Quote ="tad rhino"we were a shambles. the scoreline flattered us. the pack looked lightweight, the decision to play donald on the right clearly isn't working,gibson,sadly, is not good enough. the injuries have really hit him hard. defence was shocking,loads of missed tackles and we never had a good line. the passing was ponderous and the lack of runners was evident.
we played in the centre third nearly all the game despite the fact it was obvious it wasn't working.
the coaching staff need to take stock because at the moment we don't look a patch on last season.
saints were top drawer,fully deserved the win. lets hope they have a good run and injuries bite. we may need it'"
A bit of an overreaction IMO tad, I am just as disappointed as any Leeds fan that we played so poor yesterday but it doesn’t mean wholesale changes are needed, Saints themselves were in very poor form only 3 weeks ago after the loss to HKR and the 4 point win at Celtic. The Saints and Leeds teams are very evenly matched and all games between them will come down to form & injuries.
As others have said we missed Bailey today (BBC said he had a groin strain), Burgess as good as he is very slow in defence and gets caught out in these big games.
