I'm a pessimist. Shoot me.

Very well done Leeds and McDermott. A good allround performance and game plan with great return from JJB and to a bit lesser extent Delaney. Shows what we have been missing. Not fair to pick only certain players but in addition to JJB and Delaney JP, Ablett, Hall, Singleton, Burrow and Sinfield were very important too.

Our form and determination will have created doubts in the other camps and we now have some all important momentum. Lets hope we remain free from injury now.

I had Ablett as the Man of the Match. Gave Farrell almost as much of a lesson as Hall gave Charnley. But yes, Juan, good team performance.

Agreed, he had a great game.

Spot on JC a great effort to show the "Real Rhinos" tonight just send that warning and little bit of doubt out to the other play off teams.
Also kudos to Mcdermott for not throwing both Jb and Delaney in from the start and imo it looked as though he's held Jjb back that extra week so he was fully ready for tonight good stuff.

Great performance tonight.Looked sharp all over the pitch and it bodes well for the weeks ahead.

a Free shot at Warrington next week in what should be a cracker, and even if we do get beaten we are back in the same position as recent seasons the following week so nothing to lose really.

I know that Goulding & Hansen incurred their head wounds banging into each other but how I didn't see what caused all our head wounds.
Obviously not high shots or foul play since that would have been spotted by the ref.
Also a point picked up elsewhere I see that Wane has learnt the cannonball tactic from Macguire- now attracting many adverse comments from the commentators on the NRL - & continues to teach it to all his players.
What a good game from us defensively, Watkins miss on Green apart, & what an excellent tactical kicking game we employed.
Are we approaching play-off time?
PS a very disappointing crowd, no doubt our fault, considering we got well over 15000 for last week's game vs the Dragons. Must be all down to it being on Sky.

To be fair I reckon the crowd would have been higher if it had been on a Friday rather than Thursday night

Forgot to add that it was good to see Bjb looking confident and back "at it"!

Good to see mcguires kicking game, really had an impact on the game. The creative triangle mixing it up was refreshing to see too

Goulding & Hansen injury

Man that was horrible to watch

Ablett mom for me too but it was a much improved performance than in recent Weeks in almost every department. We looked quicker in everything we did and it bodes well for the coming Weeks.

I thought Sinfield was superb at hooker. Peacock was awesome once again, man of steel by a mile.

Agreed. I liked Sinfield there predominantly with Burrow jumping in now and again but also being in the halves too.

I thought you out played us in most facets of the game tonight. Our defence was good but ran out of steam in the end.

I thought it was a fantastic game and thoroughly enjoyed it. I wish we could see more of that every week.

We were very, very good. Shows how little the sky team understand the game with their comments at half time that we would be confused and upset to be down at half time. The foundation for that scoreline was laid in that excellent first half, the only blip being Watkins miss.

Everyone played their part and arguably Hall, Peacock and Ablett could have claimed man of the match.

Excellent tactics, excellent execution and excellent intensity.

Aside from those named I was also very impressed with Singleton's contribution and JJB and Delaney looked like they had never been away.

I even have little gripe with Kirke. I suspect his carry count was not particularly high again but he ran hard and his defence was good.

It will be a very good side that beats Leeds.
Personally I hope Huddersfield win the entire shebang, only because I like a change.
If Leeds win it that's the next best thing.

well summed up.

I would also like to add to that our left side is starting to look real threatening again and Moon looks to be finding a bit more space to play with, which in turn brings Hall into play more, in good positions.It helps having an equally threatening right side now again, with Watkins and BJB looking good together which gives sides plenty to think about when defending.We have the best three quarter line in the league and its good to see us start using to full effect.

I think there's a lot of improvement in Leeds' attacking fluency . McGuire was understandably off with his position & timing with Leeds relying heavily on one man drives, which did actually work very well.

Monstered Wigan all night long in the forwards. Peacock just ground them down & Ablett gave a MOM performance for me.

Burrow proved a major spark with his probing of the line, added to a massive defensive effort.

Leeds have set a standard tonight. If the can match that in 3 more games I can't see anyone beating them

I think it was a performance that didn't make pleasant viewing for the likes of Wire, Hudds and others......a thought of "oh no, here we go again!".

For all the plaudits that players are (rightly) getting for last night, a big mention has to go to the medical team. How they keep getting the likes of JJB, Delaney and earlier in the year Peacock back and ready to put in big showings like that is incredible work by them.

The area which really shows we are beginning to see the 'Playoff Rhinos' was the low amount of penalties and errors (thought Silverwood reffed the game well, as often happens towards the end of the year when less pedantic calls are made). It's the two areas that we improved to win in '11 & '12 and ones you need to change to win playoffs.

must have upset the rugby gods

I actually agree with that. Thought Ablett just edged MOM, but Peacock is unbelievable. What pleased me more though was how Singleton seemed to compliment Peacock last night and looked like a young Peacock, his work rate massive. I did have concerns about Singleton seeming to fall off a lot of tackles, but he really set a good lead.

One area I would pick up on your post though, was execution. We totally dominated that game, and the scoreline heavely flattered Wigan, we did not take advantage of a lot of chances. That area could and should improve.

I was going to post that (without the Silverwood bit)

An excellent performance by a group who looked incredibly focused on the job in hand. They seemed to be a comfort zone i.e. totally confident in what they could achieve knowing if they notched their game up 10-20% they were going to tough to beat. Personally I thought Sinfield was magnificent in the way he lead his troops, never did he looked anything but confident in his charges.

Peacock probably shaded the MOM for me although both Ablett and Hall ran him close, in fact it would be churlish to suggest any of the team didn't make a valuable contribution.

You have to wonder at JJB's fitness and sheer inner mental strength, he must have been hurting for long periods in that game yet it never showed. Delanney added some real go forward when it was needed.

Singleton was again excellent if a bit over-eager experience will enable him to regulate his effort more effectively. I was impressed with Sutcliffe's cameo he looked very dangerous and his combination with Watkins and BJB could be very effective add that to the Ablett Moon Hall combo and you have some serious threat on either side.

Interesting game plan from McDermott - throw it around to stretch and tire Wigan and then make it an attritional game down the middle.

I disagree with Gotcha on one point Wigan are a very proficient defensive unit, that performance would have yielded a bigger score against either Warrington or Huddersfield

Cracking post G1.