Another coach picking names over form , thewlis should have started plus Robson was the best forward in both trial games , aggressive in defence and carries hard , none even make the bench

Another reason I wanted Thewlis over Charnley. Much better at the kick defence. And quicker.

This has embarrassing loss written all over it.

Crying out for a destructive prop! Even down to 12/11 men Leeds making 60/70 meter’s downfield compared to our 25/30 struggling to get out of our own half. We need more from the pack in this second stanza..

I’m going give Powell time but these signs are not good as we’ve been dominated by a team with 12 men and with 11 at one stage.Poor is an understatement.

We just look weak, ineffective and second best at everything.

Well dug in
Leeds fans tears are salty

What a time to run out of Harveys Bristol Cream

I think we just used one of our ‘Get out of Jail free’ cards..

Mark of a good team

As bad as that was, just remember under price, we'd probably not be anywhere near to almost lose a match like that, for the most part

Never in doubt.

Make no mistakes, best team lost, but if we can play that badly and win then we’re only going to improve and things will get better.

So glad Powell is honest about it in the interview. Better than the old ‘I know what type of a team I’ve got here’. He’s not happy with the performance, but happy we found a way to win.

As others have said, we did not deserve that.
Leeds were the best team in far too many departments.
In the end the extra man was JUST enough.

Forwards an issue.
A few silly penalties.
Dont think too many of our players would be too happy with that. Some basic skill errors cost us 3 tries.
Hope Daryl is ok, but I guess we wont see him Thursday.
Walker did ok though. (Dwyer created mayhem though).

There is character in the team and that is good to see.

Leeds effort was excellent and they will have a good season.

I thought we looked much more incisive when Walker was on, Clarke looked a bit rusty, and Walkers deep kick from dummy half swung momentum. But we certainly dodged a bullet, and were fortunate to win.

Charnley will do well to retain that right wing berth.

Our last match under him, was a 0-19 hammering, where we were lucky to get 0.

Maybe we've got a touch of the old Dunkirk Spirit about us, now.

Never drop a try scorer, even if my dead granny could've scored both

Clark was out of sorts. Walker wasn’t perfect but provided much more energy and speed of distribution. Hopefully it’s a one-off from Clark, as he rarely has a bad game.

One thing I found really interesting is that Pryce (I think) or Amor was tipping Walker to be the England hooker come the World Cup.

Regarding Charnley, Thewlis could easily have scored both those tries and probably defended the Leeds try from the kick. He’s also handy if Ratchford gets injured mid-game.

Wrench, despite the mistakes, looks a potential match winner.

“The best teams don’t get beat.” (Paul Cullen)
Moral victory though for Leeds.

Wire Saints and Wigan. All 2 points. There’s your 3 for 2022.

The determination & enthusiasm from the Leeds team was immense with every one of them desperate to do their best with every run or tackle & it made a difference to both teams yardage gains. Dwyer caused all sorts of problems.

Entertaining game which I suppose is the most important thing, what with the C4 rollout.
Congrats on the win, neither side was great but all the signs were there that both will get better.

We looked like a collection of players rather than a team, I really thought we would be better than that even though a fair way from the finished article. As everybody else has probably said we look to be one high quality prop short with both Bullock and Mulhern ( still) looking like interchange props. That is going to come home to roost when we meet the likes of the Catalan and Saints packs.
I thought Leeds showed far more grit, determination and energy than we did. Wrench provided the money ball for Widdop's try and took his try well albeit against a very tired and fragmented defence but I didn't expect him to make 2-3 schoolboy errors. Pity, but he still looks as though he is capable of becoming a first choice centre.

Hopefully we will see a much improved team performance against Castleford next week then we can get a better idea of our likely standing in this years comp.

No doubt about it we should have buried Leeds with an extra man for an hour and it was an incredible performance from them.
However I will take that.
A lot of talk from Powell in pre season about dealing with pressure but looks like there is still a lot of work to be done in that are as we still look to force things when we are under the pump.
Based on the new concussion rules it looks like D Clark will be missing for the Cas game

I guess it will be recovery, a few skills/drills and practicing the game plan verses Cas, but mainly lots of recovery.
Probably the only changes could be Hughes (if fit) replacing Daryl (head injury) and King (if fit) replacing Wrench (who had a good match today imo except for a wayward pass to Ashton that really should have resulted in a try)

Il take that all day long, had us down for a loss but a win is a win. Still same concerns as others we will get found out up front eventually, unless Harrison and Magoulis bring something when fit. Bentley what to say about him other than Leeds would of better off leaving him at Saints.