Interesting that Sandercock certainly sees him as a 6 and will persist with the defending out wide option. Definitely talent there, think this might be the best plan to optimise his contribution.

I thought the game pretty much hinged on the 1st Watkins try, which was a blatant crossing IMO. Put McGuire in space and he put Waktins over. It was 16 all or 14-16 HKR at that time. After that the scoreline blew out. I think Leeds were just about edging the game and would have won it, but there wasn't much in it.

Thought Dobson had an absolute stinker, but your forwards look like they can match it with anyone this season if they can stay off the physio's table.

I don't think we've seen the best of him yet. He was another Morgan non-favourite for most of last season but came back in and did the business - you never know he might reach his potential at last.

Time will tell - but at the moment he's certainly our best option @ 6 imo. The Lovegrove/Hall defensive swap seems to work too.
With Hall the more attacking ball he gets, the better his contribution is - as you say.

It's a big ask replacing Green, but if he continues in the fashion he has done so far, then we might do reet.

Best plan till we get Blake Green or Ben Galea back.

this is almost conspiracy theory to the level of fahrenheit 911 and the saddest/funniest part of it is you really believe it.

Just a point in isolation, but has anyone ever seen a second rower throw a quicker, longer and more accurate pass than Mika last night?

As a Leeds fan, I thought you lot went pretty well last night, you were in it up until the last 15/20 mins. Play like that throughout the season and I think you will do pretty well

No question about it but we have to turn up with that intensity week in, week out and hopefully hold it together for the full 80. Think we have made the play-offs for the last 4 years running and I cant see anything changing there.

Jesus, where do you buy your delusional juice from?

The fact that rovers were "the best team" for 60 minutes against the reigning champions rather proves the point they were slow starters don't you think?

Hall's problem has always seemed to be a lack of ability to concentrate for more than about 10 minutes at a time. At Hull I really liked him and thought he'd get better but he didn't. i hope he responds well to a new coach and starts to fulfil his potential

That really was amazing! He put no effort into it either! Every time either him of Paea get the ball there is a buzz in the crowd, really exciting players.

With regards to Hally, I think he has to stay at stand off. He's one of the most naturally gifted players in the squad and can really make things happen. He will contribute to more being scored than he will to points conceded. Look at the break he made on the last tackle the put McDonnell through when his kick just skipped dead, that could've changed the game and was a real moment of quick thinking. The longer he plays this role the better he will get and the higher his confidence will be.

Yeah! It was right in front of where I was stood, I thought we could be in trouble as he should be at least be able to get an offload away, but he didn't even make an effort to challenge McGuire, he just happily ran into touch.

Leeds scored after about 4 minutes, would prove they aren't that slow don't you think?

Likewise. He did pretty well on the odd occasion we played him at 6 as well.

just let it go FFS and on the game i was pleased with the forwards thats been our downfall for the last few seasons and welham cost us the game in my opinion bad decision not to pass at a important time

Not really, just that rovers were slower. Sounds like leeds were pretty rubbish last night and still won. They'd have probably lost to a top side

Why? I was just showing chadders that his logic was flawed

Probably so good thing Wigan, Wire and Saints are otherwise occupied this weekend

Indeed, but they rarely put the top sides against each other 1st game up

Obviously you've used your fc back catalogue of the last ten games against Leeds to advise us on how to beat them

Con always fancied himself as a 5/8, and it's a Knights thing that playmakers spend a lot of time working on 20 and 30 metre passes - watch Scotty Dureau for instance - but a couple of guys named Ryan Stig and Jono Ford were team mates of Mika and those guys can drill a 30 metre pass in their sleep (Jono is halfback for the Cook Islands and Newtown - 'the Stig' is second choice halfback for the Knights).

Is it only 10?

Anyway, chapter 1 in the richard agar guide to coaching is "whatever you do, make sure you lose to the bosses team"

Never ceases to amaze me how poor the passing skills are of seasoned pro who earn significant sums for playing rugby