Quote: apollosghost "Surprised by that, purely on the basis of how beat up Leeds looked at the end of their game on friday.'"
Where is all this 'leeds are half dead' coming from?
They played 3/4 of the game against saints 2 players down, as JJB and delaney went off injured after 20 minutes. Of course they were bloody tired at the end of a game of that intensity, if anything it simply underlined leeds endurance for them to keep the pace for 80 minutes with the game in doubt until the final hooter. It's not like they are still going to be out of breathe when they arrive at the JJB next week.
They have capable replacments for JJB and delaney if they aren't fit for next week.
At the end of the wigan leeds game 2 weeks ago half the wigan players left the field with some sort of bandage looking knackered, you could have levelled the same argument at them then.