It has been clear for a while they were carrying a big risk with your top two props at 35 years old. I dont think Peacocks knee will last enough year we need at least two new good props for next year. But I really dont think the Mcdermott has the ability tio say to JP its time to pack it.

Should McDermott tell JP when to pack in?
IMO that should come from Peacock himself or the Medical team. Only Peacock knows how is body is feeling and he made the decision to retire from international Rugby. Prior to this injury he has been in great form, as has Kylie.

Players get injured in rugby league it kind of goes with the territory. It's hardly as if Peacock was walking down the street minding his own business when his knee went or he can't get out of bed for two days after a match. That's the time to retire - not now.

When he returns I expect he'll get injured again at some time in the future and I also suspect he'll eventually decide to hang up his boots but as long as in the meantime he is earning selection I'd like to have him around the team. He's having a fantastic season - when not having to play while carrying a knock.

Was the injury he picked up at Huddersfield on the same knee that got buckled at Bradford in the previous week's match? Shows how important he is to the team that the coach didn't appear able to afford the time for that injury to settle/recover before sending him in to battle again - but perhaps that's a symptom of starting the season with a barely adequate squad and unloading a fit and healthy 1st grade International prop from within it that you used in 32 games out of 37 in 2012 while also not showing faith in the remaining alternatives.

I'd say Brian is under serious pressure now. Although he can always point his critics to the trophy wins he's masterminded.

Not sure if you're serious?

I doubt it with so many injuries!!

He should be under no pressure , he can barely put a team on the pitch at the moment . he is still in credit IMO .

Why would he be under pressure when we are still in a better position than we have been in at this point for the past 2 years.

Fickle fans p*** me off.

That's debatable.

This time last year Leeds were the current World Club Champions and still involved in the eventual money spinner that is the Challenge Cup.

Perhaps McDermott can find a spot in the play-offs where Leeds can avoid facing Huddersfield - currently the best team in Yorkshire - perhaps he's going to need you with a recent record of L, L, L, L, L - and none have been particularly close contests either.

McDermott is just helping out his old teammates Anderson and Fielden (like he has with Lowes and Peacock too) and I'm sure he'll get serious when the games get serious.

So the Challenge Cup game (the fourth of those five consecutive Losses) wasn't serious?

Making the final used to be the biggest single payday to club coffers - I'd be surprised if it still isn't so from a commercial standpoint I'd doubt the CEO brushed it off as easily as some fans seem able to.

He's very generous is Brian. The GF is a big prize, no doubt about that, but still something of a consolation to the big prize.

Any criticism of Brian tonight would be harsh. Leeds wasn't bad, Rovers just wanted it a bit more.

Nice to see you Bruce

...and do you know what leeds last victory against hudds was?

Nice!

Oh, I don't know ...
Putting Hardaker at centre
Putting BJB at full back
Putting Kirke on the pitch
Putting Burrow at DH

... and that's just for starters.

He's a yes man, a face, a person who displays favouritism to specific untouchables, he's tactically inept, in fact he's clueless.

A fair and reasonable assessment , which is easily rectified by BM . Reinstate the aforementioned players to the correct positions and omit kirke.
It's to late in the season to rectify the hooking problem, as a matter of urgency it needs sorting out in the close season.

Does it annoy anyone else that the thread title says 'For the live of...' and not 'love of'...?

It's been bugging me for over 2 years now.

Quite. At one point Sinfield was at hooker, who passed it to Hall at 1st receiver who passed it to McShane at 2nd receiver who passed it to someone else filling in at a position that wasn't their natural position.

At what point does his "innovation" just become madness? It's odd, I know, but even of we win 3 in a row with this coach I doubt anyone on here could convince me it wasn't in spite of and not because of his attempts to re-invent the wheel.

On this forum a few months back, there was a mini-discussion about whether or not McD should be watching videos of the opposition team.
I'm beginning to wonder if he should start by actually watching Leeds games.

He said on Friday that there was nothing wrong with our performance, and that there were a lot of positives.

That would suggest, your last point should be seen as urgent.

[iMcDermott said: “Credit to Hull KR, they didn’t let us play.

“I didn’t think we played all night. I didn’t think we looked in the game for the majority of it, it was only the final stages when we decided to be a bit more attacking and wake up.

“I’d give Hull KR a lot of credit, right from the off they had some intent defensively and shut down pretty much everything we tried.”

McDermott refused to blame Rhinos’ lengthy injury list or any controversial decisions for Rhinos’ defeat.

“There was enough good people on the field to be able to win that game,” he stressed.

“I don’t think we had enough intent or energy for the first 65 minutes, which is what we will look at.

“There were some positives, it’s not the poorest performance I’ve seen, but it just lacked energy."[/i

Yes. Massively so.