapegoating a single player. I've never seen a one-sided result that was any one player's fault.

Now, what's that saying I am thinking of ?

Oh yeah,

People in Crack Houses shouldn't throw Rocks.

Had Ben cockayne played or might have lost 32-0 or something. I'm sorry but dixon is not a good player. One of the quickest players in the league perhaps but that isn't nearly enough. I think Chester took the gamble hoping dixons speed was the only kr player remotely in the same pace league as as the quickest leeds players. That said, Leeds would have beaten any SL Team on Saturday.

what does that say about the rest of the rovers team then as Kelly was the best rovers player by an absolute mile!

....and if my aunt was my uncle she'd be a man

Coming from leigh lol

His head had completely gone and should have been brought off , Chester is to blame imo . Dixon would have been subbed/replaced on almost every other sport by his coach

Yeah we might have only got beat 38-0

Bloody southerner lol.

Please don't misunderstand me. I think that Kieran Dixon is a nice lad. He is also a very fast runner. But he finds it difficult to tackle -- which was a glaring weakness when played for London Broncos -- and he has shown a bit of inconsistency under the high ball, being especially awful on the biggest stage of all. His antics, in not actually challenging the high ball, on the occasion when Thomas Briscoe then ran 90 metres to score, would have been comical had they not been so tragic in their consequences. It was unfortunate that after his mistake Dixon did not chase Briscoe, when the much slower winger Joshua Mantellato did unsuccessfully, and given that Kenneth Sio also raced from the other side of the field and tackled Briscoe, but just not in time to stop the try.

On other occasions Dixon has looked good running with ball in hand. But I think that his defensive weaknesses outweigh his talents, and therefore I feel that he is just not cut out for big time rugby league.