Thought Connor showed his class again when it mattered.

Looking forward to drier grounds when Reynolds can impose himself as well.

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I am interested to know exactly how wrong my comments were in your opinion

He doesn't know how!!

Unless you were there you won't appreciate how appalling the weather was, cold, squally wind and lashing it down, in those conditions that win was immense. The whole team put in the best defensive effort I've seen in years from FC!
Oh and there were some very unhappy Whinos fans seeing B&W in the ground, who made their feelings known at the end, taxi fro Agar if they lose to Tigers next week.
Standouts for me Sneyd, Fash, Satae, Sao, Connor, Cator, Lane but to be fair it was a full squad performance, ver happy not the drive back to Pudsey.
Come On You Hull

can they get shut of that pillock with the drum,my ears are still ringing.

They had to stand in the rain, very funny seeing them getting drenched.

Some very angry Whino's fans at the end berating us for having tickets. We actually had directors box seats but didn't want the meal and hospitality so swapped them for normal seats. Great night.

To be fair I think everyone is indeed happy that we ground out a win against the old foes Leeds I don't think that's in question. What some have questioned and I find myself asking and making a note of the same things such as the thinking behind the bench selection and how it has been used the last two games, the lack of discipline resulting in giving Leeds so much possession and territory meaning we had to be very resolute in defence but against a better side we'd have been undone by that. Also the amount of work and pressure we put ourselves under is also adding to the ill discipline.

Our resolve and togetherness was outstanding and a million miles from where we have been for years which is a big plus and has been praised but on the flip side I think the observations about the negative parts are also valid, I don't think anyone has been harsh or just slagged off the performance for the sake of it,as all have been constructive.

This probably won't go down well with some on here but Bonaire seems to take a lot of flack and whilst I have not always agreed with them and at times in previous seasons thought they were sometimes overly negative, this season I have found them to be pretty positive and think their posts have been vaild and with an actual point.

Its a fans forum after all where we all come to discuss points of the game, offer opinions or vent our spleen in some cases but for some reason there are some that just chose to be confrontational because someone has dared to have an opposing view.
Now I'm no shrinking violet by any means but sometimes I wonder why we can't have decent debate and discussion on here without petty squabbles.

Anyway I thought it was a poor performance (not helped by the conditions admittedly) but one that showed as a team that when playing poorly we still dug in and ground out the win which is something we haven't seen for a long time.

Hopefully with Bowden back and a dry week with warmer/drier weather forecast for the week we will be a much better prospect for the trip to St's on Friday, plus hope to see the inclusion of Brown on the bench too.

Still not sure how Carlos held up Briscoe. What an effort.

Indeed I think dear old Tom got out Briscoe'd by Carlos and that effort goes ahead of Toms effort when in the black and white of denying Fox

Actually don't know why he didn't just put the ball down instead of taking another roll, but still his loss.

Just wonder what the score would have been with better discipline and ball control.

My worry is that the massive defensive shifts we’re putting in will catch up with us at some point.

I do think we'll struggle to back it up on Friday if I'm honest.

That is my concern moving forward and the reason I've been critical of the ill discipline and I believe that is likely the reason others have commented on it.

No one is questioning the defensive resolve as its night & day compared to pre BH days but we can't keep relying on this to get us out of trouble as like you say it will at some point catch up with us particularly with a small squad. Which again is why questions are being asked in regards to the bench selection and they way its been used or not in games.

After feeling underwhelmed in the manner of the Catalans defeat, if someone had told me we’d go to Headingley and put in a gutsy rather than a classy performance, in appalling weather, that we’d continue to be the leagues re-start champions and our general indiscipline would not be good either, meaning we had to defend far more than we should be......

But...we would score 3 tries to their 2 and win 18-12 to take the 2 points home , whilst putting in a defensive performance that just a season ago would would have been beyond us.

I would have taken that any day of the week!

The lads defended for each other like lives depended on it for large periods of that 2nd half, bodies on the line everywhere, its just so uplifting to see our team refuse to wilt when faced with wave after wave of attacks. It was like we turned them back then said “here’s the ball ... have another go”.

Winning a game that way is stressful but we know and they know that when it really matters they can defend really well. And that self belief is the foundation of a top side.
Yes we have to have be more creative in attack, but it’s early days and we’re addressing the biggest fault first. I’m sure when Brett and Gaz are happy with defending, they will focus on scoring tries.
Even as a work in progress we can still win, even though we are not the finished item.