Also whoever said Ward was limping last week he looked ok in the warm up! Which is great to see

I honestly don't think we can afford to feel safe until we're mathematically in the clear.

However we are definitely in form compared to our rivals.

Props to your side tonight, the microscope well and truly on this fixture after last weeks’ shambles in Perpignan and you did well not to rise to the nigglefest. There was still plenty of it, you’d think Bird and Edwards would’ve learned!

You showed how to overcome that grubbiness by playing around it and not rising to it. Chris Hill et al, take note!

FWIW I remarked to my old man how much Leeds have come on, credit to everyone involved. We missed a trick not grabbing Lui/Martin had it been possible... now we’re stuck with Matty Smith! As others have said, what a prospect you have in Newman too.

All the best for the rest of the season (13th Sept aside

)!

Cheers, lets hope for both clubs the game at Headingley is a dead rubber, well selfishly let’s hope for us it is



FWIW the worst thing you did to Hill was give him the captaincy its made him a worse player which is a shame

You wouldn’t find many of us who disagree there! Need a calm head like Daz Clark. Hopefully Widdop next year. Anyway, I digress.
All the best.

Pleased with that tonight. Team is still miles off but hopefully has turned a corner now.

Lui and Rhyse Martin have added to the squad and we look to be heading to safety now at long last.

I think there is still room for improvement in the team, but there is clearly a real team spirit now. Defensively we look a different team to the one of the last two years. 1try conceded in 2 matches is a testament to that.

Not safe yet, bit we don't look like a team who'll go down.

If results go our way, we'll be 2 wins clear of most teams, and 3 clear of London. And 1 more win would do it

I think we are safe ,but if results go our way this weekend it should make just about certain

The club management has come in for some heavy criticism over the last few months, but the decision to bring in Lunt and let Watkins’s go has proved for me the turning point of the season. Obviously this has proved highly successful.Also giving the captaincy to merrin seems to have worked pretty well. Hopefully if we can pick up some more victories, the season will end up on a relatively high note. The playing squad seem happy within themselves, which may have an influence on the appointment of the next coach. If an experienced test player like merrin goes to Sinfield and says this agar bloke is a good coach he may be awarded a permanent contract. Or assistant coach to the new incoming coach. It’s worth remembering that agar inherited this shambles. So he is blameless on that. I note that the Warrington coach who was the new messiah is no longer flavour of the month. So they may well be looking out for a new coach, especially if they get a good Wembley thumping.

Great effort from the boys despite the poor refereeing.
Myler went well and lui is the difference without him we had a blip and as soon as he came back on we picked up.
Lunt is fantastic in his early stint and in martin we have a proper player.
Good recruitment by the board credit where it's due.

That was a great level headed performance last night, we didn’t crack and we didn’t bite to Catalans dirty, Grubby tactics, apart from the Singleton incident which I loved to be fair because I can’t stand Kasianos dirty ways. Peteru should get his place back now. Martin was outstanding and with a pre season behind him will be even better, Lui added everything we needed go forward, Kick dimension, pressure, plus more. I hate to say it but with Lui, Myler is a different player, but will it continue? Lunt I personally think is going great, two very controlled and strong starts, I would like to think though if we were throwing a game away or being too erratic, we would bring him back in to steady things, he adds a lot. Ava is easily one of the best props in the league and Cuthbo is trying really hard again. Merrin as Captain is fantastic, Briscoe did really well and as expected he got some serious pasty. All the players played well apart from our two, Singleton and Ferres. Singleton for Peteru and Ferres for Ward.

As people have said, a great performance particularly given singletons brainfart.

We are far from safe though and nobody should get carried away as we have tough games ahead. The key one is to beat London. Do that and then the pressure on London will be too much and they will go down.

Really good to see us backing up last week's great result and performance. Consistency is the key from here on in.

It's great having someone who turns most of the 4 pointers into 6s too, it makes a hell of a difference.

I think beating Saints is the important one, that could mean London game is a dead rubber, I don’t think London will beat either Cas or Catalan

Can't wait to see a back row of Martin, Ward and Merrin.

That was a proud performance, pride in the shirt they're wearing and willing to work for each other. Probably not a top of the table performance but keep that level of commitment and we'll win more than we lose.
All credit to the backroom staff in turning around the shambles of the early season form.
Let's just hope for some consistency in the remaining part of the season

Who goes at 13? I would put Ward there. With Mellor and I would genuinely keep Donaldson he deserves it, in back up and Sutcliffe as utility.

I won't disagree but I was more suggesting the London game should be easier than saints - on paper anyway and if we were to lose to London it's a double whammy.

If we can be safe by the time we meet London all the better I agree.

Wouldn't put ward there, his body doesn't need the workload of a 13 coming back.

Ward is finished, if he does play again this season he will be injured in no time, doubt he will last more than 4-5 games next year. unfortunately for him his body is not up to being a promotional RL player. we need to move him on look eleswhere.

Ward is scheduled to return next week.

Merrin at 13 all day long

This.
A team of:
1. Walker
2. Briscoe
3. Newman
4. Hurrell
5. Handley
6. Lui
7. Myler
8. Ava
9. Lunt
10. Cuthbertson
11. Ward
12. Martin
13. Merrin

14. Dwyer
15. Singleton
16. Sutcliffe
17. Donaldson

Isn’t bad for next season.
We’re probably a prop light there however the size of Merrin & Martin in the back row possibly account for some of that and the work Donaldson does and the utility value of Sutcliffe is invaluable.

We could do with a leading prop being signed for when Cuthbertson packs in. He’s been great for most of this season in my opinion and will be a gap to fill when he finishes.

Singleton still doesn’t show to me the attributes needed for a starting prop.

The halves are hit and miss at the moment. However if we can get a good pre-season into them I’m hopeful they can do what we need. Lui to move us around, Myler to support.

1. Walker
2. T/L Briscoe
3. Newman
4. Hurrell
5. Handley
6. Lui
7. Myler/New Halfback
8. Ava
9. Dwyer should get the 9 shirt but start from the bench
10. Peteru/Cuthbo/New Prop
11. Martin
12. Ward
13. Merrin
14. Lunt
15. Peteru/Cuthbo/New Prop
16. Mellor
17. Crosby
18. Sutcliffe/Donaldson if retained
19. Smith/Oledzski/Mclleland

All that with a pre season behind them and just a few additions and try and promote our young one through as much as possible. Don’t know what to make of Ablett. I don’t rate Singleton, he doesn’t look like a prop to me. But he is still contracted. Could be a strong team.

Unfortunately Ward is in last chance saloon, next season will be the last year of his contract, and I have heard that another season like last season and this season he won’t be offered another contract. It’s a shame but the lad is busted. Every thing is crossed that can be crossed in that he gets fully fit and his body can stand up to a full season of rugby, unfortunately history has a nasty habit of repeating itself and the sad fact of life is that every rugby player will not have a long career in rugby, some have to retire early let’s hope Ward does not have to call it a day.