Why on earth was Hurrell brought in for the Bulls game? Ridiculous decision by the coach (who doesn't want the job but secretly thought a win v. The bulls would be a feather in his cap)

The neutrals in the stadium will be baying for Leeds blood.

I'm absolutely dreading this game.

Alex Sutcliffe was getting multiple congratulations from fellow players on his timeline and isn't in the squad for Fev's game, so it sounds like he might be in the 17. From what I've seen at Fev, he doesn't look like a SL player at this stage of his career in attack, at least at centre - he might if he is able to bulk up and then focusses on being a back-rower - but his defence at Fev has been excellent. He's only 20, of course.

Both McLelland and Trout in 19s today.

Good. That means L. Sutcliffe won't be in the 2nd row. Just need to drop C. Smith now.

Good to hear A. Sutcliffe can defend. Just what we need.

Actually, we could start A. Sutcliffe in the centres. Try Watkins in the 2nd row again, and play Dwyer at Stand Off. Not too different to when Joel played there.

Assume the means Sutcliffe back to half. When will this club ever learn. The perseverance with that utter rubbish player goes beyond a joke. They keep talking about solving problems, and don’t see that ever since he came into the first team we have gone backwards. Only time we turned it around is when he was out injured.

I couldn't agree more. What's his best position?

Fullback? Nope
Centre? Nope
5/8? Nope
Second row? Nope

I just don't think he's good enough for SL to be honest. He's used as a utility player because we have no idea which position he plays best in.

Yep...he’s had so many chances at HB you’d have thought someone at the top would have realised by now that he simply isn’t a HB and never will be.

It’s like someone is so desperate for it to work that they keep going back to him even though they’ve tried him there and then moved him to centre/full back/2nd row/HB again and so the pattern continues....it’s like Groundhog Day.

Slap in the face for young McLelland. He gets 2 games and then gets axed whilst Sutcliffe has been tried and failed so many times at HB

Sutcliffe at SO seems like Sinfield is picking the team as he's the only one that thinks he has a future there along with Myler as his half back partner ffs.

To be fair Agar wouldn't be the only coach to go for the 'safe' option of Sutcliffe. The thing is we're well past the point of safe being right. It may pay off vs London but its only a matter of time before Sutcliffe disappears again and we have to give McLelland another go anyway.

Never be surprised by the conservatism of coaches.

6 penalties given in 20 mins, ball stolen off smith , daft offloads , talk about killing yourself

Nothing new. They are a rabble with a garbage caretaker coach

Can’t fault the effort here at least. Plenty of that, and desire. Just stupidity and poor kicking. How many missed tackles has Oledski made in that last 10 mins though?

Another brain dead half of rugby. Good job London are so poor.

Its garbage against garbage , sign a halfback or two would be a start . You would think 10 points up would bring confidence but all it brought was stupidity .

The continuing stupidity is bizarre it really is. I suppose that is down to the poor calibre of players we have.. they just never learn

I get what you're saying regarding effort but conversely all the penalties are down to real laziness.

i can pick out loads of lack of effort in that half , just watch closely or watch the game back after . The most glaring was Suttys laziness to get square at the play the ball .

Look fragile again, they score first this half and can see us collapsing again, we looked like we were hanging on last 20 mins of that half. Need a big second half and really strangle the life out and of them and put the game out of site, but I cannot see us pulling away, if we can and win think it will be very very close. We are an awful Side.

The loñger games go on, the more we get into 1 man out , headless chicken mode. 1 thing among many that does my brain is how often on 4th tackle , we do a 1 man drive and don't try and move the defence about.

I'd be outlawing offloads in your own half and pulling the next player off the field who conceded a stupid penalty. They only need to cover the basics and they'd be physically too much for London.

Evidence again how poor London are. Just play the game at the right end, complete high and work hard to stay honest ie no pens.

Too much common sense there. It comes from leadership in the team of which there is none

London’s game plan clear. Kick to Briscoe. Complete liability, and we have still not sorted this issue.

Its so clear as well Gotcha.