: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:39 am  

Tony Soprano wrote:

I know HKR had a few injuries aswel but Leeds were missing Webb, Buderes, Burrow, lauatiti, Eastwood (if he ever gets here) given the weather conditions and the penalty count I would say it was a very good showing by Leeds.

i thought neither to be honest

i thought both teams were pretty awful, we looked like we did when we had that bad patch towards the early part of the end of season, Hull KR looked solid but had nothing at all going forward bar the one they scored they didnt really look like getting close bar the errors from our side

i think if we had played like we did around easter time last year we would have put 40 on HKR on that performance,

and if we perform like that next week, Manly will put 40 on us

and HKR showed nothing to say they are any better than last year

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:25 am  

SmokeyTA wrote:

i thought neither to be honest

i thought both teams were pretty awful, we looked like we did when we had that bad patch towards the early part of the end of season, Hull KR looked solid but had nothing at all going forward bar the one they scored they didnt really look like getting close bar the errors from our side

i think if we had played like we did around easter time last year we would have put 40 on HKR on that performance,

and if we perform like that next week, Manly will put 40 on us

and HKR showed nothing to say they are any better than last year

Our line defence is considerably better than last year. You should at least try and know what you're on about before posting.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:37 am  

j_hunter_hkr wrote:

Our line defence is considerably better than last year. You should at least try and know what you're on about before posting.

your line defence can be as good as it wants, but getting over the line once with a 15-5 penalty count is frankly pitiful,

Hull KR looked no threat whatsoever going forward against a team which was losing players, not starting at full strength, and getting caned in the penalty count

if you switch those penalty counts around, Leeds would have put 30 on you

i would expect any team, challenging for the playoffs, to win any game they have a 10 clear penalty advantage

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:43 am  

SmokeyTA wrote:

your line defence can be as good as it wants, but getting over the line once with a 15-5 penalty count is frankly pitiful,

Hull KR looked no threat whatsoever going forward against a team which was losing players, not starting at full strength, and getting caned in the penalty count

if you switch those penalty counts around, Leeds would have put 30 on you

i would expect any team, challenging for the playoffs, to win any game they have a 10 clear penalty advantage

I agree, but we hardly had a prolific attack last year. It hasn't got any worse and I honestly think we'll see an improvement when we aren't playing teams like the mighty Leeds. My point was that our defence is considerably better than last year which makes us better than we were last year.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:50 am  

j_hunter_hkr wrote:

I agree, but we hardly had a prolific attack last year. It hasn't got any worse and I honestly think we'll see an improvement when we aren't playing teams like the mighty Leeds. My point was that our defence is considerably better than last year which makes us better than we were last year.

not if you are offering less going forward,

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:00 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

not if you are offering less going forward,

Did you actually read all of my post?

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:04 pm  

j_hunter_hkr wrote:

Did you actually read all of my post?

yes i just disagree with you,

i thought hkr were poor, so were we, i think most teams in sl would have fancied thier chances against that performance

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:41 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

I know HKR had a few injuries aswel but Leeds were missing Webb, Buderes, Burrow, lauatiti, Eastwood (if he ever gets here) given the weather conditions and the penalty count I would say it was a very good showing by Leeds.

How can you say Leeds were missing Eastwood? He's never played for them

I also don't take in to account that they missed Buderus either, how many minutes has he played for them? Hardly a regular.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:26 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

I know HKR had a few injuries aswel but Leeds were missing Webb, Buderes, Burrow, lauatiti, Eastwood (if he ever gets here) given the weather conditions and the penalty count I would say it was a very good showing by Leeds.

Or as my father in law said in his text to me 'thats why we're champions'

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:27 pm  

EAST HULL RED wrote:

How can you say Leeds were missing Eastwood? He's never played for them

I also don't take in to account that they missed Buderus either, how many minutes has he played for them? Hardly a regular.

They are part of the squad though, they were recruited for the 2009 season so if they don't play they are missing.