Quote Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan="Tyke's/Rhinos No. 1 Fan"Today we had a side who didn't want to get injured before the playoffs, and knew that, no matter what the result, they were finishing 5th, a point brutally brought home by the injury to Kirke. JP was the best forward on the park by a mile, but without Kirke & Delaney, the workload on Kylie, Ablett, JJB & Griffin increased a lot. This wasn't helped by a dismal defensive performance down the right by Watkins and, most of all, Ben-Jones Bishop. His defence, in-goal for George's try, or in play for the many Huddersfield breaks down their left, was appalling.
There are players (e.g. Scott Taylor) available who could make a big difference, and the signing of Mitch Achurch is a real positive for us. However, it's become clear that Moore (seemingly frozen out) and Hauraki (clearly not good enough) need to move to pastures new. Additionally, it's clear that some of the ickle kidies (Hood) aren't ready, and need to spend time playing regular open-age rugby. The rumoured loan of Hood, Briscoe, Olds & Keinhorst to Hunslet would, IMO, be beneficial for all parties.'"
Agree with main points here, it has become obvious that teams are attacking our right side, Watkins and BJB do seem to stand off and back track off tackles, whilst keinhorst and Hall have had a more forward push, occasionally over keen but puts pressure on defence. One focus of a defensive line needs to happen so the team can trust any players next to them. Our pack rotation as many have said appears to be odd at times and we need to manage this better or if we lack the fire power we need to add to the pack this off season.
There does appear to be some political games in the backroom, Webb, Bailey and Moore not playing recently (Webb as gone now I know). However as a player you need to remember your a team and you have a coach / boss who you need to buy into, otherwise it puts strain on all the team regardless of the reasons.
I think Keinhorst and Hood / McShane can certainly come up to scratch and Leeds should stick with them as we have done with Ablett, BJB, Watkins and Ward, only playing in the SL games will make them ready and develop them to where we need them to be.
