Thank you very much to all the honest and complimentary posts from opposing fans, especially the Hull KR ones. THAT'S what should happen more on RLFANS.COM

That first match lived up to what the majority of people thought beforehand about the Qualifiers - unpredictable.

You destroyed them in the first half but were out on your feet in the 2nd half hence the number of penalties that you started to give away which in my eyes cost you the game. As Ive just mentioned on the Fax forum and mentioned a couple of times before, I think your fitness is a little suspect for a full time team. Still play like that and you are more than capable of picking up the one win you will likely need from a SL team in the other games.

One thing about these group of players is they seem to learn lessons and they will have to.

For me the warning signs have been there for weeks now. The amount of points conceded at Bradford and at home to likes of Dewsbury is too many and when you step up a level defence wins you games or losses them as the case may be.

I enjoy the style of RL we play don't get me wrong and it's great to see but we need to respect the football if we are to pick off SL sides on a regular week to week basis rather than just a cup shock now and again IMO.

I'm sure we can bounce back next week but it won't be easy.

As an outsider my views on your team are moi moi you've bought the name he's finished as a player hock showed his class in the first half but was a liability in the second half higham still a class player emmitt and Dixon looked good breirley looks a world beater when things are going well but goes missing when they aren't one of your centres can't pass like McNally but I think he got injured you certainly a good side to watch good luck next week

Not fair to criticise our half backs, they were pretty effective first half, second half we never had the ball so they spent the whole time defending.

I have never seen Riddy do so much tackling.

Yes we did blow that. I couldn't believe how well we did in the first half and how good a unit the lads were, the 2nd half i couldn't get my head round what looked like a different team who had lead in their boots, but i with a few others expected this game to be a loss before hand but hoped and prayed we would click and play some great RL and nick a win, i don't think we should be surprised KR came back from 18 down (how many times have our lads done that), i just hope we learn and come back with an 80 min performance, exciting game.

This team has come a very long way in a short space of time.
FT less than a year, young players.
We haven't had many games under pressure of late so it will take time to learn how to deal with it.
We went down by 10 points to the CC finalists with a huge difference in salary cap.
We know how to compete, just need to be smarter to turn competitiveness in to victory.

We have got to play very boring rugby 5 drives and a kick when you are 24-6 up ( imo should have been 30-0 ) The fancy stuff is great to watch,but sometimes we have to be more practical,against ANY team.

Ah, but how do you have to play to get 24-6 up against a SL team, in the first place?

Agreed GFB - however, the other Championship sides aren't going to be a pushover for us, are they?

As a life long KR fan i see a lot of resemblance between you now and us in 05/06 and i believe you will win the million pound game i thought you battered us for the final 20 minutes in the 1st half but seemed to not back it up 2nd half, I'm just relieved to got away with the 2 points because we have been so inconsistent this year as yesterday's game showed from our 2 halfs performances and i think the cup has left us in the middle 8s. Really hope you come up at the expense of Salford

Cheers Oafy !

Oafy you will have two Leythers cheering you on at Wembley because there is no way that I couyld shout for Leeds. All the best.

Leeds have stability,makes no difference who you bring in.The result at Salford today proves that. You need to come up with better ideas to compete with that top 4 of SL and thats not always down to the quality you have on the field,as you found out at Leigh.

You should beat Sheffield comfortably but Fax should give you a game, Im just not sure we can live with the intensity week in week out.