I used to prefer the pull down lever outdoor handles. .. Slip the empty milk bottle over it, ring the bell then take flight.

Its good that we still have selection headaches with 3 major players out. LOng term thinking should see Sutcliffe at SO. If BJB's form is demanding to be selected, then we would likely see Hardaker or Moon there. Hardaker played there in preseason IIRC, I would imagine that was in preparation for this sort of scenario

Think he played there on Boxing Day basically because there was nobody else - other candidates weren't back in training because they had either been involved in the World Cup or were injured.

looking forward to this one now.

we have wigan x2, cas away, Wire away and hull until we play cup quarter final.will be a tough test for us without both regular choice hookers available.

Well that's one option we didn't think of....

Ablett in the halves

Clarkson starts 2nd row, Sutcliffe (and Bailey) on the bench.

Also, no O'Loughlin for Wigan

Jumbo formation

I think you will still win tonight but Ablett won't help you being in the halves can't understand that at all. Sutcliffe looks like a good half back for his age why isn't he playing there?

moon will play there with ablett in the centre. still odd as you say. why disrupt the best backline in the league when sutcliffe can play there.
perhaps when the game has calmed then it will go back to normal

Awesome display by you guys. Fabulous rugby - best team in the league at the moment by far.

So Ablett was no where near halfs.

Thought Clarkson did an excellent job in his first 30mins. Good ball from dummy half, and plenty of tackles. Was just never going to make a run.

As it turned out, it was near enough Clarkson at hooker, Sinfield at 6, Ablett still 2nd row. Then Sutcliffe to 6 and Sinfield to 9 when Sutcliffe came on.

Having played hookerless on defence, it now looks like we're working out how to do it in attack. Worked though.

It was like Nantwich picked the team, but it seemed to work really doors. Probably threw Wigan of their planned defense somewhat I would guess.

spot on

A nice surprise and good bit of kidology from McDermott. Nice to see him keeping Hardaker at FB despite maybe the temptation to switch him elsewhere. ...
Sinfield does look very good at DH though and Sutcliffe seems to be getting good grooming into Sinfield's SO role. Wonder where Stevie Ward might end up?

I might actually be getting some respect for McDermott's coaching abilities

Who are you and where's the real Nantwich?

It wasn't near enough. It was exactly that.

great performance.enjoyed the game.wigan were decent too but we always looked a step ahead on attack and the more likely to break through,I think we could have scored more if it was required but its nice to see us have pride in our defence again.hardaker was awesome.

I will also add before double a hole starts scrapping his barrel at the bottom, the only negative, the bloody awful kicking game.

Yes it worked with the Hall try from Watkins chasing his pressured own kick, but most of the night straight down Bowens throat.

alot of that is credit to wigans excellent defence and line speed.I reckon most if not all other SL sides would have been beaten or taken to the brink by that wigan effort tonight.that we won by 16 points speaks volumes.

Thought Wigan were quite poor to be honest, tough but poor. We should have won that game by 30 points comfortably. We were better in every area but the kicking game. That was where Wigan gained easy yardage to start from an advanced position for their sets. That's also why we took the power play option numerous times.

Another 3 or 4 tries comfortably should have being scored in that second period. Don't think the scoreline showed how much better we were. We are quite a class act at the moment.

Some great stuff from Leeds so far this season.

An 8th Super League title beckons for the team of the decade.

Just watching the game over. The first 'try' from the p*es was a touch dubious. Mcallorum didn't even play the ball correctly.

Agreed, we were pretty bad tonight. I think it's a sad state of affairs when Gelling is one of our best performers tonight (kidding), but just came on to say you guys are looking great at the moment. Easily the form team in the comp. And for the first time in a while I can say honestly without a second thought that each of your 1-5 is better than our current 1-5, and I would never have said that in previous years.

The only excuse I can make is that with the players we have missing, it would be like you guys playing without (their equivalents) Briscoe, Moon, Peacock, Sinfield and Bailey (1st choice winger, centre, prop, captain and bench prop). But you have injuries also so there's no excuse. Good luck for the rest of the season, I'm still confident we'll be good enough to meet you again in some big games.

If you're going to be that pedantic, barely any players play the ball correctly nowadays

To be honest the PTB didn't bother, that Ablett was penalised for nothing In the build up was shocking .