I said Houghton's passing off the floor is painfully slow against that lot from across the river and a bloke turned around and glared at me as if I'd licked the back of his neck. Well. It got worse on Friday: His misdirected passes, poor options, lack of scoots (his strength) and him taking an age with his passing off the floor made for a poor showing. Worked his nuts off in defence.

Houghton had a poor game, but he is usually a consistent performer. Plenty of the team didn't have their best of games.

Houghton's passing off the floor is terrible, that's why he doesn't generally do it. This makes him stand up and take a couple of steps which ultimately means our halves don't get enough time and space.

This slow / poor service from acting half has been the undoing of several recent average/good half backs. Seymour and now Holdsworth are the latest to be suffering from this. They need time and space to be creative; provide them with early, precise ball and watch them begin to have an impact on games.

Dummy halves are looking to engage the markers more & more, don't thing the ball gets passed off the floor very often now.

Leeds won the game in the first half hour, 60:40 possession and dominating field position in that period took its toll in the last 15-20 minutes.