So the kids are alright ay?

A win on Friday will put us right back in the race for the top 2 again and out of all the teams, we have the easiest run in to the end of the season. A loss though and we'll be behind the 8 ball battling it out for 4th, 5th or 6th, although Hull and Catalan seem to be after 5th.

We have been looking good with ball in hand again recently though. The only problem has been our defence, conceding 128 points in our last 4 games. The remarkable thing is that we won 3 of those! It also was well into our 9th game of the season before we conceded the same amount early on.

The way I see this is that we will give a spirited display before falling off in the last 20 or so. Sutcliffe will have a good game in front of the Sky cameras and Warrington will win, 38-14.

Huddersfield have the easiest run in.

Both are pretty similar. We only face 1 team after Friday (you) that's higher than us in the league. Plus we'll be getting men back at the right time of year. Either way, it'll be tough to grab 2nd but doable.

I reckon we will finish 4th and over the regular rounds is about right.
Huddersfield could still snatch top spot.

It's the big problem.

Leeds won't be able starve Warrington of the ball by repeated scoring like they did against Widnes ... sure they'll look not bad with ball in hand but defence will likely let them down, even in the first half, and the game will drift more and more to Warrington.
I do hope I'm wrong.
On the final score, I reckon you're about right.

Same 19 man squad as last Sunday named by the Coach.

128 points conceded in the last four games?
If you concede 32 at Warrington you'll lose.
To stand a chance at their place you need to keep them under 20 points.

Same 17 for game as last Sunday too?

Easiest looking run in,but judging by their usual end of season form they will need it.Seriously I really looking forward to seeing how it all finishes up

Cas hitting a bit of form since doing away with Millward, could well cause problems for Hudds

defence too leaky, warrington by circa 20 points.

No pressure on us in this game really, Wire would be expected to beat us quite handily with a near full strength side but i think if we can stay in the contest untill halftime we have a real chance if we can get our backs into the game.

I would still go for a Wire win but not as easy as some have predicted,no more than 10 points in it for me.

Well i got the day off, so i'll be there, safe trip to the Yorkshire folks coming over

Looking forward to the m62 Friday traffic... Not

I've got M25, M1, M6 traffic, love it, honest.

I usually skip the god-awful congested M1 bit of that and do M25, M40, M6.
You get to count the many Red Kites between Beaconsfield services and the Oxford junction too.

First year in a while I've had to miss this game. Just a bit to far on a friday night for our 6 month old sadly.

Shame as it's one of the best away trips.

Fingers crossed anyway.

I've got to contest with a 10 minute downhill walk to the club to watch on telly. Tough Part will be the drunken uphill walk with a kebab later on. Who am I kidding, I'll get a taxi.

I am predicting a leeds win on friday.

Just got round to watching the Wigan v Wire game from the other week - If Wire put the same kind of performance in then we're gunna have a bad time.

Keeping Wire to under 20 will be a tough ask and TBH (and as much as I'd like to think otherwise) I don't think we will. Wire by 18

It will be really interesting to see how the youngsters perform against top quality opposition. This will be a real test of their physical and mental toughness. We must not expect them to match the defence and metres of the likes of the missing JJB and Delaney so the points against stat should continue its recent progress. However on attack we can expect them to show their quality.

This is also a big game for the likes of Clarkson and Kirke who have the experience to step up to the plate and prove they are worthy to remain in the squad.

For us to win IMO we will have to use our attack as our best form of defence.

They would have to go some to make less meters per carry than JJB. Perhaps you meant work rate and carries.

No I meant metres as he has made the second most of any Leeds forward. Remember he has achieved this on top of being our top tackler

So you did mean carries then. And yes I know he is our top tackler, which is why I didn't pick you up on the defence statement.

If I had meant carries I would have stated carries. Our top 2 metre makers are also our top 2 for carries no suprises there. Players can make metres in different ways ... for fullbacks and wingers they get some easy metres while the forwards have to graft to get them. But we still need the forwards to make those hard metres each game.