Tend to agree, Leeds were there for the taking and the players seemed confident to take them on.

Can't recall too many opportunities to take the two tbf....

There's nowt like a Wakey board for a bit of sackcloth and ashes.



You've just won 3 on the bounce.....that's 3 big steps forward. You may have missed out on the points last night, but you put 40 on the champions in their home midden. Not so much as a step backwards more of a small one sideways FFS. And there's a good chance to turn over the Bulls next as well.

Progress, is one game at a time People..... so about Prince William's Coronation you could be giving us a fright!

Less of the false sympathy Billy, you know that you got out of jail last night (especially in the first half.
The upset is because we didn't beat a very poor Rhinos side.

There is some pleaseure however in seeing the Rhinos crown slip down over your eyes and allow you to get battered in all but the final score.
You still have to come and play in our yard though, so we may yet have the last laugh

Defo a lost 2 points couldnt get to the game listned on the net and just watched on Rhinos site.3 trys gifted through poor tackles Mathers did have a brain fart but lets not forget hes been one of our best players so far.Just out of interest heres points against the rhinos at home highest first
Wigan 50
Wakey 40
Saints 31
Hudds 22
Catalan 18
Wolves 18
HKR 16
Manly 12
London 10

Its one that got away but something to work on and at least now Sykes is at half back we can score trys and plenty of them.

We're in lofty company there, although most of them had doubled up after the weekend.
I'm still totally gutted

Just as gutted here in Outwood mate but would have been well happy getting at least close 6 weeks ago.

Just watched the highlights, some of the tries conceded were simply laughable and if had been Trinity who had doubled up it would at least been understandable. The same mistakes and weak defence which have haunted the team over the last few weeks keep occurring with no signs of improving.

On the plus side the attack looked more effective and ruthless when presented with an opportunity to score, although how much that could be attributed to fatigue from Leeds is open tp debate.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching our attack tonight, the structure, depth and dummy runners made it troublesome for Leeds to defend. We looked like scoring on every attack but as you rightly point out you must take fatigue and motivation into account as Leeds never looked like they wanted to be there.

In the same respect, whilst our attack was sublime, our defence was embarassing at times. Lets just hope it gets fixed pretty sharp as it's letting the team down

Should be a good game. The bulls need to win for the 8... they also have a point to prove after the Saints game & seem to stick together whenever we have `bad news`. I wouldnt have thought it'd be a walk in the park for either side though. Ref is Robert Hicks BTW.. & The referee in which we've won more with is Ben Thaler this season.. Non of the above

Kyle Amor and Andy Raleigh were the best forwards on the pitch by a country mile; Paul Aiton was an absolute machine - again; Tim Smith was brilliant.

All very positive signs - must hit the tackle bags this week though and fix up our leaky defence; Hardaker and BJB are hard to stop in broken field, but the Ablett try was unforgivable.

Mr Silverwood is far too easily influenced by Sinfield and the Southstand; his decisions were laughable at times, particularly the forward pass that never was and the 'knock-on' that if true, would have required the reflexes of a rattlesnake for that ball to be played at.

Bring on The Dulls - I fancy us for this one.

I know the circumstances of this game were very much in our favour but you have to be realistic and respect Leeds for fielding a full-strength outfit. Remember their guys won the Grand Final last year mainly through spirit, determination and Rob Burrow so they were not going to lie down especially after their recent run. You'd also have to admit that in terms of power and the pace at which they play the game we would normally not be able to live with them.

So let's give plenty of praise to our team who fought hard throughout, created more than I've seen offensively for a LONG TIME and perhaps didn't get the refereeing "rub of the green" on the night especially with that late, strange but crucial penalty which Sinfield kicked. Yes, we need to improve defensively as at least four of their tries were too easily conceded but yet again we should take the positives: Smith, very creative; Aiton, our man of steel; promising performances by the youngsters, Trout and Walshaw; Fox and Cockayne always very lively; also great to see Ollie Wilkes notch his bi-annual try!

Good support too! (Rhinos fans clapped us at the end!) I've had far worse Monday nights certainly!

Great game to watch but got to say im very disappointed coming away with a defeat. They have some superb individuals but last night they were there for the taking and we blew it. Not blaming the ref at all if we didnt make individual errors we'd have won. For me the turning point was when Mathers made a massive howler and let JJB in. He made a similar error last week too, fortunately that didnt lead to a try. Maybe he should spend less time on twitter and practice defending grubber kicks

Watched the highlights some stuff was criminal. Ali let both Hardaker and BJB walk past him if he'd been at jogging pace he would have got an hand on either one of them. Mathers fumble was quite hilarious. Ablett try was school boy like (all like chickens going one way). Ben Cockayne really needs to work on his positional play at times he's in no mans land.

I wasn't there but it doesn't sound like I need to be, that's the story of our season. I have been criticised on here for being negative but the same idiotic errors over and over again, repeated match after match, shows systemic disease to me. Yes, the comeback Vs Hull was very exciting but the mess we found ourselves in, in that game was all of our own doing. Nothing will change whilst Mr Agar is in charge, I am positive of this

17 matches down, absolutely zero sign of it yet; some lovely passing and support at times, I hear, packed full of errors...every match this season except London at home, which is ironic considering the conditions. That was the dull yet solitary 80 mins professional performance this season.

For me it's not the position we are in, it's the way we play. Almost every match has 'brainfarts' as one poster put it, dozens of them. I don't expect perfection. I accept we have come a long way compared to 18 months ago off the pitch, and a little way compared to 18 months ago on it. I truly believe we could be doing better than we are. I said 8th was realistic at the season start and I still think 8 to 10th is where we ought to be...but it is the dropped passes, alarming defensive lapses, crazy plays, bad kicks, passes across your own posts time after time etc etc...fundamental; and fire away that I'm an old moaner, but pro players ought, at least, be able to get very basic RL things right. So..yes, I'm pleased with our progress, but no, I'm not at all happy with how we play.

I've seen enough in the last 4 games and in the games at the start of the season to be reasonably content with how the season is now panning out. I can't see us finishing bottom and I reckon we are building a decent platform to build on next season. Agar must be as frustrated as we are when Mathers spills the ball in his own 20 or when Amor, I believe it was, knocks on from the kick off. I had a grumble halfway through the season but the signs for me are that we are turning it round and there could well be more to come from this team. If nothing else I personally have rediscovered a little bit of the buzz for the game.

Except the last three of course, that we won?

My god, 3 straight wins and a loss by 4 points in the defending champions back yard and your moaning like a damn wildebeast!

It's not perfect by any means, but if you had actually been bothered to peel yourself out of your armchair and actually attend the match, you would have seen some superb attacking play, a few monster hits and plenty of creativity from pretty much all departments of the side. Instead you don't attend and wax lyrical about the teams failings based on replays.

You mention in a previous post that the schoolboy errors will be a feature of our game until Agar goes. Perhaps it had crossed your mind that it's not Agar dropping the ball under the sticks or throwing passes into touch? Perhaps not.

Lighten up, get behind the team and start giving credit where it's due as well as criticizing and you may not come across as such a doom n gloom merchant!

Well since Sykes went to half back we can at least be creative and score trys all we need now is to stop letting them in.

Well said !

I have to ask, these wildebeast, are they well known for their moaning??

I suppose Wildebeast have plenty to moan about, what with the Lions and all.

I have to ask, these wildebeast, are they well known for their moaning??

Depends on whether you're talking Outwood Wildebeest or kettlethorpe (though latter are - technically- more Gnu, one suspects).

I think it's more when they're dying, but still - can't fault a man for whipping out a simile now and again!