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| Get the tissues out believers!!
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| Quote ="MattyLeeds"JJB out for 10-12 weeks according to twitter'"
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| Please don't rush Watkins back......we don't need another player coming back in a shock early return only to then return to the injury list due to the injury reoccuring....
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| If fully fit and not pushing him out there early then great for Leeds but shame for Keinhorst - he has an impossible task kicking Watkins or Moon out the team. Back line will be back to full strength though so hopefully plenty more tries to come and we can put on a good score against Widnes
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| Quote ="Maximillion"Please don't rush Watkins back......we don't need another player coming back in a shock early return only to then return to the injury list due to the injury reoccuring....'"
I agree with you. Give him an extra week's rest and let Keinhorst continue to improve.
5th place is still realistic (and preferable to 4th) win or lose.
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| Quote ="nantwichexile"I agree with you. Give him an extra week's rest and let Keinhorst continue to improve.
5th place is still realistic (and preferable to 4th) win or lose.'"
I'm not sure we can make 5th spot. We'd probably need to lose 4 or 5 remaining games with other results going well, the current injury crisis certainly makes it a realistic target, 6th is probably beyond them. Some of the youngsters will certainly need to buck their ideas up if they are going to play poorly enough to lose against the likes of salford and london, but we live in hope.
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| Quote ="FlexWheeler"I'm not sure we can make 5th spot. We'd probably need to lose 4 or 5 remaining games with other results going well, the current injury crisis certainly makes it a realistic target, 6th is probably beyond them. Some of the youngsters will certainly need to buck their ideas up if they are going to play poorly enough to lose against the likes of salford and london, but we live in hope.'"
Leeds have to play Warrington - who if they play anything close to tonight's standard will put 60 past the current Leeds side, Wigan as above and Saints away from home and Catalans at home 4 games they can easily lose.
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| Quote ="Sal Paradise"Leeds have to play Warrington - who if they play anything close to tonight's standard will put 60 past the current Leeds side, Wigan as above and Saints away from home and Catalans at home 4 games they can easily lose.'"
We've already played Saints away.
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| Quote ="Charlie Sheen":1pwytqiqWe've already played Saints away.'" :1pwytqiq
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| We have to play
Home - Catalans, Wakey, HKR
Away - Wire, Wigan, Wakey, Widnes, Salford, London
Think we should win all the home games and should pick up 3 wins away. Realistically if we beat Catalans at home they will probably have to win ALL their other 7 games to leapfrog us and they've got Hudds away this week and Wire & Wigan to visit them.
(Even if we only win 5 of the last 9 providing one of them is the Catalans game then could still be enough. Hull and Saints would both still have to win 7 of 8 games.)
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| Quote ="nantwichexile"I agree with you. Give him an extra week's rest and let Keinhorst continue to improve.
5th place is still realistic (and preferable to 4th) win or lose.'"
Why exactly is 5th better than 4th? We'll have to go to Wigan away most likely.....but we'd have to do that from 5th probably anyway too like last year.
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| I would'nt pick Watkins this week tbh give him a full weeks training and then again next week before putting him in against Wire.
I don't think keinhorst has done too badly at all and although with so many injuries Widnes away may prove a more difficult game than it should we shouldn't rush him back.
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| Quote ="ThePrinter"Why exactly is 5th better than 4th? We'll have to go to Wigan away most likely.....but we'd have to do that from 5th probably anyway too like last year.'"
Neither 4th or 5th are very good propositions, the way the league is shaping up.
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| Quote ="FlexWheeler"Neither 4th or 5th are very good propositions, the way the league is shaping up.'"
Either way we're going to have to go somewhere tough (most likely Wigan), we've done it before, we can do it again. Some people on here have talked about wanting to avoid Wigan (we realistically can't if we're going to win the trophy), but, and they may not admit it, I would guess Wigan fans are hoping to avoid us more after what we've done the last 2 years to the League Leaders.....in fact all the other 7 teams will want to avoid us and hope that someone else can knock us out. The players of the other teams too, come the week of a potential playoff game vs Leeds will find it very hard to block out and not think about what we've done in previous years.
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| Pessimistic you lot, and yet I've been accused of that previously.
Still think we will get 2nd personally. We will finish above Huddersfield. 4th is already a given, so just Wire to be concerned about.
Would have Watkins back as soon as, yet I want players rested and others chances. I say this as we have no back up. Keinhorst simply is not good enough. Minns looked better on Sunday playing in the centres though, but Watkins is very hard to backup.
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| Quote ="Gotcha"Pessimistic you lot, and yet I've been accused of that previously.
Still think we will get 2nd personally. We will finish above Huddersfield. 4th is already a given, so just Wire to be concerned about.
Would have Watkins back as soon as, yet I want players rested and others chances. I say this as we have no back up. Keinhorst simply is not good enough. Minns looked better on Sunday playing in the centres though, but Watkins is very hard to backup.'"
I will be pleasantly surprised if we make second spot, to do the grand final again is a tall order, entirely due to our injury list. Obviously with our top boys back we can beat anybody on a one off game.
Looking at last nights Wigan Wire match its going to be a huge task, I thought Wigan would not progress under wane, at the moment it looks like I may be proven wrong. Some of the Wigan passing is superb although I suspect it's probably the Harris hand at the tiller. As for wire they looked good, but the most impressive part of the game was the intensity. Both sides look miles ahead of the rest of the pack, and that includes the giants. They are a good side but most of the time it's brough inspired.
