Absolutely outstanding effort by Wakefield, the game basically went down to the fact that Leeds had more star power and more game changing individuals than us. Every-time Kallum Watkins touched the ball, Lee Smith didn't have a clue how to defend against him and ended up on his backside, poor Ben Cockayne was then left by himself against Watkins, Jones-Bishop and Burrow on two occasions and he didn't have a chance.

In my opinion, Danny Cowling would be a preferred centre instead of Lee Smith - he is much quicker and better in defence (as seen against St Helens) and he would be a nice addition from the youth system....i can't remember if we have signed Lee Smith permanently? but if not then i hope he goes back to Leeds. Richie Mathers, Ben Cockayne and Peter Fox impressed massively under the high ball as that has been our weak point this season and it was a delight to see them jump confidently and almost with ease against the likes of Ryan Hall and Ben Jones-Bishop.

The Rhinos couldn't handle the connection between Tim Smith and Danny Washbrook/Frankie Mariano, they broke tackles every time they took on the line and on 2-3 occasions made a clean break and that is where I believe we are much stronger than Leeds as they rely on the pace and aggression of their young backs - Jones-Buchanan, Peacock, Ablett, Delany and co. don't have the power and precision that our forwards have....although it did constantly get me out of my seat that we didn't stop Peacock offloading!

Yet all in all i'm not going to be a bitter Wakefield fan and say we were cheated or the referee blew us the game as Leeds' tries were mostly off the back of our mistakes and IF Washbrook would have made that pass....who knows, we may all be celebrating. Brilliant season and effort by all the players and staff, looking forward to the 2013 season!

Very good season on the whole for us, and we probably deserved to sneak into the play offs. No shortage of effort and a great attitude on show on Friday night, we just lacked that little bit of class (and pace) at vital moments in the game. All in all though, we have punched above our weight for the majority of the season and Agar has got this team playing better than the sum of its individual parts and for that he deserves praise and thanks. some great acheivements accross the Park all year with Amor making it increasingly difficult to understand why Leeds didnt want him, Timmy Smith showing touches of brilliance and forming a great partnership with Sykes. Kirkmond leading from the front in the form of his life and Washbrook tackling everything that moves.

It's shame we couldn't find that extra bit of class on Saturday as it would have been a hell of an ending to the game with us being within a score or so, I dare say that there would have been plenty of pairs of bumholes chewing on their blue and yellow undies had Washy put that chance away.....

i think we have had an excellant season, especially given the previous 2. well done to all of the boys.


as for the washbrook pass, yes it could have been better, but he was tired after all of the tackling he had done. one thing that has not had a mention was the move / ball from tim smith that put him into the gap.

I'll stick with just the one.

I don't get it!