He's right though.

It was an awful display. We did try to force rediculous offloads but many times the ball was just dropped. Rubbish passes from dummy half - again near our line. Just sloppy in all departments.



Thought the Bulls dominated every collision in the first half - they were getting over our tacklers and nearly every time they played the ball we had defenders having a lie down. When we had the ball our tackled players semed perfectly content to lay on their backs and patiently wait for the Bulls defenders to get off. Peacock gives 100% and the other players do rally around him but he rarely generates a quick PTB these days.



Again Webb was the main danger but he really does have to control himself, we were looking at a penalty and a yellow card in our favour until he decided to elbow the Bulls player in the face right infront of Hallibut (who really should be taken away and put out of our misery).



The best defence is not having to defend at all. Someone needs to explain this to McDermott, we have won all our GF's and big games by controlling the ball and with it field position. If he wants a better defensive display then he should start by sorting out what we do with the ball and get some sets completed and win some penalty counts.

i'm not sure BM is capable of sorting it.

the discipline is appalling. every week we concede penalties for ball stripping. at least 4 times in the first half yesterday. in that heat it was criminal

Think a couple of them were harsh calls to be honest.



Thought we were really poor at times. Don't know if it was down to tiredness with the heat and playing every week, or whether we really have gone that far backwards.



Whilst our line defence was good, our defence up the park was really poor. We seemed to be stood waiting all the time instead of getting in faces. We continually had a third man around the collission who was undecided whether to join the tackle or get back, and ended up doing neither, whilst the bulls would get a quick play the ball or worse still, offload the ball.



I say it each week, but our back row really does have no sting at all in threatening in attack. They seem to be wanting to get down in the tackle and play quickly rather than looking for an opportunity to offload when we have some opportunities. This is a key area we are mising from what we have had over last 8 years. JJB was always capable of offloading just like Ali was, but seems to have forgot this art. Delaney doesn't seem to have the thought to consider it. At least Hauraki gave a good go when he came on, and gave us some threat.



Another issue I have at the moment is the backs unwillingness to attack a ball. When kicks are put up, we don't really seem to be going for the ball and try and win it. Infact we seem to make more of an effort at trying to put off the catcher.

It did seem that all the Bulls player had to do was drop the ball in the tackle while Hallibut wasn't looking and he gave them a penalty. However, the high shots that gave them penalties (3-4) were lazy and completely avoidable.



On that question, just how many times does Hallibut manage to see things and award penalties when his back is turned?

Thought not using Griff was the right call. Moore put himself about and Hauraki looked competant where Clarkson has struggled to put any form together. Like Burrow off the bench, his zip was killer being brought into the fray (which we all know that).



Comical performance overall from Leeds. Error, penalty, error - seemed to be the call of the day. Lucky we were against a poor team who had issues as the game wore on.

I enjoyed seeing Pryce join the ever-growing ranks of Burrow's bitches.

Another poor performance rescued by some individual brilliance. To me the players look like they don't understand what the coaching team are asking them to do. We have the most plodding pack of all the "contenders" and have the worst discipline I can remember, and that's saying something as we have been terrible for years.



DHM has it spot on, if you don't give away dumb ass penalties and hold onto the ball rather than risking pointless offloads, you will have far less defending to do.

Despite the result and some flashes of excellence I thought we were almost embarrasingly bad for the majority of the game. We are clearly in a mid season form slump and it's a bad time to have to face Wigan and Warrington both teams are running very hot at the moment. IF they sustain the form they are in and IF we stay in our current form dip I think we are in for a very uncomfortable couple of weeks. This is sport however and who knows...that's what keeps it interesting.



On a side note I ended up sat amongst a bunch of Wigan fans yesterday. Boy what a bunch of arrogant numpties I must have just been unlucky because I usually enjoy banter with opposition fans. But this lot?! What a shower! Frankly I hope that whoever wins the league shield, challenge cup and championship Wigan don't feature. Horrible lot!

Don't forget we had a two day shorter turnaround than Bradford. I think that will have played a part, especially in that heat.

www.superleague.co.uk/match_report/7509 Individual and team stats here ^^^ Delaney's running stats well down on the norm

www.superleague.co.uk/match_report/7509 Individual and team stats here ^^^ Delaney's running stats well down on the norm

Watching the game I thought he was much quieter than normal, although I think he got brought off earlier as well.