Leeds Rhinos’ initial 21 is: Richie Myler, David Fusitu’a, Ash Handley, Blake Austin, Aidan Sezer, Mikolaj Oledzki, James Bentley, Rhyse Martin, Cameron Smith, Jarrod O’Connor, Sam LIsone, Derrell Olpherts, Justin Sangare, James McDonnell, Luke Hooley, Sam Walters, Luis Roberts, James Donaldson, Corey Johnson, Jack Sinfield, Leon Ruan.

Nene missing with concussion. Tindall left out. No Connor for Hudds.

Squad for Friday:
Richie Myler, David Fusitu'a, Ash Handley, Blake Austin, Aidan Sezer, Mikolaj Oledzki, James Bentley, Rhyse Martin, Cameron Smith, Jarrod O'Connor, Sam Lisone, Derrell Olphert, Justin Sangare, James McDonnell, Luke Hooley, Sam Walters, Luis Roberts, James Donaldson, Corey Johnson, Jack Sinfield, Leon Ruan
I would go with the following, although centre looks bleak.

Myler
Fusitua
Roberts
Martin
Handley
Austin
Sezer/Sinfield
Oledzki
O`Connor
Walters
McDonnell
Bentley
Smith

Johnson
Lisone
Sangare
Ruan

those centres

Sorry Mods think I started my thread on the Giants game slightly after Sam.
Can the two be merged?
Out of the 3 I would have picked Tindall over Roberts and Olpherts but he`s not even in the squad. Olpherts must have trained the house down these past 2 weeks.

Maybe now it's warm we might see Fusitua back

I would much prefer to see the back of Fusitua!

Merged Topic as requested guys.

Not sure how I feel about the return of Fusi.

We need him back,if only to keep Olpherts off the pitch

I`m sure they will find a way.
Olpherts wing Fusi centre maybe!

Cracking performance by Hull tonight and their fans still sing we hate Leeds!!
Need to win tomorrow to stay in with a chance of the play offs after Hull`s win tonight.
Good incentive for tomorrow.

Based on our performances so far we do not deserve to be in a play-off position. I think 8th / 9th is where we are. So given that I would like to see the kids given a run of games to help them develop. Especially Sinfield, Hooley, Roberts and Ruan if they gets 4 or 5 games then we can see if they are a prospects or otherwise. Just playing them for the odd game game tells us nothing!

Can’t see us winning another game all season if we play those you’ve mentioned together……

Probably not, but this season is over for us so we may as well give experience to those on the fringes of the squad and see if they can step up next season

I'd take, yet another, humiliating loss if it meant getting shut of the poundland coach and getting a quality one in.

Would imagine if we are defeated tonight might be the final straw for caddick and hetherington.

I would guess so

Getting to the 5 minute mark without giving away a penalty would be progress

I don’t think so, reckon it’ll go till middle of next season now, reassess then after big squad changes…..
That’s what I’d support anyway….

you support mediocrity? Great ambition

Doesn`t look like that`s going to happen and I reckon he will stay until at least the end of this season.
Article below:

Rohan Smith insists he has no fears over his job security despite Leeds Rhinos' poor run of form.
But Smith stated that he has no concerns about his job and that he has the support of Gary Hetherington to oversee the long-term vision they both have.
"I feel pressure to win every game that I've ever coached," he said. "So whatever else is happening outside of here doesn't change me, I'm doing my best and hungry to win, regardless of results.

"We chat every day about where we're at, form, performance, recruitment, retention, how we do things around the place and that's not dependent on last weekend's results. Those chats happen every day, every couple of days and those chats will continue to be had.

"For sure, Gary and I talk a lot and are aligned with what we're trying to create here. There's no issues there. There's always pressure in coaching but no more than I put on myself."
That said, Smith was happy to acknowledge the need to turn around the club's current run of form.

"Massively. Every week we prepare to play this weekend, we're not preparing for the future. The decisions we make on roster and retention and whether kids are playing reserves or going out on loan, they're longer-term decisions but the preparation each day and week is about this weekend."

I agree it's a longer term project, but, the coach has to get the club moving positively in the right direction in the meantime as it creates good foundations and keeps the right mentality around the place. You cannot keep looking to the long term and forget about the short and medium term. LUFC have just learnt that at great cost.

coach who is struggling big time Says he has full support of owner. how many times have we heard that one.

plus what gary says and what gary does are two different things.

Thing is he uses the same tired lines all the time and people can just see through the bull now.

The coach will change if Gawwy starts copping consistent flack which he is.

Lose tonight and its curtains for Smith as the crowd has already soured and it'll be a bloodbath after the game.