The Crusaders squad (from a rough look an on certain encyclopaedic website)
consists of.......

Wales 10
Australia 10
England 3
New Zealand 2
Malta 1
PNG 1
Samoa 1

Make of that what you like. But ten Welsh players playing in the top division can only be good for their international side.

Serious answer, no SL isn't that bad. What you have with Crusaders is Brian Noble, as a coach he has specialised in orchestrating Leeds defeats.

Damo, did you even go to the game?

I was there. We were awful. Poor passes and dire ball retention was our main problem, as has been the case throughout.

Credit where credit is due though, well played the Crusaders, had an opportunity and took it well!

Very true - Brian Noble and John Kear are both examples of coaches who can spot the smallest of weaknesses in any team and then build up their own teams self-belief to a point where, more often than not, they win - what is inexplicable is why their respective teams cannot do it every week ?

Both Noble and Kear have enabled their teams to dominate Leeds at the play-the-ball over several seasons, move up quickly, get in their faces and don't give them the opportunity to throw the ball around, its really simple stuff but it works every time.

But according to other people on this thread [iWe were awful. Poor passes and dire ball retention was our main problem, as has been the case throughout[/i

So that suggests its not really down to Brian noble at all its down to Leeds playing badly?

Well obviously it's both isn't it.

Had we played as we are capable of, we'd have beaten Crusaders regardless of their gameplan and tactics. Simple as.

But we were poor and Crusaders, to their and Noble's credit, got it spot on.

Lets move on, bring on Wire.

You have got Warrington next week?



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If your team can't beat a side like Crusaders (at Leeds) then I shudder to think what will happen against a half decent side like Warrington

Yep, that's the way it works isn't it Barry.

Not always Jonny.

But you would have to think if a side like Leeds can't beat a side like Crusaders... at home... then a side like Warrington will give them a good flogging.

But RL is a funny old game Jonny.

We can never tell can we.

Short memory eh?

Friday, 14 May 2010
Leeds Rhinos 26-16 Warrington Wolves

as I said

RL is a funny old game.

Is it 5 overseas players you have now gutterfax? or less?

No, that's football I believe

And RL if a team like Crusaders (who shipped 50 points against Harlequins) can put 30+ points past Leeds

Is it 5 overseas players you have now gutterfax? or less?

Howell
Temata
Williamson
Dorn
Randall

Yesterdays squad

Harlequins RL squad
Bolger (London Trained) , Bryan(London Trained), Clubb(London Trained), Dorn, Ellis (HKR cast off) , Howell, Krasniqi(London Trained), May(London Trained), McCarthy-Scarsbrook(London Trained), Melling (English) , Mills(HKR cast off), O'Callaghan(London Trained), Orr(English), Purdham(English), Randall, Sharp(London Trained), Temata, Ward(HKR cast off), Wilkes(English).

Now now, reasoned facts have no place in RLFans, you should know that.

Knee Jerking, rumour and misinformation is the RLFans way.

And in just one post you have summed up perfectly why Harlequins are where they are on the ladder.

Excellent progress from harlequins there. 8 home grown players playing yesterday bodes well for the future.

P.s. gutterfax, your the joint most english team in sl

Well done Crusaders, great result.

I've a question for Gutterfax -
of these english players that quins have brought through, how many different amature clubs are they from? How big is the "grassroots" network that breed these young london players?

I ask because if its widespread then, given the size of greater london compared to traditional RL towns and cities, there's potentially a big pot of players down there to be looked at. Wouldn't it be something if northern clubs were regulary sending scounts down south in search of talent.

www.league.quins.co.uk/news/11894.php 7-11's this weekend-fairly well spread out Wests appears to be the focus area as it is close to the ground LMS and Clubb are from Grenwich, Krasniki Wests, O'C West, Bolger is at Reading Uni I believe We have about 22 on the scholarship signed up to Quins. Jonesy who runs the development programme (mentioned on Boots n All last night scouting in the midlands) belives he knows of every player in the south who has the talent to make it-his words

www.league.quins.co.uk/news/11894.php 7-11's this weekend-fairly well spread out Wests appears to be the focus area as it is close to the ground LMS and Clubb are from Grenwich, Krasniki Wests, O'C West, Bolger is at Reading Uni I believe We have about 22 on the scholarship signed up to Quins. Jonesy who runs the development programme (mentioned on Boots n All last night scouting in the midlands) belives he knows of every player in the south who has the talent to make it-his words

From here in Northampton, we have two in Quins Academy, three on Sheffield scholarships, and one on trial with St Helens adademy right now. Plenty of player potential south of the M62

This is for your sake.

You are a very troubled man. You had an awful childhood, you have never been loved, and you never will be loved. You don't deserve to be, you made a choice in life and now your only fleeting satisfaction is from occassionally exacting negative reactions from people, since you know you are incapable of exacting positive ones. It must be hard to get up in the morning, being you.

People on these forums have so much unconditional love in their lives, which you will never have yourself, and you are powerless to change that in the slightest - although, poor you, you evidently try your pathetic best.

You are a middle-aged, fairly intelligent, disturbed man, living a pointless existence. You are the victim of a very disordered mind, and you will likely be incarcerated in an asylum for this - although you already are, and forever will be, incarcerated in the prison of your own depressed, disordered, defective mind.

if RL ever breaks the south/s.east the limits are endless for the game.it would turn into a city lead game overnight instead of a town game which would be fantastic.

If you are to believe our coach....then there are scouts from many teams on the M62 who now have a copy of a london A-Z in their cars.....and they have been seen at games scouting young SE talent....