What did Lauititi do to get binned and potentially banned? I didn't think that was possible these days as you can't be sin binned for foul play.

The BBC match report listed Lauititi as sent off, so that's the source of the confusion, I think.

Had a fight with Mason (I think) and they both got binned.

Rayleigh IIRC

Ali was getting up after the tackle when Raleigh started swinging then the usual 20 man huddle and Raleigh and Ali in the bin.

Thats the 1

I wasnt there but have heard from people who were that it was actually Bailey that threw the punch Ali was binned for!?

I was there. There was some niggle in the tackle and Ali Lashed out whilst on the floor. When he played the ball he and Raleigh squared up and exchanged punches. Raleigh threw the 1st so both players sin binned and penalty Leeds. There will be NFA, IMO.

As for the premise of the original thread I thought the consensus of most on here before a ball was kicked was this was Leeds "greatest ever squad" so why the panic?

FWIW, we will be very, very thin on outside backs. Hall also took a heavy knock and wasn't right. His leg was bandaged up during the game. Delaney isn't 100% either but he gave a good effort.

Bailey is a liability

Not the case. Raleigh threw the 1st one & then Ali retaliated. Handbags really as neither landed a good one on the chin.

Why?

FWIW, he had an immense game today and was easily our best prop.

We've been the same mate, wello, gardner, gidley, lomax, KC, flannery, wilkin, ashurst, tony p, soliolia all missing games so far and few more knocks picked up on friday.

Them grand finals must take a lot out of them

Yeah, he was also the second gunman behind the grassy knoll back in '63

Amazing how a fight between Raleigh and Ali can be the catalyst for a bit more Bailey-bashing. Like G1 says, an immense game today...

Hey I wasnt there dont shoot the messenger

When you log on to Southstander you have to understand that what the players [iactually[/i do on the pitch has little to do with the agenda's our idiotic fan base post on here.

bailey indeed was superb today and i thought JP had a better game than recent weeks.

Did JP do the full 80? don't recall him going off...and yes he too was very good today

again though a very quiet game from mr burrow. been a while since you came away from a game buzzing about his performance.

Yes, I think he did do the full 80 and still looked the most likely to break a tackle in the last 10 minutes, a top effort

Indeed it is ... The Admiral is breaking his own cardinal rule of actually believeing the always-accurate BBC match report as gospel.

Thanks for that, knew there was another one ....

Is the bad news for you is that Francis Meli ISNT injured ?

Not too concerned by our slow start.
We will have to get through a tough few weeks with the present injury situation but this can have a positive effect later in the season. Players who have played fewer games could be fresher later in the year. Bradford in 2006 were near the bottom of the league around June IIRC, but injured players started returning later in the year and they finished the year as Champions after a great run of wins( cheating the salary cap helped aswell!).

Poor recruitment over the last two years is why we are in this position.

From what I saw there was some niggles in the tackle Ali got up and said something to Raleigh which he obviously took exception to and swung at Ali and missed by a country mile so the big fella retaliated.

God only knows what Ali said but it must have been something rather inflammatory to provoke such a raction.

Much kudos to both Bailey who was outstanding and JP who put in a full 80.