your line defence can be as good as it wants, but getting over the line once with a 15-5 penalty count is frankly pitiful,

Hull KR looked no threat whatsoever going forward against a team which was losing players, not starting at full strength, and getting caned in the penalty count

if you switch those penalty counts around, Leeds would have put 30 on you

i would expect any team, challenging for the playoffs, to win any game they have a 10 clear penalty advantage

I agree, but we hardly had a prolific attack last year. It hasn't got any worse and I honestly think we'll see an improvement when we aren't playing teams like the mighty Leeds. My point was that our defence is considerably better than last year which makes us better than we were last year.

not if you are offering less going forward,

Did you actually read all of my post?

yes i just disagree with you,

i thought hkr were poor, so were we, i think most teams in sl would have fancied thier chances against that performance

How can you say Leeds were missing Eastwood? He's never played for them



I also don't take in to account that they missed Buderus either, how many minutes has he played for them? Hardly a regular.

Or as my father in law said in his text to me 'thats why we're champions'

They are part of the squad though, they were recruited for the 2009 season so if they don't play they are missing.

Buderus yes but certainly not in the case of Eastwood.

They planned to have him, therefore as he is not here they are not weaker as a result, same with Crocker/FC etc.

Had they known he could not get a visa they would have made another signing, so right now they are missing a player.

All the players I mentioned would be in the first team if fit and available

Not sure what you are getting at?

Has Eastwood been part of Leeds matchday plans/tactics for their 3 games this season?

Whats that got to do with it? neither has Webb or Burrow because they are injured, does that mean we do not miss them?

How can you miss Eastwood when he has never played for you

Is this a fact or made up like your claim that Sinfield spat at Bentham?

Because he was a direct replacement for Gareth Ellis (one of our best players for the past 4 years), It's not rocket science.

Tell me who in super league wouldn't miss a world cup winning player?

So by that summat baffling logic, we're missing Todd Carney

Yes. You planned your 2009 squad with Carney as an integral part, you will now be looking to replace him won't you?

Possibly but you cant miss what you never had, never thought id see the day when i was agreeing with KR fan

But you never released a world class stand off to accomodate Carney. You released a bit part playing fullback to accomode a true stand off.

Leeds as referred to above, released GF winning International second rower to accomodate world cup winning Internation second rower. Therefore they planned their team around him.

You planned your team around Eastwood ?

You can't miss him from last season but he will be missed from this years squad as the coach will have made plans for the team wih him in, especially with him playing in suh a crucial position.

Nah, we're an "off the cuff" team this year




Seriously, i can take that point on board re planning around him but since he never stepped foot in the country and in my opinion he was a doubt anyway with his off field activities, id be very surprised if we aint been working on Brown/Robinson combination all winter anyway

Nick Scruton? They let him go and haven't replaced him.

I really enjoyed watching the game. Fast paced, plenty of breaks, some massive hits, good atmosphere, game decided on the roll of the dice. Sometimes I wonder what fans want?!!