8 games on the trot now we;ve conceded 20 or more
Has to stop this week or we'll struggle to win

The last time we played Wigan they didn't score a try.

Funny old game.

The Wigan Cup fixture was 9 games ago.

Since then Leeds have conceded the following number of tries 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

That looks a fairly consistent run. Score 5 tries, kick a few goals and see where that gets us.

cos of the conditions. wigan have better players than leeds and if its dry on friday their skill will shine through.

Spot on - Leeds played the game in the sunshine and on the perfectly dried grass and with the ball that wasnt wet and because of that we didnt commit any handling errors.

Ah, Leeds can only win when it rains. In case it's escaped anyone's notice we play Rugby League in the North of England and it does rain, pretty much throughout the season, including July.

perhaps if "better" teams like Saints and Wigan want to actually take some silverware from Leeds they should stop pretending Rugby league is played in Nevada and start adapting to Northern English weather.

But then I guess the excuses would run dry!

leeds are the 4th best team in the country. even the crusaders hasbeens beat your overrated lot

I've heard this somewhere before

How's the depression? Self harming still?

What's your condition?

You are anything but dry. More like: damp, wet, fart stain.

HTH.

who cares, my dads bigger than your dad so nerr

Even if we don't win another game all year, I'll still not be as sad as you are every day.

Blimey it was a short summer this year wasn't it ?

Or has Hamilton/Sterling/Fookwit/saint come out of hiding earlier this year ?

Did'nt realise they had internet access in the nut house ,how are you precious?

I seem to remember last season we had a major and recurring problem giving away penalties. Strangely enough as the season got towards the business end these penalties disappeared and we tightened up.

I have faith that the big push for the double will start on Friday.

Well said LR and although we have been far from consistent Defensively we still "stepped up" against Wire twice,Sainst at home and Wigan in the cup the players know they are capable and i expect them to show it.

We've also shown a knack of edging the tight games. We've come from behind and won a few, notably Wire away, Wakey at MM, Hudds last week and we earned a point we had no right to against the Bulls. I can only think of Crusaders at home when we have lost in the last 5 minutes.

I hope that we haven't used all of our 'get out of jail free' cards just yet.

I've seen enough to know Wigan, wire and saints are well beatable. if we play our best when it matters we can pick up both trophies this season.

You've chosen to highlight four games where the defence 'stepped up' yet in two of those games IIRC Leeds conceded 30 and 24 respectively.

Genuine question, have you ever been diagnosed as having a learning disability?

Yes but the defence proved to be good enough in those respective games to get the job done which is my point.
ATEOD i don't give a fook if we concede 50 and win by 1 point if it gets us the trophy or to the final on offer.
Against the apparent better teams than us this year in all comps we've done well with a 6 + 2 win ratio against the top 4 including Hull before we took over 4th spot this week so that's good enough for me considering the season we've had re-injuries and loss of confidence.

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I guess that answers my question with a resounding YES then.

Leeds' defence was poor against Sts. The main problem being the huge yardage Sts were able to make by dummy-half scoots and first receiver forwards just trundling the ball up. The game against Hull KR was more of the same with two average props making around 10m per carry.

It showed its not just about tackling as in stopping the ball carrier, but controlling the PTB. That's what Leeds have done very effectively in three GFs against Sts and one area where Wigan have improved vastly this year. If we are to win something, that's one area where we can and should improve vastly.