Shouldn't be too difficult finishing above your lot this season, that'll do for a start, if our academy can beat the Leeds academy quite comfortably like they did on Boxing day we won't be as reliant on them like you look to be

Bless.

As an aside are we stuck with this Cokey character all season?

Took your time didn't you.

Not really, It's the first post that really interested me on here, different to the usual kryptonite some on here come out with, if that helps

Well to be fair you do make it quite simple for him

Are you really being serious?


Oh you are aren't you


No chance will the Wildcats finish above the Rhinos in 2023

Your not wrong there squire, as a matter of interest how old are you

Leeds Rhinos First five fixtures: Warrington Wolves (A), Hull FC (H), St Helens (A), Wakefield Trinity (H), Castleford Tigers (A)

Looks like you will be getting (Nil-Poi) from them games.

Old enough to give and take banter pal



What is it with you Wakey fans and why do you all get wound up so easily when someone calls your club the "Wildcats"?



One of my best friends is a very well respected and long term sponsor of the "Wildcats", sorry "Trinity" and also has a hospitality box in the "Benidorm Towers" complex.
I get invited to Wakey games regularly (when the Rhinos aren't playing at the same time) as a guest of my friend and also have to interact with the guests.
Each home game my friend invites local companies from the Wakey area to attend these games as he/she gets lots of custom from them and they're also nearly all Wakey fans too.
The gig that I play is to see how many replies that I can get from asking Questions like " How do you think that the Wildcats will go this season? or How did the Wildcats lose last week? etc

The number of replies I get that I get that are "We're not the F#cking Wildcats, We're Trinity"
To which I just plead ignorance

mates a junior coach at wakey but is a leeds fan.
he rates applegarth highly and says they have some good talent coming through but they do need to have a good season injury wise. if they can they they should be mid table but If injuries bite they could be in trouble

Congratulations, I bet the nights fly by in your house

I'm not really that bothered exactly where we finish, but a season without worrying about relegation and having some good rugby played while bringing along some of our younger players would be nice.

The only other thing is a win over Sts, or at least giving them a genuine test every time we play them. We haven't beaten them since March 2018, and they are the yardstick at the moment.

I tend to agree that we overachieved a bit last season, but I think most fans are willing to give Smith time to develop his team without having to win something this year.

SAINTS
WARRINGTON
WIGAN
HUDDERSFIELD
LEEDS
CATALAN
HULL
SALFORD
CAS
HULL K R
LEIGH
WAKEY

On the other hand.

St Helens
Wigan
Huddersfield
Leeds
Hull KR
Catalans
Wire
Salford
Hull FC
Castleford
Leigh
Wakefield

If you think you're going to finish 4th after watching that tonight, you're very much mistaken.

It's game one of the season. Long way to go yet.

But it does look rather optimistic after tonight's (lack of) performance.

Leeds will be lucky to avoid another relegation scrap. They will be 0/3 when they face Wakefield in Round 4.

If you think basing a whole season on one game and the first one at that is wise, you’re very much mistaken.

Like last season.
Pumped by every team except Wakey and Toulouse in the first 10 rounds.
In a relegation scrap in the first half of the season.
Short memories some people....

Who was in charge at that time?

Do we still get to the GF?

Obviously not.
That's why we brought in a decent coach.
But some want him out already, after one game.

Ahh, I get you now.

Gotta say I was disappointed with Leigh last night.
Given all the hype and razzmatazz I fully expected them to beat Salford. It was all set up for them.
And Salford were actually quite poor.

I think Leigh will struggle.
Despite all the money they've spent and all the new signings, they're still littered with SL cast offs - Briscoe, O'Brien, Mulhern, Charnley etc. that are nowhere near good enough for top 6.
Did they have some players missing last night?

Did you watch it on this Tv?