Halfway'ish. Are you getting nervous Sal?

£50 is not the issue for me that it appears to be to you

- it is going to a very worthwhile charity so as before its a win-win.

Could care less about the money, it's not like you're paying me. The charity wins either way.



Showing you up once again though....



Must be a killer to get it so wrong, year up on year upon year.

I can live with it - believe me - long way to go yet

Gotta say.....Gary's email did the trick, or Mac and his players knew that they'd come good eventually. As Sal has said, there's still a long way to go, but we've come a long way since last seasons woes.

Everyone mentions the email, but is it not more likely that he gave the coaching staff (and probably the players) a big dressing down in private as well?



Im not sure we are playing that well, we are certainly not carving teams up, but as long as we stay in and around the top 4 Im happy, Wigan showed last year you can jag wins all year with poor performances and come good in the last few weeks to win the title.

The email was just a way of letting fans know that GH was concerned and being more active this year than last at signs the season could end up going pear shaped.

My feelings are similar. Kudos to everyone for the remarkable turn around, performances have been, in general solid enough to get some consistent results. Thing is, i'm not sure what the ultimate level is of this current group. Before, with JP and Sinfield we always knew we had more gears to go to when the big games and moments came but can this lot? What level will the y need to get to? barring a miracle i don't see Saints and Wire being in the 4 this year and the rest of SL is hardly stellar right now. for all Cas's great play they will still find the business end tough with no experience so that leaves us more than likely needing to get over Wigan who when they have something like their full team out will be a real force and tough to get over.



Anyway, whatever happens, good to be talking about the possibility of competing for trophies again after the doom and gloom of the first couple of months

A hooker!!



We heard a multitude of excuses for last years failings but not one of them was player recruitment. Leeds NEEDS a free thinking, free running hooker. Without one we look lost and clumsy. We need a quick PTB and a dummy half that can distribute sharply to our 'off the cuff' style of play.



Our form took 180 degree turn the second we signed Segeyaro and look at us this year with the only significant change being Parcell.



Burrow isn't a hooker, neither is Lilley, if we had signed Segeyaro at the start of 2016 I honestly believe we wouldn't have had such a dire season - we wouldn't have been contending, granted, but I seriously doubt we'd have been sat at the bottom of the table for a majority of it.

I agree, it would seem that whoever recommended/scouted Falloon has much to answer for.

It's the most important position in the modern game. I don't doubt for one second that McD, GH and everyone involved with coaching and recruitment at the club didn't know we needed a genuine 9 desperately. Hence the signing of the Falllloooooon in desperation.



How we ended up in that sort of mess in the first place is another question though.

In all fairness he didn't fully play did he? he was injured a lot. And in further fairness to the coach here, the deal he wanted wasn't Falloon, and that only happened due to the pull out on another deal to chase someting else. As you all say an hooker was definitely needed, so when things get desperate you take your chance, better that leaving it.