Leeds Rhinos 46

Trys: Senior (1icon_cool.gif Jones Buchanan (2icon_cool.gif Weller Huaraki (31) Watkins (59) Webb (62) Ablett (69, 72) Lauititi (7icon_cool.gif

Goals Sinfield (18,28,31,48,59,72,7icon_cool.gif

Salford City Reds 12

Trys: Ratchford (5) Sidlow (39)

Goals: Holdsworth (5,39)

Opinions?

Beaten comprehensively by a makeshift reserve team; beginning to look like a long hard season for the Reds.
It seems our fitness levels are way off. Can't blame the heavy pitch at Belle Vue, just watched wakefield put a gritty performance in against Wire.

We need to get much fitter and quick.

And we can not blame Macrae or can we!!!!!!!! So is it now Alker out

were we beat before we got on the coach, it seems we are still a long way from being consistent and also being able to play as a good team.

We were competitive for 40 minutes tonight and that isn't enough at SL . They had so much more left in the tank for the last 20 minutes . We played some of the best rugby I've ever seen us play in the first half we just weren't clinical enough near the line ! Cashmere good again , Henry had a strong game . Feka , one 12/13 minute spell ! Waste of a jersey ! Where was Parker ? DJ needs to take on the line a little more an stop trying to keep his shorts clean and Adamson sure knows how to null a promising attack . A good night , until 8.40pm , nightmare there after.

this is what the now big man says

Simms: We Need To Compete For 80 Mins


While many would argue the 46-12 defeat at Headingley on Friday night was perhaps a little harsh on the Reds, Director of Football Steve Simms admitted after the game: "It's an 80-minute game and we really have to start playing for the full 80 minutes.

"Good teams play all the time and we competed for 10 to 15 minutes of the second half but then Leeds got hot and started throwing the ball around.

"All their quality players shone through and Headingley is not the sort of place you want to come after Leeds have lost two on the bounce."

The defeat means the Reds need to go into their home game with Hull KR next Friday at The Willows in need of a victory to get their season back on track.

Not good enough,to soft in forwards,concentration levels poor,speed and fitness prob worst in league at present,feka shouldnt pull a reds shirt on again untill he has lost 2 stone!! How can a side go from being in the game a showing decent signs in attack and losing 18-12 at half time end up being spanked like we did tonight?? answers on a post card!!

I know I still can't work out how we shipped 46 points !

From a Leeds point of view I have never seen Sinfield have a game like that before. He systematically took you to peices with little short passes at all angles. He took the line on brilliantly when needed and always managed to get the ball free. If he hadnt played we wouldnt have scored half the points we did.

Thats easy.We miss endless amounts of tackles,have no slidding defence ,can't defend our line and are not fit enough.Lots to work on then!

And we throw the towel in quicker then the rebels in libya !!!

i used to think it was Mcrae's half time team talks that lost us the games when we were going in at half time still in the game!

Maybe we need a complete change in the staff. McRae,Simms,Alker (should never of stayed within the club), Fitness coach. But typical Salford we'll come out next week against Hull KR play well maybe snatch a win and all will be forgotten for some folk. Couldnt go last nights game but to get beat by that margin, ok it was at leeds not the best place to go but with the players they had out and with us at pretty much full strength is poor very poor!!!!!!

I also thought Kevin Sinfield dominated the game and was a class apart. He was involved in everything that was good about Leeds. If he had been wearing a Salford shirt it could well have been a different story.

I thought we were unlucky to go in behind at half time. Palea'aseena's lack of mobility defensively was exposed twice in a few minutes and we shipped in twelve points. But, both Ratchford and Sidlow had real chances to score and should both have doubled their try tallies. We played an expansive game for forty minutes and were in with a shout at half time.

What I still can't understand is what went wrong in the second half. I don't believe we're unfit. The effort was there for all to see, but as Leeds grew in confidence and started to play seven a side stuff we were blown away. Up the middle we defended well I thought but their offloads, speed of passing and movement off the ball destroyed us.

After half time we must only have had about 35% of the ball, and I am not sure whether we completed more than a couple of sets.

What was the difference between the two halves? How did a team that competed so well for forty minutes become the team that looked lost for much of the second half?