Yeah but why let it bounce? He has time to clear the ball into touch. He stops and waits for the ball. That is criminal, at this level you deal with the threat. The ball is the threat and he doesn't deal with it. If he knocks the ball into touch he takes the bounce out of the equation. You're right it was a great piece of skill and shows why Leeds win trophies because they have players who can execute, but Grix needs to deal with that better than he does.

If this was the first time and or he was a young player it would be forgivable but this is the 3rd time in the last 4 games that he has made the same mistakes. He cannot deal with a kick that gives him a decision other than "stand undert the ball and catch".

very disappointing to not win that game never mind get a draw!i thought we were the better team on the night but the best team doesn't always get the spoils.couple of decisions went against us and a couple of poor decisions cost us and a whole heap of luck for Leeds i thought.

i don't like singling out players for blame, had robbo held on to the ball, had wardle passed( even though i dont think grix would have made it) ( but for me just one lucky decision Leeds got), had we gone for a drop goal at 16-8, if koppy had have raised his arm, if only grix had just done something at the end.

but harsh to be too critical, plenty of positives for me, as someone else said, we didn't choke, we were just unlucky i thought, especially in the last 10 minutes, would those decisions have had the same outcome it was the other way round? i doubt it

i would congratulate leeds but according to them the LLS means nothing so well done on winning the game and getting a home semi

even just a hand on the ball to knock on would have done

but unfair to hammer grix who i thought had a good game overall.

Yeah Grix had been very good until that one error, which can be put down to a million reasons so the stick he is getting is very harsh

Can't agree with that meast, there is no way in the world we were the better team, They were very even I will grant you and our line defence was quite superb. Leeds had that bit more in attack that comes with experience.
Had Wardle given that pass I don't know if Grix would have made it, I do know that Wardle didn't, and he never looked for support till Hardaker had him, and he never looked like he would beat the full back.

People start frothing at the mouth if you mention Grix , don't know if they feel sorry for him or what.You can only comment on what you saw, It made no difference as it happens, but however you dress it up it was a pathetic effort, there were a few things he could have done but he did none of them. Hardaker would have knocked the ball out, tackled him before he got it, fallen in front of him, whatever it took. but as we know a draw changed nothing anyway.
We had already lost the home draw by then, giving away stupid penalties and taking wrong decisions. Now we have to go to Wigan, which is do-able but no side has won this year at the Pie dome, Can we get up again for this match, I think we could have matched them last night, Can we play at that level again.

I was really confident of winning last night, but this is last chance saloon, we have beaten them often enough but they are another team with oodles of experience, forget last night that's gone, we will have learned something from it.

good points, especially about grix, i said to a mate today that even pulling hall back and getting a yellow for a professional foul would have been a better option, but it's easy for us to say what he should have done etc, we aren't the ones faced with a split second decision in a high pressure situation like that,
i just feel that the stick he is receiving is a bit harsh as he had a fairly steady game otherwise.

All this mention of Grix. He could have done better but the bounce of the ball deceived him. However not one mention in a 9 page thread of Wardles positioning and tackle attempt on Ward that is just as bad but committed by a player that can do no wrong.

Fair enough mate, I agree Grix had one of his best games I thought, but you can't pretend it didn't happen because it was him, The Wardle thing was just as bad for me, but nobody gets exited if you mention that.

Yeah we always have one scapegoat in a season - Grix has copped it a while now

I remember when it was always Thorman's fault

You forgot about the £100,000 our kid

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I thought Wardle was poor last night in his decision making, certainly blew a possible try by not passing and there were a couple of others where i was tearing my hair out with thing he did/didn't do...wonder if that's to do with him getting used to 2nd row now ?

If i was to single a particular player out for criticism last night it would be Joe !.