Must be lightning then.

Great marketing.

Well, what can I say?

A 56 point humping by Salford is hardly going to get 20000 flooding through the gates on Thursday!

I think I'll cut my grass instead.

Bradford were on the grass tonight if not they couldn't have been so dopey.

We'll probably be lucky to get 15k now after that shambles.

both teams arent exactly firing on all cylinders, but i think you should beat the rhinos

Really not looking forward to this in truth. Can just see Leeds playing slightly expansive and putting 40 plus on us.

Be shocked at 17k +. Today's result kind of screwed the decent 20k marketing campaign.

You didn't watch us today then...

Gotta give young Bateman a go, Whiteheads doing nothing.

Seconded. I'm pleased tbh. Even if i saw most of them in the urinals in the gents



I'm there. Ticket was bought within days of going on sale. I cant wait and expect a pint from Gledhill

Having watched both games I haven't a clue how this one will go. Leeds have better players, Bradford a better coach. Can't wait.

Hopefully we'll be able to rebound after yesterdays capitulation as I've got a couple of mates coming along to witness their first game of Rugby League.

I expect a massive improvement on Thursday and there is no need to tell the players how much this means to the fans. We always seem to step up the intensity during the weeks build up to a derby game and I expect the team to give 110% which is something we didn't see yesterday.

We have four days to teach them how to tackle, how to catch a ball, how to run lines and how to slide in unison. We have absolutely no chance.
It's typical that we would put in one of the worst performances I have ever seen when we have such a short turnaround before the next game.

We are 16 points off of having the worst defensive record in the league, after Thursday I fully expect us to be leading the pack in this regard.

We could be without Ryan Bailey, Keith Senior and Brent Webb if red hall have there say. As well as, Lee Smith, Danny McGuire, Jamie Peacock, Ali Lauitiiti, Ben Jones-Bishop, Zak Hardaker. If so we will probably go with something like:

19. Kallum Watkins
33. Aston Wilson
12. Carl Ablett
3. Brett Delaney
5. Ryan Hall
13. Kevin Sinfield
7. Rob Burrow
8. Kylie Leuluai
9. Danny Buderus
18. Luke Burgess
20. Weller Hauraki
21. Chris Clarkson
11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan

24. Paul McShane
22. Jay Pitts
28. Brad Singleton
17. Ian Kirke

From what I understand, Brent Webb's offence was nothing more than a yellow card, so I can't see him being missing. Red Hall will never ban Keith Senior as he's been allowed to do whatever he wants for about 10 years now without punishment, although that's mainly on the field decisions rather than off it. Bailey won't be so lucky as it's not as if he has "previous record" to help him out.

I hope Ben Cross plays. Mainly because he's a complete waste of money and quota spot places (and it seems quite a few Rhinos agree). Certainly not the best signing to come to Headingley in recent years!

I wouldn't worry about it. You can put your 2nd team out and still give us a spanking.

You seem to be confused. Senior was sent off for flattening that smug git from Saints, disgracefully he wasn't given a knighthood for that, but it was SOS IIRC. Bailey, depite all the hysteria, has never been sent off before. Bailey's SO on Friday was harsh, as was LO'D's. Even if Bailey et al were banned Leeds should have more than enough to stuff Bradford, however I am not expecting it.

I haven't seen what Bailey did on Friday, so can't really comment. At the moment I'm judging it on the fact that most Leeds fans were even slating him for it, which is usually an indication that there was no excuse.

Senior I'm more referring to him running in at fights, obstructing CONSTANTLY and his PTB Interference. The sort of stuff he does pretty much constantly throughout a game but somehow manages to completely get away with. Every now and again, he will get pegged for something when it's so blatant it's impossible to ignore, but generally he gets away with more than any player I've seen.

Again though, I've not seen what he's done this time, so I couldn't possibly say if he deserves to be banned or not in this case.

I do completely agree though that Leeds will be massive favourites for our match on Thursday, despite their recent poor form.

Lightning enough to finish the try.

Bateman gotta play. The lads got some attacking talent, which is exactly what we need.

The SL site had it in its entirety, however it is difficult to see what happens for the full duration. Bailey seems to take Brown without the ball, whether deliberately or he expected him to take a pass is largely irrelevant. Bailey picks him off the ground by his collar & keeps hold, Brown pushes him away a couple of times without success, Bailey gives him a smack. IMO Brown did nothing wrong, unless he said something, Bailey did what any enforcer should do. Don't laugh. There is a minor fray which is nearly over until LOD, who must have been in the changing rooms, arrives like a delayed train to be met by a beaut from Bailey. All hell breaks loose. No-one got hurt. Bailey got SO, Giants myopic fans say he spat at children in the away end, complete tosh as reasonable Giants fans have confirmed. LOD is pointing & gesticulating all the way to the tunnel when he gets his orders. It was nothing, Rhinos fans are concentrating on it as it was the only positive out of the performance.

Hopefully, with Ah Van, Platty and Shad supposedly back, we should line up like..

Kearney
Ainscough
Platt
Shad/Walker
Ah Van
Briggs (I still have faith)
Herbert
Lynch
Disko
Koppy
Walker/Whitehead
Elima
Olbison

Donaldson
Hargreaves
L'estrange
Burgess

With Raynor and [uSykes[/u dropping out of the 19 and Bateman and Whitehead/Shad just missing out of the 17!

Not sure Briggs will get to play again, move Kearney back to the halves and Royston to FB.

To be fair, the way you describe it, I'd still expect Bailey to get a ban, purely based on past record. Sending Off Sufficient is often called because the player hasn't got a bad record, but that certainly won't be the case for Ryan. While I agree he's doing his job as the enforcer, you just can't do that in the modern game. Taking someone out off the ball, then picking them up again and chinning them is not the sort of incident they'll just let go.

I think had the incident just been the fight between Bailey & LOD, we probably would just be seeing SOS. But with the whole thing between him and Brown, I'd suggest he'll cop a ban.

I'll have to try and find this footage later so I can have a good watch for myself though!

Oh and I expected the whole "spitting at the crowd" thing to be b0llocks from the moment I heard it.

What record? This was his first sending off in SL. Or are you referring to his off-field record?