the thing is he does the hard part by catching the ball and then runs hard into the line but seeems inept at holding it...cost us the game yesterday i am afraid.

He needs to be taken out of the firing line before he is left with no confidence at all.

Don't see why people think he has no confidence - if anything it's the opposite. He made that crucial error after sweeping up a tricky kick behind his own try line and then backing himself to get over the line and try to make a break, carrying the ball in one hand. Over-confidence if anything.

He was actually at least partly at fault for all 3 of Leeds' tries.

Abletts try; A horrible mix up between him and King where neither of them took responsibility to clear up a pretty mundane kick.

Sinfields try; Poor positioning allowed a 40/20. The resultant scrum set up the Leeds attack and Sinfield eventually brushed aside several tacklers - including Riley - to score.

McGuires try; Not for the first time in the game Riley spilled the ball in the tackle.

Leeds spent all afternoon hoofing the ball to Riley and their tactics eventually earned them rich dividends. They are obviously able to see what most posters don't seem to want to i.e. That Riley is a liability, and really isn't up the standard required.

I'm not blaming him for yesterday's defeat in any way shape or form but if Warrington let Chris Riley leave, would Leeds, Saints, Wigan etc. sign him? I think the answer would be no. If he ain't good enough for them, he ain't good enough for us.

True he spurned an opportunity as well fumbling a ball which should have gone straight to Hicks

Question Where is reardon in all this ?

Yeah I agree with you on that, even after that mistake it didn't seem to knock his confidence, he took quite a few tricky kicks with ease. I just think he might be a bit too small and not strong enough to play there.

You could say that for most of our squad

Awful, nowhere near good enough 24 points in 2 games.

attitudes like this im sure are brilliant for the lad's confidence

i personally reckon for a 21 year old to put his hand up for a key position that requires a lot of confidence in a squad who seem to be lacking confidence in general is awesome and i reckon he is making a good fist of it

i'd sooner the guy be getting involved and making some high profile mistakes than hiding and not coming into anyone's attention...riley is a top prospect for the future and its games like yesterday that will add to his experience imo

he certainly wasn't the only player to be spilling a lot of ball yesterday, from either side for that matter