FearTheVee wrote:
No no no.
All our young players are below average, Saddened! told me so.
Given our very sketchy form this season when I saw Burrow & Sinfield against Gaskell & Lomax I was worried it was going to be too big an ask given our form, I know Leeds haven't been at their best this year and had injuries too but with Webb, Senior, Hall, Sinfield, Burrow, Buderus, Jones-Buchanan, Huaraki, Cross, Lauatiti, Ablett, Burgess, Kirke they certainly had the experience over us by miles.
I am absolutely delighted with/for our young players, they have certainly proved that they are talented and capable. It is only one game and for them it is about building on this performance and us kicking on as a team, am sure Gaskell's confidence will have been boosted immeasurably with his own performance and having a commited and willing partner to work with.
Lomax was a joy to watch, willing to take on the line, pass confidently left and right, side step through, support others, he's very strong too, often getting through the first man on his feet and carrying on, he's a way to go to be a 7 but it was great for the team to have a pivot working so hard.
Team spirit and scrambling defence was the best I've seen for a while, I know its a bit moot after Leeds scored anyway but prior to McShane getting over how on earth did we stop Leeds scoring? There looked like a massive overlap and loads of space when Senior took the pass, its been a long time since I've seen us do that.
Things are certainly much rosier, 4 very winnable games in a row with the correct attitude and with Wilkin, Soliola, LMS and Pryce to come back into the squad hopefully we can maintain this type of performance from now on.