Fortunately, no improvement is required for next week.

Just what's he been doing all pre-season then ? Surely that's the time to sort out if your team can do the 'basics' very well or not.

And if they cant, which the first four showing of the season tend to suggest that they can't, why-the-hell change to team's game plan to something that requires immpecable basic skills ?

I wouldn't be so sure, remembering how easily Salford turned us over at home last Easter ?

I don't even think we had more biff and bash. Good defencive effort in first 10 mins but that's it. I seem to recall a interview from one of the players saying they are doing alot more work with the ball in hand? Doesn't show on a weekend

The Harlem Globetrotters would be struggling to play with the ball in the way we seem to want to at the moment. It's no good scoring one or two tries per game of sensational plays, if we concede three or four off them when the ball goes to ground.

Check out the handling errors and missed tackle stats from tonight, if you have the stomach for it that is. It's not rocket science to play to your strengths and frankly at the moment we are doing anything but...

I have a 9pm curfew unfortunately as a result of a rather unpleasant incident outside Oceana in Leeds.

So you'll be hoping for a half-decent kick off time at The Stoop in August ?

I think Leeds could rack up 50+ points next week...

... they could concede 30+ points though

I'd much rather win 20 nil than 50 - 30, but I we don't have a "nilling" in this team at the moment, unless it's someone doing it to us of course.

it's could be like the [url=http://www.sportinglive.org/rugbyleague/reports2001/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/01/05/18/RUGBYL_Leeds_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=huddersfield&HEADER=&YEAR=2001good old days[/url

Get used to it. Until Kylie, JP and Mags come back we're going to be the whipping boys. Happy viewing vs Saints and Wigan thats for sure. 3 of the 4 first choice props are injured what can seriously be expected. You take Morley, Carvell and Wood out of the Wire side along with a couple of first choice back rowers + Briers and hey the result would of turned on its head.

Harsh on your lot, but then I suppose it is an easy excuse to make for a Leeds supporter who isn't used to losing. You have more than enough quality in your side to be serious challengers for the top berth in the league, but you are coached by a clown. We (Quins) have a worse side than last season, yet looking to be faring a lot better, even at this early stage. Player by player, we are well down on your squad, yet we still turned you over. Big problems at Leeds, IMO.

When we have a full squad yes. But come on, without 3 first choice props its hard to win the forward battle. Kylie had been outstanding and was the saving grace prior to injury.
You lose the forward battle then your odds on to lose the game right? Well line up our pack to the Salford, Saints, Wakey and Wigan - how many forward battles will we win?
To combat that we need to be playing error free rugby. Churn out the sets and capitalise on the opposition errors. Unfortunately Brian Macs style isn't allowing the squad to do this.

We have Danny Ward as one of our starting props. Even your reserve props outshine him.

Hes playing in totally the wrong position for me. He does his best work at 13. Surely our coach can see see this. Id move Webb to 6 and Jones- Bishop to FB. Try it for the Salford game to see how it works

The worrying thing is the club had the whole of the close season to decide how best to cope with the long term losses of M c G uire and Peacock ! ! !

Playing the pack leader out of the pack and letting Peacock's long potential term successor move to Harlequins while holding onto Kirke seems less than inspired.

Is there nobody in the academy who could have been given his opportunity to step up to the no. 6 position if Webb is apparently not considered good enough in that position ? ? If not why not ?

I have always looked forward to the games against Leeds. Last years cup final though I thought you were very disappointing but thought "ah well, we all have our off days". Yesterday afternoon I watch your U20 completely outplay the Wolves U20 and thought, this is more like the Leeds that were 3 times champions, should be a good game tonight.

But then....oh dear oh dear. For some reason there seemed to be a lack of commitment and ideas from your players. To go 8-0 up early in the battle should have given them a huge boost (especially against a Wolves side also suffering with injuries, the loss of Morley in the pack and stuffed full of youngsters) but they seemed to switch off.

I obviously don't see Leeds each week but from what I have seen this season, it may be a while before they are once again the feared force they once were.

You are wrong being coached by a clown would be bad enough but at Leeds we have a double act of McD and Lowes its like having the Chuckle Brothers in charge. Totally clueless.
Lowes for Poching who got the best of that deal???

Is the answer nobody?

It's funny because its true.

He's right though isn't he? Take the three best props and half back out of any team and ask them to go to a title challenger and I expect a similar result. Especially as our defeat was caused by being too expansive but as we couldn't take them on we have to try and go around them.

Not that I disagree with your assessment of our coach btw. What's interesting is many posters on here hated Tony Smith and gave way too much of the credit for our early successes under him to his "genius" assistant, Mr McDermott.

I watched an excellent BBC4 documentary on Bob Monkhouse that I'd Sky+'d earlier ...

Peacock, Leuluai...

Who is the other prop?

TMFMISL

...waits for the inevitable response from "keith".