I think its a fair comment to say 7 players missing from the 17 who would have taken the field today.
Maybe not half but just over 41% missing

Will do mate , and am happier now that you gaged it and already well on your way. It’s shocking here but calmer at your destination apparently.

Good maths! The dratted 9 percent making me look stupid…
Any chance Of a pre game injury? Lol

Thornley and French. See, half a team...

We have had literally no team for 3 seasons with a multitude of players permanently unavailable. You just gotta roll your sleeves up. Nobody ever gets to pick their best 17.

'literally no team' you've just trumped shabs with on the exaggerations front


So leeds 7 out and Wigan 2. I think leeds have better cover than in recent years for these situations (and last years injuries were unbelievable) and I'm sure they will roll their sleeves up.

So relieved that Thornleys out though, he would have made a huge difference.

It’s not Cornwall away you know

Maybe but it’s a squad game, no team is going to have there best 17 every week, yes we’re missing a few but personally i think our squad is better placed to cope this year than gor the last few years.

While I get that, I just think 7 key players out may be pushing it in the hope of getting a win at Wigan. I'll be impressed if they do and the performance is the key thing.

Though I also didnt expect us to nearly win or stay within 2pts last week given what happened.

Not sure . Our back line looks1 quality player short at full strength, and the pack is an injury to a prop away from looking vulnerable.
But we’ll see….certainly won’t be judging on tonight’s game.

Lets not forget 2 of those ayers are out because of their indiscipline

Yeah, it's still 7 players either way.

Tindall ahead of Broadbent

Beat me to that. WTF?

Told you I think there’s a problem with Broadbent. Doesn’t seem as highly rated by coaches as we do…..

I wouldn't fancy catching bombs on a night like this. Could be career ending in terms of a loss of confidence.

I don’t know what the crack is with Broadbent, but I was sat near him and a few other Leeds fringe players at Hunslet a couple of weeks back and when someone mentioned Jack Sinny, Broadbent’s reply was 'who, the f****ng prince of Headingley'. Take from that what you will......

Very interesting. He may have a point, but if that’s got back to management it would explain why he’s not playing tonight…..

I agree we have a better squad than last year equally we are pretty near to the team we are putting out tonight that wasn`t classed as a top 6 team last year.
I`m not holding out for a win but would have felt confident with those 7 playing tonight.

Maybe theyve gone with tindal for his speed

Yeah if they can give him good cover and get him some early ball im intrigued. Did he get much preseason I cant remember?

Yes and he looked good imo

With field we need speed if he breakd through

I don't buy into the Broadbent rumours, it's just horses for courses. Field and Marshall are both rapid, I think that's why it's Tindall on wing instead.

If that has got back to management, it wouldn't reflect well on his attitude. I seem to remember on one of the pre season videos on YT he said "I don't want to be playing at Fev, I want to be playing at Leeds" which in fairness, is probably his ultimate feeling. I just found it slightly disparaging to Featherstone..

Hardaker on the wing, Partington onto the bench, otherwise the Wigan lineup is the same as last week.


Is Tindall better under a high kick than Broadbent? With the weather being what it is, that could have played into the decision. Reckon there'll be a lot of bombs to the wingers.

He seems a good lad. I just took that comment as a young player trying to create a strong message that he's here to get a spot at leeds.