won home and away on sky this year, think we really need to beat leeds this week if we are to be serious contenders, must admit fancy our chances this time but think winos will be up for the game, buderus in rle says they are really forward to the game so i should imagine leeds will be fired up for it.

Must say, the Huddersfield fans are impressing me at the moment. Have a very promising good team with strong squad, and not getting carried away at all. Recognise the qualities of other and are grounded enough to assess your own chances accordingley.

Unlike that set of 5h1tehouses down the M62 at Wakefield, who believe one swallow makes a summer, and are offended if people do not rave about their wins. Then wonder why they are not regarded as ambitious, and have small town mentality.

One swallow would make my summer....



Incidentally the referee on Sunday is Richard Silverwood.

If the rhinos had fire in their belly for this one they now have a raging inferno!

I think the rfl have stitched hudds up a bit here

Having Silverwood could go in our favour though cos if the Leeds players are thinking its their chance to wind him up and give him some more hammer he may just decide to treat them like the arrogant gits they act by penalising em and not taking any of their cr@p !!
We'll see though

Can't see the ref having much of an impact on the game. The game will obviously be played using "the English rules" so the PTB will be quicker by far anyway. Think that was the main issue we had with him after the WCC. We shall see. I just hope, like everyone else I would imagine, that he doesn't spoil what should be a really good game.

Just on the subject of advertising, there is none around the city centre. I come in every week day for Uni and was a little bit dissapointed by the fact there seems to be no mention of it. But it doesn't sound like a suprise to you lot, unfortunately!

TBH I think something has been said about the number of penalties been given for holding down ect cos last week for example not many at all were given in any of the games.

I think the refs have been told to let the game flow a little more where possible from what I can tell.

so first off your wrong about the pen counts as you said all the games. quins gave away 12 pens 10 for holdng down.

second. Letting the game flow is only possible if teams don't hold down for too long! I think the refs have told teams push it and you get pinned.

quins got mullered for trying to slow Leeds down. I expect hudds to try and do the same. If hudds don't slow Leeds down I think it could be a long night for you lot. If you conceed 12 pens I can't see you winning.

A season where the refs want a quick ptb does not fit hudds style one bit. you faded away towards the end of last season when the ptb was the slowest it had been for some time. I predict the same again for you this season(a good cup run could again be your undoing)

The biggest factor in our fading at the end of the season was injuries to key players, not refereeing.
The style that fits ALL sides the best is to slow down the opposition whilst getting a quick PTB yourselves and this is as much more to do with your own technique than the referee. In other words, it could be a tough night for you as well if you don't slow us down. It's a pretty obvious statement.
Our biggest problem with the bigger games in recent times has been a mental rather than a physical one but we are showing signs of overcoming this issue.

It is all set to be a real cracker and will hopefully end up being one.

I thought that internationals were supposed to be the best players playing the best game they can to show the world what a good game we have. These international rules (hold down for longer) do nothing to promote our game internationally - it just makes for a slower game with less flair and a lower scoring game

Well that depends, doesn't it. Who gets the quick ptb; us or the opposition?

TBH, I think the same applies to any team because they should be looking to gain an advantage wherever they can. Leeds are quite nifty at slowing the ptb of the opposition themselves.

What planet are you on.

Every time I saw Leeds last season they spent the entire game holding down. Far more than the Giants. The Giants holding down debate was started by a number of inadequete coaches trying to explain why their teams were turned over by the Giants. Every team does it and Leeds and Sts were by far the worst last season.

It will be a long day for Leeds if they carry on with their prima donna attitude in questioning every refereeing decision that doesn't go their way

Your comments about the end of our season show your ignorance of what happened at our club and your desperate need to bag us. Many Leeds posters are fair minded. They applaud a team that gets to a final and finishes 3rd. They are perhaps Leeds fans who have supported their club long enough to remember many years when they would have seen a cup final or a 3rd finish as a real achievement.

A few years ago when the Bulls dominated the game there were probably a few moronic Bulls posters on the Leeds thread arrogantly lecturing them on tactics - twas ever thus.

Well said that man, this game should be a corkcer lets hope the ref has as little influence as possible

Judging by some of the comments on here and on the Leeds board it appears to me that some Rhinos supporters have had their head in the sand and think its still 2004 where they are far far superior to us.
some of you Leeds lot need to take your anti Huddersfield specs off and realise we arent a pushover side, we arent a skill -less side, we arent a slow side, we haven't got weak forwards who can be bullied anymore we are , like it or not - a bloody good rugby league side who take some beating !
i actually think you need to lose your arrogant 'wer'e better than you, you wont have a chance, it will be a long night for us, we wont catch Leeds' players' attitude and get to the real world of 2010 - it is quite possible that Leeds will need to play a blinder to beat us going on current form, that Leeds' forwards will struggle against ours, Leeds' backs wont get anywhere near ours etc etc.

One thing i do know is that is should be a cracker !

It really is going to be a belting game and I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully it'll be a nice day and quite mild as well 'cos I'm bloody sick of all the cold now.

thats who i am referring to !

Just like a tramps overcoat always on

Oooo look at you? Your a bit touchy arnt ya? time of the month? untwisted ya knickers and take a deep breath.



Leeds are just as good with a quick ptb as slow. The best quality in the Leeds team is it's abaptability. I feel hudds rise is awesome, i love your coach he is as good as any in the comp if not the best. you have very good young players a older ones too. I just feel that when the pitches firm up you might find it tougher than last year. Hudds were just as good as Leeds and saints at the ruck last season, you are very skilled in this area but you could well end up on the end of some heavy pen counts which makes it very tough to win. managing the league and cup games and the injuries that come with extra fixtures is one of the hardest things about making the step up to the big boys. even the best teams have struggled with this.

no doubt hudds are a good team, it will be a great game that can go either way. I just feel if both teams play their best Leeds always win. if Leeds are not at their best and hudds play well, it could be your day. Leeds need to be at their best no doubt.

Its always a few arrogant numpties that spoil the pot isnt it.

Ah well.

Hopefully it will be a tough, exciting game with the Giants coming out on top, even more hopefully I want the ref to be even handed in his reffing

and then you post



I think it's you who is a little arrogant perhaps. And a few of you seem very wound up already and plenty touchy. this is obviously a massive game for you guys as it's a real bench mark game for your club. as a Leeds fan I see it as a must win, for me these games are 4 pointers even at this stage. As a bunch of fans I see you talking the talk but your defencive posting would maybe suggest you don't quite dare believe it yet. you can find my posts on other threads where I defo big up your team.

Why should it be a "massive" game for us, 2 pts at stake but only 6 games into the season, I personally think it's just that some Lids supporters like to show their arrogance and think all "Lids" games are everybody else's biggest game of the season







And by the way I do believe we're a good team
and
I do believe that even with 5 1st team regulars missing through injury we'll not only give Lids a good game but possibly send them home with NIL points.

who is your biggest game against then?

Full strength Leeds v Injury ravaged Hudderfield...