Individually, they have their strengths but together, not a good mix. Not really sure how you paint the opposite picture with the record we have over a sustained period of time. Cust is not what we thought we’d signed is he? Smith has had a good month but lacks pace to take a like on. Powell is divisive, I like pace at 9 and not some of the most limited work around the ruck I’ve seen in Super League and then 13 was always going to be a problem after SOL stepped back, Smithies grafts but offers no size or threat with the ball.

Leeds have turned in displays like that all season. Poor 1st half and great 2nd.

The intercept at 14-0 when they'd barely even been in our half was a boost for them. The sending off was team talk done.

We struggle when sides play through the middle and compress the field. Our pack has it's advantages but it isn't big enough when the game is played in midfield.

Granted.....18 points gifted to them didn't help.

Very poor second half - Leeds out played us (although they seemed to get so much luck - everything stuck and they got some decisions as well). Farrell should be in the reserves next match he was awful tonight - what is it with turning his back and walking backwards into the tackle, kills any team momentum. Cust looked way off the pace - and our backs never got a decent pass second half apart from the Thornley try. Smith had a mare - but with so little support from the pack and as for the defense in that second half - against 12 men - shocking.

Even with all the position and possesion first half we were poor in attack - so predicatble and slow with no real creativity - pass back inside to a forward to trundle up and then go down for a slow play the ball - dull and ineffective.

Some players need a real rocket after the last two games, poor efforts from quite a few. We had good results agaibst Leigh/Saints/Warrington then just fell off a cliff.

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You had a purple patch in all honesty.

You’re a one man team and I’ve said this for the past couple of seasons. I know you will all come back with “we beat saints this season” which you did because saints bombed the chances they had to win the game easily. Peet is woefully out of his depth . He comes across as a nice guy but he’s not a top tier coach

Looks like I picked a good night to be working then... Jeez.

Be afraid of that second half in particular.

And I agree over the players you mention they are badly missed at present

I was angry whilst watching the second half but strangely feel quite relaxed about it now. Relatively confident it was just a blip and we'll respond but it wasn't good.

First half was OK - we clearly don't carry much attacking threat at the moment but I thought we did enough. Some good efforts from Havard, KPP and French. But the first intercept try was a shocker which changed the game - a naive no look pass that didn't need to be thrown given the scoreline.

The red seemed to galvanise Leeds - they came out with nothing to lose and completely outenthused us. No intensity in our play and some really poor individual defensive efforts.

Felt for Smith a little - it was just one of those nightmarish games for him. But his lack of a running threat makes it far easier for the defence to anticipate a pass. No clue what he was doing under that high ball. Very much a confidence player and he lost it tonight. Needs support around him and he doesn't have enough at the moment with Shorrocks mostly anonymous and Cust worryingly looking very unfit.

Clearly missing the strike that Field gave us plus the experience of Cooper/Ellis. But still a game we should be winning. Peet's reaction was the right one - he rarely expresses displeasure but he knew he needed to after that. If there was a game to lose out of the two against Leeds it was this one but the players have to get angry with this and respond next week. Mago laughing and joking with the opposition after the game not a great look.

Been holding back on commenting to calm down because you don’t want to be too emotional with your reaction and start bagging individuals, when the whole side have been so poor.

It was a pathetic second half but it would seem a total freak when you compare it to pretty much anything we’ve produced in many years. The worry is how much it impacts on confidence next week, both from our side and the Leeds side. We’ve certainly made that game far harder for ourselves but better that sort of ‘wheels falling off job’ came this week than next. I’m going with Peet being a genius and playing everyone with his version of rope a dope

We didn't make the most of our chances in the first half, but Shorrocks had done OK, he'd already got a try-assist (I thought), and he threw that nice long pass to Smith, and then he he threw it straight to Newman, and it all went South from there. And that second half was just awful, and Cust (I assume neither he or Hampshire were felt to be fully fit?) offered nothing.

i thought Cam Smith was the best player on the field.

Spot on.