Quote ="asmadasa"Brian Mcdermotts post match comments were disrespectful to the 10,300 crowd and to Wakefield Trinity who every year give it a go and appreciate that they are there to entertain which is what the sport is..entertainment. If he wanted an opposed open training session then tell the sponsor who will have paid good money for the event, the club's paying the players wages, the fans paying the equivalent of £200,000 in gate receipts etc... Trinity had such an opposed open training session at Belle Vue a couple of weeks ago v Hull KR and only charged £1 per person entry not £18. Last season BM put out a stronger team and Rhinos lost then went on to have a very poor season ....change of tactics this year putting out a second team to hide flawes in the squad as there is a lack of depth. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-7644911 The year before in 2014 Rhinos also put out a strong team and won by 50 then went on to a win the treble....think BM is living on borrowed time in 2017.'" Well said. If it is a training session make it £5 entry to all, the club deserve plenty of stick and so does he after producing that after 3 months of training. Time for a change for mine.

Quote ="asmadasa"Brian Mcdermotts post match comments were disrespectful to the 10,300 crowd and to Wakefield Trinity who every year give it a go and appreciate that they are there to entertain which is what the sport is..entertainment. If he wanted an opposed open training session then tell the sponsor who will have paid good money for the event, the club's paying the players wages, the fans paying the equivalent of £200,000 in gate receipts etc... Trinity had such an opposed open training session at Belle Vue a couple of weeks ago v Hull KR and only charged £1 per person entry not £18. Last season BM put out a stronger team and Rhinos lost then went on to have a very poor season ....change of tactics this year putting out a second team to hide flawes in the squad as there is a lack of depth. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-7644911 The year before in 2014 Rhinos also put out a strong team and won by 50 then went on to a win the treble....think BM is living on borrowed time in 2017.'" Well said. If it is a training session make it £5 entry to all, the club deserve plenty of stick and so does he after producing that after 3 months of training. Time for a change for mine.

It has been said before that a major reason for the game is the income it generates in the office season.

If that's really how the club see it and having bearing on the season, they should send the team out to play Globetrotter stuff. Entertain the crowd and keep them coming back. Sure more people would go at the thought of a 60 - 80 point game.

Out of interest, how were the young lads who came off the bench?

I'm missing the point, really? Why didn't you go Sal?

Probably for the same reason I didn't...
Because it's always been nothing more than a pre-season training session and i've got better things to do on Boxing Day.

But don't let the opportunity of a good moan and some faux outrage pass you by.

No, this just isn't on. It looks like the caterers weren't taking the game seriously either. https://twitter.com/big_eric2611/status ... 9345815552 Mac out.

No, this just isn't on. It looks like the caterers weren't taking the game seriously either. https://twitter.com/big_eric2611/status ... 9345815552 Mac out.

Nice Twitter link.

The WF3 based complainant who describes himself as a Fellow Thorper (just like Ryan Hall) is also a fan of Katie Hopkins, Nigel Farage and Stephen Yaxley Lennon (who?) as well as dodgy £3.50 chicken burgers from HQ therefore he deserves everything he gets



I'm a big fan of Twitter these days.

If it weren't for Twitter, I wouldn't have known of the meltdown experienced yesterday by one particular forum member who hasn't posted here for a while.

It's refreshing to know that he feels more comfortable expressing his views on Twitter instead.

Quote ="loiner81"No, this just isn't on. It looks like the caterers weren't taking the game seriously either. https://twitter.com/big_eric2611/status ... 9345815552 Mac out.'" I'm glad we're finally addressing the key issues that came out of yesterdays debacle That's never chicken in that burger

Quote ="loiner81"No, this just isn't on. It looks like the caterers weren't taking the game seriously either. https://twitter.com/big_eric2611/status ... 9345815552 Mac out.'" I'm glad we're finally addressing the key issues that came out of yesterdays debacle That's never chicken in that burger

It's Soylent Green coated in breadcrumbs and then fried.

Spot on post Mark L.
Once again Loiner 81 & Printer sensationally miss the point but then again because we've been successful in the past any old sh*# should be acceptable right?
As for faux outrage & a moan again completely missing the points been made especially wrt the lack of structure & hypocritical response from the Coach.

Quote ="loiner81"No, this just isn't on. It looks like the caterers weren't taking the game seriously either. https://twitter.com/big_eric2611/status ... 9345815552 Mac out.'" Have McDonald's got a franchise at Headingley?

Quote ="loiner81"No, this just isn't on. It looks like the caterers weren't taking the game seriously either. https://twitter.com/big_eric2611/status ... 9345815552 Mac out.'" Have McDonald's got a franchise at Headingley?

Nope not missing the points at all. Merely pointing out people on here are grown adults fully capable of making their own decisions on whether to attend the match with no gun pointed at their head. Let's be honest McDermott could've called it a training run BEFORE the match and it wouldn't have had much effect on the attendance.

