over the last few years, with the exception of Lance, he has made some clever moves with acquiring the services of Murray, Smith, Bluey but the McDermott/Lowes selection is bewildering to say the least. I acknowledge he has taken over the reins a season before what was anticipated but that is no excuse.

The blunder he made was not going for Nathan Brown when his move to Australia fell through,

Like with the signings we made this year, they do smack of "The cheap option".

The recession has hit GH hard.

Has Hetherington made a managerial blunder?

No.

Why?

Because McDermott is the only coach Hetherington could find who would be prepared to blindly adopt his call for a more attractive style of rugby.

Hetherington has done exactly what was required for next season - lower crowds, he is concerned about low season ticket sales this year!!

This (I cant remember the exact term but Keith Knows) free flowing entertaining rugby we are being treated to is not really what I want to be watching. I can appreciate attacking rugby but the decision making at the moment is terrible

If he has he can be forgiven. He has made some magnificent choices over the past decade. Just rectify the mistake as soon as fit.

it time to go for noble

no

Lance isn't the exception, because the appointment of Powell also counts as a blunder in my book. Others may disagree.

Would not be in agreement with that.

wil it be lucky 7 or magnum taxis?

attack wins matches defence wins championships

what I could never get into my head was why was Lowes appointed?

every team knows we are going to through the ball around like headless chickens,they are just waiting for leeds to come

Lowes was appointed because GH came back from Aus without any realistic options, and no one else in GB was either available or cheap enough. Go back and read the YEP reports at the time Lowes was appointed and he (and BMD) pretty much admit it.

hhmm

I seem to remember a quote from BMD something along the lines of "I knew after speaking to Lowesy for 10 minutes that he was the right man for the job and we had it all wrapped up in less than a week". I guess that 10 mins was "look, we only have £xx to spend, do you want the job or not?"

Given the coaches that have come and gone at Leeds since GH took over, I think this could be one he looks back on and thinks "maybe we could have done better"....

Eh?

Do you have a link to these reports?

There's no 'maybe' about it.

I'm prepared to say, 9 games into the season, McDermott (and his sidekick) is way out of his depth at Headingley.

Simply not good enough for this huge club. And the sooner it's rectified the better for all concerned. Saturday's woeful display beggared belief.

And someone should tap Senior on the shoulder and say 'enough lad'. The game turned completely on its head with THAT pathetic pass.

Currently we have neither.

Believe.

You have to.

On what basis?

I've yet to see either McDermott or Lowes drop a pass, or miss a tackle, or give away a stupid penalty through indiscipline.

These are all faults that were evident in Leeds play last season, so it's a bit off to pin them to the mast of the current coaching team. The players need to take some pride and responsibility for their own performances.

He isn't going to have a Southstand for the whole year so where are all the fans going?

Problem is he was crowing about dropping season ticket sales this year - wait until next year!!!