Wont happen though as it will mean our illustrious coach thinking outside the box and Agar has trouble thinking what cereal to have when he wakes up.

whiting was fantastic pity he didn't have enough glue on his hands for the two other interceptions he nearly got. mom for me.

very solid game from Whiting,stood out from the rest...also thought phelps had a good game,more so in the first half.

Whiting should have been played at stand off at the end of the 2009 season when all was lost league-wise and he was coming back from injury - and we didn't have any half backs. There was nothing to lose then and it might have offered a different direction for the team or at least different options which by now could have been proven. It was a shocking lack of imagination by Agar at that time - imagination not being a particularly obvious trait of his at any time during his reign as coach.

Agree totally about whiting,fantastic reader of a game,if only he had more pace he would be one of the games superstars.Must be worth a go at 6 or 13.!

Whiting, Phelps and Westerman all played well today. Rich is a great player. Good hands, a good kicking game, a sharp brain and more pace than he is given credit for. A totally wasted talent in our team. He'd be the first name on my team sheet and would have the number six shirt in front of Horne every time!

Spot on. And this is the biggest worry to me. Our , so called , dominant and feared pack don't actually seem to frighten anyone. Moa , O'meley , Radford and Dowes were so ineffectual today. Moa was poor and easily handled by an old and average Leeds 6. O'Meley looked slow and was never going to break anything whilst Radford and Dowes , well , all you can say is they tried hard. Manu has faded over the last few games , perhaps understandably , but Lauaki whilst playing relatively well for a few minutes is really a waste of space. That leaves a lot for Westerman , Tickle and Houghton to do. Amazingly it was our unsung backs that probably kept us in the game today though it was our left hand side which gave Leeds the invitation to get back into the game. Yeaman jumping out and missing and Briscoe , well what was he doing when BJB was scoring??

LOVE YOU RICH!!! ALWAYS GIVES 110 PER CENT NO MATTER WHEN OR WHERE HES ASKED TO PLAY. ANOTHER 12 PLAYERS (COUPLED WITH A HEAD COACH WORTHY OF THE NAME) AND THE SAME STRENGTH/LEVEL OF COMMITTMENT OF PLAY AND WE WOULD HAVE WON HANDS DOWN. NOT THE CORRECT THREAD I AM WELL AWARE, BUT ------- AGAR OUT!!!!!

Interestingly I spoke to Rich recently and asked him about where he would like to play and I mentioned stand off, he said he hoped his days of playing 6 were over!!

Yeah but lets face it Agar was never a 6

Agree with that summary in total. I thought Hame's first spell was very good but seemed to lose heart when he lost the ball (arguably in a two man tackle) at the start of his second spell. Moa was pretty poor and O Meley isn't fit. Westerman was easily our best forward. Yeaman has played well of late but had a poor match yesterday yet Agar decided it was 2 try Turner who had to come off for a spell.

In fairness (and I am a big fan of Whiting) when he had had the chance to play in that position in the past (only on a couple of occasions I can think of) he hasnt exactly stood out.

The only times I can remember this happening has been towards the end of a game when injuries have meant he's the only realistic option. For such a pivotal position, you need a run of a few games to build an understanding with those around you.