Sorry but anyone who thinks yesterday's game and all previous Boxing Day matches, since the birth of summer rugby. were ever anything more than a marketing & training exercise isn't just missing the point..... they're also missing a few brain cells.

That must include the hypocrite Coach then because BEFORE the game it mattered & he refers to last years game more than once as a marker for what then occured throughout 2016.
Also you weren't there flower so can't even comprehend how bad it actually was & that's allowing for the result not mattering or that its a friendly

Just so we are clear no-one went yesrerday expecting a GF winning performance or a 60-0 drubbling full of free flowing International standard RL.
What was served up compared to previous years & allowing for selection pre-season & it being a friendly was 100% garbage from start to finish for every reason outlined.

Welcome to the world of sport. Performance isn't a gimme and teams and individuals have flopped on the biggest of occasions never mind a friendly.

We used to actually win Boxing Day games in the early 80's.

Having been to the match......this is a very accurate report. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-8306454

Having been to the match......this is a very accurate report. www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-8306454

We did indeed.

Boxing Day 1980 lost 2-5 at home to Fev courtesy of a penalty goal to Kevin Dick for Leeds and a Steve Evans try converted by Steve Quinn for Fev. Leeds team that day was Hague, D. Smith, Wilkinson, Heselwood, Atkinson, Holmes, Dick, Harrison, Ward, Pitchford, Eccles, Carroll, Cookson... Subs: Dickinson, Dyl.

Boxing Day 1983 beat Fulham at home 30-6... Tries to Andrew Smith (2), Trevor Clark, David Creasser, Gary Moorby and Keith Rayne and three Creasser goals. Fulham try David Hull, goaled by Steve Diamond.

Boxing Day 1984 beat Cas at home 20-14... Tries to Mark Conway, David Creasser, Paul Gill and four goals to Creasser. Cas tries Ron Sigsworth, Kevin Ward and three goals by Robert Beardmore.

Boxing Day 1985 beat Dewsbury at home 28-8... Tries to Kevin Dick (2), Tony Currie, Andrew Smith and six goals from Creasser. Dewsbury try Chris Mita and two goals from Chris Vasey.

The whole point of pre season games are to get some structure (as well as making money on this one ) sadly structure and Mac do not go together

Although your opinions sometimes act as a useful counterbalance to some of the more negative opinions on here, you may have been better off on this occasion maintaining your silence and keeping what's left of your integrity in tact, as you managed so successfully yesterday.

Even those fans who are the most uncritical, who live, breath and worship the Rhinos... even they are mightily peed off with yesterday's performance rather than the result itself. These are fans who were magnificent last season, who turned up week in, week out, despite the shower of smelly brown stuff being served up and sprayed all over until Segeyaro arrived and cleaned the place up a bit.

The reaction by many to that performance yesterday indicates that the fanbase aren't going to be so forgiving or supportive of the same stinky stuff (or worse) being served up in 2017. They didn't like what they saw... a window pointing directly at 2017... and they certainly weren't expecting the smell to be worse than last season either.

Coming from a guy who constantly criticises the fan base for turning up and calling them sheep etc. then your faux concern is laughable.

You ridicule people for turning up during the season then offer fake sympathy for a pre season friendly. Sorry William I see through your fake concern for others as it's clearly BS just because those people are quite heavy on slating the club right now. The club start doing well again and your opionion on fans will alter again.

...and then he put a team of kids out.



I'm sure it was crap, it was always going to be though as we had 10 players out and more importantly............ the season doesn't start for 2 months!
It's why I spent the morning in bed, watching TV and eating cake.

How many of the players that turned out - can't say played - will be integral to next season - I would say the vast majority of the starting line up only Jordan-Roberts and Aston will not feature. Of the 13 it is likely at least 8 will be in the starting line up come round 1 in the subs Mullally, Walters and possibly Smith will be part of the squad. Not quite a team of kids eh?

If this is an indication of the depth of the squad then it suggests all is not well - but then a number on here have been suggesting that for a while.

Theres a difference between appearing for the team and being integral to the season.

I would say I would expect Watkins, Moon, Hall, McGuire, Parcell, Ward and JJB to all feature in the starting 13, with Ferres and Burrow on the bench. I make that 9 of the 17. Of the subs from yesterday i expect only Mullaley will feature regularly.

Yes they were crap, but it was half a team


Some have been suggesting it for about 7 years

Ward Purcell & Jjb aside given how ineffective inconsistent & pure sh*# last season the rest were it hardly instills confidence knowing what's gonna be added to yesterday either.
Looking at our best 17 as it stands we'll be lucky to get 5th/6th imo should we get 3/4 injuries we'll be lucky to get 8th.

Yes, Leeds were absolutely terrible yesterday... Clueless in attack. I don't think Sutcliffe and Lilley cut the mustard for me.