King went well for the couple of minutes he was on!

All the young kids didn’t put a foot wrong at all, a bit gutted thinking about it now we were so close, it’s definitely the way yo beat saints, we really battered them up the middle and unsettled them

To be fair Saints were massively off it too.

Yes but id suggest we made them ‘off it’ by getting into them, it was an impressive performance from us.

Saints were awful probably thought they had won before stepping on the field. A very good effort from Leeds Agar has got together a really tight bunch there.

Great effort I agree though bit of both I'd say

gale got hit every time he kicked it against cas , thought a binning not a big ban

Do we win that game today with Eastmond at half back?

Great effort. Massive credit to Agar for getting that team to perform. Can't really quibble about the red card, but hoping for a small ban or sending off sufficient. Whilst we are short of top class in two or three positions I really do think we are pretty much there or there abouts with Saints and Wigan when at full strength. Pretty dissapointed that Wilkin and Wane couldn't muster up much praise for our performance.

no

Would have won it if Gale had played.

Wilkin looked absolutely gutted that we gave them a game.

Wane is just a miserable sod.

No - much better chance with a fit Gale.

Eastmond has never been and never will be a kicking half back. He is a running and passing threat.

If we had some controlled kicking giving us a chance on a catch etc we could have picked up some more points.

Great effort from the forwards and really took it to them. Saints back line underperformed today but I believe that is because they didn't have their usual platform to work off. Today proves that Saints are not unbeatable,that we have the core of a good side building. We have a way to go but praise to Agar for achieving a close game today when I and most of the people I have spoken too were predicting a cricket score against

Edit: Credit to Dwyer, played out of his skin today and dragged us back into the game, even though I'm not his biggest fan

Dwyer was excellent and credit to the coaching staff for using the teo hookers effectively.

One of the biggest issues ive had over the last few years is the lack of effort and no togetherness and you have to give Agar and Sinfield credit for turning that around

The Tetevano red card may have technically been correct bit where is the common sense? A) I’ve seen plenty of those this season unpunished (certainly not with red cards), B) for me that’s a 10 minute sin bin offence all day long.

Anyway as others have said, you can’t fault what Agar has done with Leeds in terms of grit and team spirit since he took over a demoralised bunch.

Tetevano was committed to the tackle. Sin bin sufficient for mine.

director of football role never seems to work but kev seems to get a lot of credit is that because agar semi temporary can't imagine characters such as wane working hand in hand

According to Wane, 2 backrowers playing 6 and 7 have no excuse for poor last tackle kicks.

A bit surprised we didn't see more replays of the Vuniyayawa KO, since it was a game changing moment. It looked to me like Paasi *could* have been leading with a forearm... Probably not, but Sky would have at least shown a few more replays, especially when the play was paused for ages.

Overall disappointed with the quality of BBC coverage. Sick of seeing Jon Wilkin on every time Leeds play, although it was amusing that he didn't like the BBC showing brief highlights of the various Sts GF losses against us... He's still evidently got a huge chip on his shoulder about it



For all Wane's hard line stance on players making errors, IIRC he was hardly a shining example as a player himself, esp. in a Leeds shirt. I'd like to see what he would have done if forced to play in the halves on the 5th tackle as well! IMO he's a throw back to a forgotten era and I'd rather not welcome him with open arms to Headingley. Sport is about entertainment as well as results.

Wane might have a point. You'd expect poor execution of the last tackle plays. Unfortunately the decision making that went with them was too. For me, that's a big weakness in our attacking game. Were the likes of gale and lui to show a bit more nous it might well rub off on their understudies a bit. I can see why Long was hired, hopefully when players return we begin to see the benefits

Wane explicitly said last tackle kicks.

with 2 extra backs kicking we'd have had 2 less forwards tackling and may have had the expected hammering

Slightly off topic but aren`t we blessed listening to the way Wane, Kear and JJB speak.
And John Wilkin trying to be a smart ar$e.
Then we have the TV presenter pulling out the balls for the home and away teams for one of our showpiece trophies.
No wonder the game never progresses.

Committed or not his arm was by his side and his shoulder hit Theo's head,under the rules it's a red card. Your pack really looked good today,if you can get some backs back and at least one halfback on the park then it's looking good for the playoffs for you

100% this. Agar's plan conceded the lack of creativity (although yes it would have been nice if they'd been slightly more accurate) in exchange for two further forwards who did the battering which kept us in the game.

If we could make Lee Crooks 40 years younger he would have filled that half back/prop role nicely.