No wonder you rarely post. What a load of rubbish,obviously you have a soft spot for Keith so I dont want to upset you too much.Keith should never have played at international level he is way out of his depth.If you watch most of his performances against the Aussies you can see that they spot him all the time. The tries that Aussies have scored through him being targeted as the weak link far outweigh the occasional one he has scored against them.FACT.Sorry!!!

...and we need to be prepared for it happening every match. If Senior won't/can't jump (Delaney also proved himself an embarrasment at this last season) then all the more reason to move our no.3 and no.4 into the second row

I think the real issue is a clever bit of coaching by Potter (&/or the players concerned) making the kicks on 3rd/4th tackle when I guess our defence wasn't expecting the Bulls to kick.

When Keith's been on the wing and the bombs have been assigned as something he had to deal with I always felt he dealt with them well. Same with when we're taking a short dropout or high bomb. Keith is often the player challenging and his size and power causes major problems.

But when we're dealing with bombs, Keith clearly isn't given the job of taking them. He's obviously assigned to shielding the catching player so that they aren't overwhelmed with kick chasers.

Personally I'd have Keith and Ryan as the assigned bomb takers. Other players would have the duty of shielding them and covering in defence should the ball come loose.

tvoc - You mentioned shoulder surgery in a recent post regarding Keith. Has Keith had surgery again this pre-season? I know he had surgery last year and it was pretty much a failure.

This is what I recall reading in the YEP

Senior facing surgery
6th October 2010

[iVeteran centre Keith Senior is the latest Leeds Rhinos player facing off-season surgery. Senior was due to go under the knife today, for the second operation on his right shoulder in 12 months. The former Great Britain man could miss the early stages of pre-season training, but expects to be fit for the start of the 2011 engage Super League campaign. Said Senior: “I played all of 2009 with a bad shoulder and I had an operation at the end of the season. I did my re-hab, but by the time the season started again I had lost range in my shoulder and I was in more pain. I was in a worse state than before I had the op. I carried on playing all year and I only missed one game, through being rested. I was devastated when Bluey rested me, because I would have been the only one who played all year. I am going back in for another operation on Wednesday. The specialist is going to have another look and give it a clean out. It has had 500-odd games’ wear and tear, so naturally it’s not like it used to be. It is a case of giving it a good clean out, wait until I retire and then get a new shoulder!”[/i

Obviously that relates to a surgery scheduled at the end of last season (2010) so my terminology of pre-season (perhaps suggesting early 2011) rather than the more accurate post-season may have been mis-leading.



Possibly in the Round 26 Home fixture V Les Catalans after he'd been moved over to the right wing. He caught the ball in goal - threw it forward to Buderus for a quick re-start - took the ball as first man and shipped it to McGuire to run it in from eighty meters out. Not 100% sure if he jumped but he certainly took it on the full.

I remember it not qualifying for an Opta 'try assist' much to Lord Jose's understandable displeasure.