Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:42 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

It is a good job Leeds had an easy week the CC week - it could have been even more embarrassing if they had a hard SL game the week previous (sic)

Conversely would they have been more prepared mentally and physically if theyd had a league match instead

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:09 am  

Seth wrote:

Conversely would they have been more prepared mentally and physically if theyd had a league match instead

Woosh

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:42 am  

Both teams were poor for mine. The difference was Hudds played and dealt with the conditions better and looked like it mattered to them. With a few exceptions we looked like we couldn't be ar$ed for large portions of the game, especially in the second 40. We could also do with a tactical kicker with the talent and vision of ET.

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:09 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

It is a good job Leeds had an easy week the CC week - it could have been even more embarrassing if they had a hard SL game the week previous (sic)

It's a good job we throw in these kind of performances/results now and again otherwise some people wouldn't be able to tell us how cr@p the club is and how we have been papering over the cracks for over a decade. Gives them false hope that they might be correct before we end up picking up silverware again and making them look silly

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:12 am  

I wonder if it was us discussing that person who is allegedly a bad influence on certain players

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:17 am  

TOMCAT wrote:

Both teams were poor for mine.

I agree, we probably could've beaten them even in 2nd gear, but we were more like in reverse.

McDermott seems to be copping some stick for saying Hudds didn't play that well, but he's spot on, they didn't. Hudds fans saying he should be gracious in defeat is laughable given some of there post match reactions to defeats especially the LLS win at there place and putting it all down to the ref winning the league for us.

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:28 am  

PrinterThe wrote:

McDermott seems to be copping some stick for saying Hudds didn't play that well, but he's spot on, they didn't. Hudds fans saying he should be gracious in defeat is laughable given some of there post match reactions to defeats especially the LLS win at there place and putting it all down to the ref winning the league for us.

I agree. I thought it was refreshing to read McDermotts comments. They were spot on and honest. Still think he got it wrong on the night, but his comments after were 100% correct.

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:42 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Woosh

Sorry im not well versed in the subtleties of cool forum speak.

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:07 pm  

BMD was his usual honest self in the post match interview. He always calls it as he sees it in my view, but I don't always agree with his assessment. His integrity is beyond question, it's his coaching and preparation of the team I sometimes have issues with.

Re: RD 12 | Leeds Rhinos v Huddersfield Giants : Fri Apr 28, 2017 12:32 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

BMD was his usual honest self in the post match interview. He always calls it as he sees it in my view, but I don't always agree with his assessment. His integrity is beyond question, it's his coaching and preparation of the team I sometimes have issues with.

Totally agree. He wears his heart on his sleeve and tells it as he sees it. I don't think he was dissing Huddersfield and he credited their goal line defence with winning them the match. His comments were aimed at our squad not theirs. This was not a Cas in red hot form defeat, this was a Leeds were utter garbage defeat, was how I read his comment.