Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:31 pm  

BrisbaneRhino wrote:

The Roosters young halfbacks have gone backwards under pressure and losing confidence. Last night they were both very poor, but they are also very good prospects, and either one will look a lot better when Pearce is back.

Exactly what Ive been saying for weeks!
You cant blame young halves for not playing well when the whole team is below par
If you look back at last year, our halves only had a decisive involvement in probably less than half our tries

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:41 pm  

McGuire's not playing - failed late fitness test. Garbutt and Singleton also not playing, no idea why. JJB starts, Burrow scrum half, Lilley/Mullaley/Walters/Delaney bench.

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:02 pm  

craigizzard wrote:

McGuire's not playing - failed late fitness test. Garbutt and Singleton also not playing, no idea why. JJB starts, Burrow scrum half, Lilley/Mullaley/Walters/Delaney bench.

That's a huge blow. A weak bench as well.

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:57 pm  

Him wrote:

That's a huge blow. A weak bench as well.

Will the problems never cease....does anybody know why Singleton and Garbutt miss out???? As you say...a pathetically weak bench now.

And Burrow at SH FFS....no McGuire again.

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:08 pm  

Two poor teams, I'll take the win, but we were 5hit most of that game, Ablett and Hardaker were particularly below par.

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:08 pm  

Two points but defence was woeful a lot of the time, thankfully Saints were slightly worse. Plus points were Falloon at acting half improved us no end from recent weeks and Sutcliffe looks like he may be the one to take over the kicking duties. Still look lost on the last tackle and in general near the opposition line, McGuire is going to be such a vital player in the coming months.

Oh, and we are we song is getting on my bloody wick now!

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:09 pm  

Well it wasn't pretty, but it was an improvement.

Defence as a whole tightened up (but isn't where we know it can be). Hoping it's just a case of Ablett getting used to defending on the other side. Ferres and Zak I felt were the pick of the team, despite all the flack that was Galloways best game in a Leeds shirt as well. Burrow didn't do a bad impersonation of a scrum half and Sutty went, and kicked well. Even a week looking bench did well, with Mullaly and Walters both playing big minutes and not putting a foot wrong.

The biggest issue is the continuing poor form of Watkins (granted ball was limited). Not to mention Hall.

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:29 pm  

Zac was one of your best players??
He was terrible at passing the ball he just chucks it and hopes there's a Leeds player around and never broke a tackle until the 70th minute his only saving grace is his defence tbh

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:37 pm  

Galloway doesn't deserve the stick he's had on this site. He's not JP's replacement, JP is not replaceable in the modern game. Ferres also, pens apart, good good defensive effort. Not a purists game by any stretch, but Leeds ground it out.

Re: Next up... St Helens. : Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:39 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Two poor teams, I'll take the win, but we were 5hit most of that game, Ablett and Hardaker were particularly below par.

Thought quality was much better than seen so far this season. Defence was quite woeful at times though. Ablett was getting murdered in first half in defence, and Zak was woeful too. Thought Hardaker ran better though today. Handley was superb throughout. Falloon made an absolute massive difference to our attacking game. Thought Galloway put in a good shift.