My main issue with Rooney is that bloody inside pass he always does!

He's a fantastic support player and is normally the first person backing up when we make a clean break, but when we're about 5-10 metres out he always use the inside ball.

If he dummied it once, i reckon he'd be able to get over as the whole defence wouldn't be ready for it!

He's such a confidence player that if he makes one mistake at the begninning of the match it tends to haunt him for the rest of the game!

Well it's our academy so it would be a great win!

Yes the main area I really think Rooney is a asset is his support play he reads the game well.

lol

We will have to belt it out on Friday that

My men to watch in Fridays encounter are [url=http://superleague.co.uk/statistics_player.php?hs1=2009&hp1=1097&hs2=2009&hp2=1129&stat=tries&season=2009Brad Drew and Ali Lauiti'iti.[/url Both game breakers and both coming off good games last week.

Drew is a thinker, a schemer. He will play and play behind the line and then BANG... He has made a 50 metre break and passed to the support player and you are counting the points. He controls the shape of the Wakefield play and when he is on form, so are they.

Lauiti'iti seems to be getting involved a lot more these days and that is a sign of good things to come for Leeds. He attacks the line and very rarely gets knocked back. He also doesnt get put down very often either giving himself time to promote the ball. 110m and 5 offloads last Friday tells its own story and this with a quiet 2nd half too. When he is on the pitch Leeds look a hell of a lot more dangerous down the right side.

Yeah I have gone for Drew as key man for Fridays game... See link below

Great minds ay

We haven't lost Senior, he's had a knock but is being monitored throughout the week.

McClennan said he was very doubtful and I think he wants to play Ash anyway so he knows who to pick for the WCC.

Not sure I'd be particularly happy with Gibson and Watkins in the centres.

Just to back that up here's the squad for Friday:

The 19 man squad in full is:
2. Scott Donald
3. Lee Smith
5. Ryan Hall
6. Danny McGuire
8. Kylie Leuluai
9. Danny Buderus
10. Jamie Peacock
11. Jamie Jones Buchanan
12. Ali Lauitiiti
13. Kevin Sinfield
14. Matt Diskin
16. Ryan Bailey
17. Ian Kirke
18. Carl Ablett
19. Luke Burgess
20. Ashley Gibson
22. Danny Allan
23. Kallum Watkins
27. Dane Manning

So it looks like a very young backline for Leeds with only Donald over 22 years.

Smith Hall Watkins Gibson Donald

Our centres will be Martin and Gleeson, don't think there is much between Gleeson and Gibson who will be up against each other assuming that Watkins plays on the left again, and as for the other two, it will be a toss up whether it is Martin's experience or Watkins's speed and youthful exhuberance that wins that battle IMO, all in all pretty evenly matched I'd say.

Very young but you can only play what you have. It's not like Wakey arent without problems either. Gibson will be a lot stronger defensively than Watkins anyway. It's just wether he can do anything in attack. He doesnt seem to have the same latteral movements any more.

If cry bady McGuire dose not ref the game as is the norm we have a big chance cant say that I am sorry to see no Burrow hes a big loss for Leeds

Watkins out played Martin in December but that is a long time ago now. He also out played Dalle Courte on Friday. I have no problems with his attack anyway as I think he is the most dangerous back on the leeds team. It's just his defence thats a bit shakey but he's only 17/18. That will come.

Pretty much agree with all that.



If Gibson comes through the game uninjured it's a bonus. We need a big year from him. I suspect this is his last chance to make an impression.

Ganson is the ref so that will not be an issue anyway. Even so, McGuire isnt that bad. Sinfield does most of the back chat to the ref but he's captain and is allowed to some degree.

You've never watched brough and drew paly for you lot then

19 man squads for Friday.

Snitch is named Rooney drops out

Blaymire, Blanch, Martin, Atkins, Demetriou, Drew, Snitch, Wiles, Grix, Obst, Stosic, Bibey, Henderson, Gleeson, Halley, Ferguson, Bibb, Pitts, Blake.

No Burrows or Senior but Buderus in

Donald, Smith, Hall, McGuire, Leuluai, Buderus, Peacock, Jones-Buchanan, Lauitiiti, Sinfield, Diskin, Bailey, Kirke, Ablett, Burgess, Gibson, Allan, Watkins, Manning.

Would be good to see Atkins back in the three quarters to add a bit of strength to the attacking line, looking forward to him getting good ball to Halley, and anything is possible but on last weeks form though Tony Martin will take some shifting from the left centre.

And we need Martin's goalkicking.

Atkins won’t play. It will be the same team as last Sunday.

I dont even know what a paly is, sorry.