Well let's hope the game is closer than tonight's academy match between the two sides.

Agree with all the postings, Leeds were hurting after the loss to us last time, this time they will come out from the start at 100 mph when we play the ball to cause us to break up & panic, the answer is to lay deep & passive wide, passing game will beat them, not barging their forwards.
The test is going to be countering their tactics of high speed, a slow start will be fatal, we are not very good at catch up rugby !
I do hope we beat them, do not take dummies off Conner & give space & speed to miller ?

So take it you do not think it could be us who start faster .We have also got stronger as the season as gone on ,Think we look a lot better in the backs since Scott as gone to the subs bench .We have not lost a lot at fullback as having to move Max to 6 . Leeds have improved this season, but with the injuries to our forwards think we are still capable of pushing them close .Just hope we get our fair share of 50 /50 calls .Nice to here Sky pundits saying we are in with a chance of finishing in the top 6  how times have changed

How’s that weather forecast looking ?

Pratt, Hood and Griff all back in and Walmsley retains his place...(link won't post !!)

Think it is about time Griffin called it a day so lazy

The Leeds spines is way too fast for us .A lot of work to do to make us a top 6 team Hood Griffin way of the pace. Need a great team talk to keep the score respectable ,

To be fair to the lads I think the injury list has finally caught up with us. 

Lot better second half ,just short of a good 6 , but will take result.We seem to speed up when Smith came on  Hall had is best game of season .

Tough game and gutted to lose, but the result was fair. Leeds’ line speed smothered us and stopped us from doing what we’re good at - Pitts and Cozza barely got chance to pass and Lino got trapped the few times they did manage to. They (particularly jesters Connor and Bentley) gave us chances to get back into it and I’m pleased we took them, but it would’ve been incredibly jammy to nick it at the end.


Look forward to seeing the stats, but our play the ball speed seemed so laboured, as it is most weeks. We must be one of the slowest in the league and it really stops us building momentum. The difference in PTB speed between the overseas players - particularly Uele and Rodwell - and the British lads is enormous. We really missed that today.


Plenty to be positive about though. Rourke’s work at the back was exceptional. Corey Hall did his usual stuff but turned up to 11. Pitts and McMeeken were great through the middle again. Add Trueman, Uele and Storton into the mix and we win that game.


Looking forward to having them at our place.

Funnily enough, I think quietly he's been having a good season, especially after having doubts about how he ended last season, seemingly looking a bit past it, but that seems to have just been down to injuries. He's looked much more back to his usual self this year once he returned from injury. He makes good meters, good at backing up players with the ball, which is where he gets most of his tries; his defence is still solid as well. A few players were blowing in that first half, but we certainly pulled it together at halftime and showed what we're about as a team. 

To say how much hype Leeds were getting on comms, especially as they'd only won one game against Wigan all season, who were not Salford, Hudds and Cas. They had a full side out though and the occasion being for Rob, seemed to give them a rocket up their asses that first half and we just had to hang on. Conversely, we've got so many of our starting pack missing, plus Trueman and players have been doing big minutes and playing well. I'm gutted but proud of the lads on the whole. The way they worked themselves back into the game, first going set for set and making bigger meters, getting into that armwrestle and then attacking on the back of their errors or mistakes. What we could have done for an extra 5 minutes when Leeds went down to 12 players.


Most of the usual faces had good games, Big Mike, Pitts, Hall, Jowitt, Johnstone, Rourke and a special mention for Harvey, who every time he comes on for us, he seems to change the tempo of our game up a notch. That lad has a big future ahead of him, all things being equal.

2 things we must improve quickly is our line, and play the ball speed


We lost by a couple of penalty's that were both dubious, and how Palasia got away the with shoulder on Rourke was unbelievable.


Just disappointed we couldn't put something together in the last 5mins