Yes..I reckon Agars days could be numbered depending how the team respond to this on Friday without Long again tbh

Agar has ran out of excuses to be honest. Every team can have a bad day at the office so lets see how we play on Friday but if we see rugby of the quality of last season Agars days in charge will be seriously numbered.

Sorry to say I agree

My concerns come from the fact he has played Horne strapped up and clearly not 100%, why would he do that he should have at least tried Turner at least he is fit!!

How many threads did we have like this last season...we knew but sadly Agar never

Absolutely on the money Dave. The only dummy runner all afternoon was Fitz, occasionally and our only creative player was Tansey.

The thing I keep thinking is at one point in the huddle of Crusaders players there were Lupton, Dyer, Lee, Thackray, to name a few "also-rans" (on paper). We've frigging well got Berrigan, Fitzgibbon, O'Meley, Manu, Lauaki, Briscoe, Horne - all internationals at one time or another and we were outplayed and out-thought.

Like you say all teams can have bad days and maybe next Friday will show just that, however, it is a worry that our bad day coincides with Long missing for the first time as well!

I was really hoping somebody would take the challenge of leading the team in attack in Longs absence. A backup scrum half must be number one priority now.

hit the nail on the head! why cant a player like washbrook learn off longy and enforce authority on his players and direct them????

Me too. Horne appears to have gone, although he was never an organiser, and Washy isn't a half. He was likened by someone on here to a young Sinfield but he isn't that good. Sinfield has always taken responsibility and been an authority for Leeds, Washy has had enough games to show he cant do that.

Good halves are cheeky and nippy and can play off the cuff as well as to a structure. They can order players around and annoy the opposition. Everything Longy is in fact, and everything all our other 'halves' are not. A young scrum half with some over confidence, feist and drive is what we need at the club urgently.

Agree totally. There is no way one man should upset the plays to so much extent, no matter how good a player they are.
Really dissapointing.

I just don't think something like that can be taught. You either have it or you don't. The funny thing is it doesn't really have much to do with technical ability (although that helps). It's just having the mind to completely dictate the game and then the personality and authority to control your players into doing it. Long oozes this as do all other top drawer half backs.