nobody's knocked the club everyone says it looks better

This.
The ground and the stands well 3 of them look superb and full credit to the club.
But the atmosphere isn`t as good unless its down to how bad they have been playing when crowds were allowed to watch.
If the team gets better we might see the SS rocking again.
We can only hope.

Pretty much what I think with Sutcliffe and Hurrell swapping sides at centre.

Remember plenty of flat days before the ground was reconstructed. As you say, there has not been much to shout about since the new stands were completed. Winning team will turn up the volume.

"The club chose money over atmosphere" isnt a criticism of the club?

Looks fairly decent. Not sure Martin deserves to start.

Martin needs a few games in his normal position before dropping him to see where his form really is.

and then bang says have to accept it's gone and move on but you wrote it may return . It was a statement of fact not a criticism , Extra seats were needed for extra rl games , a new north stand was needed for cricket matches. Whether the club thought the ss a 14th man they went for extra seats. and now for club games instead of one stand of 'prawn sandwiches' as roy keane would say have two or more accurately 2 halves with an unfilled north stand

Im not for dropping him out of the 17 but feel he hasn't done enough to start.

Lets hopw we come thru this one unscatched and then with Myler and Tetevano back the week after we should look.pretty strong again.

Just stating facts bud.

I like the new Headingly, I think it looks brilliant, I do agree with the comments on atmosphere though, it`s a shame they couldn`t meet somewhere in the middle.

As an away supporter I was always very annoyed when the south stand got going (more than any other away day) on the basis that it obviously got your players going and also the cynic in me with my Red, White and Blue spectacles on always believed it would just add that little bit of pressure onto the Referee to blow his whistle in your favour

Good vocal home support should always give you the edge in a tight game.
It can also put pressure on players who are not performing both for the home and away teams.
At least not many away teams get away with a forward pass when playing at Headingley

The game and the viewing experience has changed in all sports. There are very few old style grounds left now. Oh for the good old days of an away trip to the Boulevard

Even if Headingley is a little different in atmosphere to what it was, I think part of it is that with the building works/reduced capacity followed straight on by COVID, plus the loss of the big Bradford derby and the side not being successful for a good while...

Get the new place sold out and with good rugby on the pitch and I’m sure it’ll be a wonderful place to be (for players too) again.

I agree.I certainly miss the Leeds Bradford derby.

It's so long since anyone has been at a game I think it will sound loud more out of relief than anything when we get full crowds back

Apparently, Tom Johnstone is still suffering from concussion issues, and has been made unavailable indefinitely.

That's not good. Hope he's back soon as he's quality. Hopefully not as bad a wards was

Jeez not good news that. Well good that hes not playing against us but not good for the lad. Hope he gets thru it ok.

Unfortunately he tried to get some fitness back and went on a bike ride and was getting migraines so had to stop.
That is really bad news every time he seems to get over one injury he ends up getting another.
Fingers crossed he gets well soon.

Sounds very much like Stevie Ward then. Terrible really. Long term health is the most important thing. Top player, hope he fully recvers but doesnt sound great.

i would rather he play and score a couple of tries and Wakey win , the guy has had nothing but bad luck and is already a Wakey ledgend and could have been an international superstar (hopefully he still will be ) . i hope he is back soon fit and well but you fear for him like we did for Ward .

Thank you and the other Leeds posters on here for the kind words re TJ. It’s a sad situation for a young man. Let’s have a good game Friday.

Have to agree with Dunkirk.
We may support different clubs but we are united is supporting those who play to entertain us.
Look at the support shown back to Rob Burrow by supporters of ALL clubs.
Get well soon Tom!!