My main concern is once our main players are back, will the remaining matches be sufficient for them to regain full match fitness . It's going to be a very interesting end of season.
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| The current format is flawed - why would anyone want to finish 4th over 5th?
I would much much rather enter the mini tournament with a home-tie against a team who will have lost more than they won over the regular rounds while knowing with absolute certainty that the serious stuff starts now, win at all costs - no complacency, no second chances, lose and it's season over.
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| I really don't care who we face in the playoffs and judging by the last 2 years neither do the players, I say go to Wigan, beat them then a home tie away from the GF.
Leeds Playoff Record
2012 - beat LLS winners
2011 - beat LLS winners
2010 - beat LLS winners
2009 - Leeds LLS....beat 2nd place team
2008 - beat LLS winners
2007 - beat LLS winners
2006 - elimated 1st week vs Wire
2005 - beat LLS winners
2004 - Leeds LLS....beat 2nd place team
In 6 of the last 9 years we've beaten the LLS winners in the playoffs (4 times at opposition ground) whilst twice as LLS winners we've beaten the next highest ranked team. So that's 8 times in 9 seasons we've won playoff games vs the most (or 2nd most) consistant team in the competition.
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| It takes a great deal of positive thinking (or an awful lot of psychedelic drugs) to see Leeds finishing ahead of either Warrington or Huddersfield at the end of the regular season.
Or for that matter going to Wigan, Warrington or Huddersfield in the playoffs and coming away with the win.
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| Quote ="Gotcha"Pessimistic you lot, and yet I've been accused of that previously.
Still think we will get 2nd personally. We will finish above Huddersfield. 4th is already a given, so just Wire to be concerned about.
Would have Watkins back as soon as, yet I want players rested and others chances. I say this as we have no back up. Keinhorst simply is not good enough. Minns looked better on Sunday playing in the centres though, but Watkins is very hard to backup.'"
Keinhorst has done a reasonable job really and is way ahead of Minns. After the Castleford game I would have thought him and Hall would have been kept as a partnership as he worked well off Hall, knowing exactly where he had to be to get the off loads back insidefrom the kicks..is not just luck to be there. Widnes..yes a bit off the pace, but he had a bug for 2/3 days before that game so can understand why. Looked solid v giants and the more he plays the better he'll be.
See him as a player similar to ablett when he first came through, nothing too flash but high work rate and great attitude. Ablett turned out alight, think Keinhorst will too.
Would keep Watkins side lined this week for a longer rest, Moon back in for Minns backs wise.
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| Quote ="Rugbyfann"Keinhorst has done a reasonable job really and is way ahead of Minns. After the Castleford game I would have thought him and Hall would have been kept as a partnership as he worked well off Hall, knowing exactly where he had to be to get the off loads back insidefrom the kicks..is not just luck to be there. Widnes..yes a bit off the pace, but he had a bug for 2/3 days before that game so can understand why. Looked solid v giants and the more he plays the better he'll be.
See him as a player similar to ablett when he first came through, nothing too flash but high work rate and great attitude. Ablett turned out alight, think Keinhorst will too.
Would keep Watkins side lined this week for a longer rest, Moon back in for Minns backs wise.'"
Of course you are Jimmy
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| Under this present flawed format the 1 V 4 fixture in week one has resulted in the following results:
2009 Leeds 44 - 8 Hull KR
2010 Wigan 26 - 27 Leeds
2011 Warrington 47 - 0 Huddersfield
2012 Wigan 46 - 6 Les Catalans
All fourth placed finishers seasons ended with their next match (all with home advantage), including the sole week one winner - Leeds. The other three never made it into the 'semis' which a fourth placed finish should equate to.
Perhaps year five will be different - then again ......
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| Quote ="tvoc"Under this present flawed format the 1 V 4 fixture in week one has resulted in the following results:
2009 Leeds 44 - 8 Hull KR
2010 Wigan 26 - 27 Leeds
2011 Warrington 47 - 0 Huddersfield
2012 Wigan 46 - 6 Les Catalans
All fourth placed finishers seasons ended with their next match (all with home advantage), including the sole week one winner - Leeds. The other three never made it into the 'semis' which a fourth placed finish should equate to.
Perhaps year five will be different - then again ......'"
Possibly, Leeds are the only team to finish 1st under this format and win the GF without
losing a playoff game. They're also the reason why the last 3 LLS winners haven't matched that. And they're also the only 4th place team to win that opening game against 1st..........oh I forgot its the flawed format and not possibly the teams.......balllllllance
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| Quote ="Andy Gilder"It takes a great deal of positive thinking (or an awful lot of psychedelic drugs) to see Leeds finishing ahead of either Warrington or Huddersfield at the end of the regular season.
Or for that matter going to Wigan, Warrington or Huddersfield in the playoffs and coming away with the win.'"
I agree i think finishing above those three now is very unlikely.
Regards going to those three teams in the play offs, what we have all learnt these past few seasons is that this team is fully focused on raising the intensity to the required levels at that time of year and cope with it much better than anyone in the league. I think we have competed well on the whole in the big games this year,certainly more than the last two, to be optimistic enough to think we can match all three. Even away from home when the time comes.The key of course will be what squad we have available to us at that time.We should hopefully have all our big names back by then (Mcguire, and possibly JJB apart).
We are still very much in the hunt to win SL again IMO.
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