The excuses Lee Radford gave after the defeat last night were as disappointing as the performance. For example, the short turn around excuse. The players are full time athletes who are only four games into a season and have recently had a week's rest. We also had many players who haven't played in all 3 of the previous games. On top of that four days is enough time to adequately repair the body to go again. A more reasonable explanation is that our conditioning is not as it should be or our recovery processes are sub standard. Perhaps even the training schedule is too harsh and is taking too much out of the players when we have short turn a rounds? The way Radford spoke was as if he felt that we are incapable of winning games when we have a short turn around. That negative attitude will subconsciously transfer to the players and staff and for me was disheartening to hear.



We also look as mentally fragile as any Hull FC side in the recent past. What are the psychologists actually working on with these players? They couldn't be more week in this domain if they tried! You could tell just by looking at the body language after the first try Leeds scored that they had thrown the towel in at that exact moment.



The other issue we have is recruitment. We have so many unwanted players in the squad. There is a reason why the other clubs didn't want them! We also have some other players who are just bang average in their positions at this level.



I hope that one day the inconsistency is ironed out to a reasonable level but with Lee in charge I just can't see it. What happened to the attacking style of Rugby they promised for 2015?

You can't blame the short turnaround, it's an awful excuse....

We had 2 weeks to prepare for Salford and where did that get us??

After the dust has settled,and after watching a replay this morning,the 2nd half was acgtually worse than i originaly thought.With the posession we had in the 1st half,a half decent side would have scored more than 12pts.The 2nd half which was roles reversed leeds scored 43pts,the difference is their coach had seen what was required to change the game,can anyone honestly say radford could have come up with a game changer ? In the post match interview he mumbled his way through and basically had a job completing a sentence.Adam we all know he was a cheap option and you have shown your loyalty to him,but do you not realise its us fans who have to pay to suffer dross like salford and last night. /> Radford said last season if he couldnt do the job he would walk well it is pretty obvious to most of us he isnt up to the job and the quicker he walks the better,the only problem is will adam be willing to dig deep to get a decent coach,I fear not !

After the dust has settled,and after watching a replay this morning,the 2nd half was acgtually worse than i originaly thought.With the posession we had in the 1st half,a half decent side would have scored more than 12pts.The 2nd half which was roles reversed leeds scored 43pts,the difference is their coach had seen what was required to change the game,can anyone honestly say radford could have come up with a game changer ? In the post match interview he mumbled his way through and basically had a job completing a sentence.Adam we all know he was a cheap option and you have shown your loyalty to him,but do you not realise its us fans who have to pay to suffer dross like salford and last night. /> Radford said last season if he couldnt do the job he would walk well it is pretty obvious to most of us he isnt up to the job and the quicker he walks the better,the only problem is will adam be willing to dig deep to get a decent coach,I fear not !

Quote ="Doom&Gloom Merchant"The last few seasons have been the worst I can remember for recruitment, for the quality of our coaches, the merchandising, the marketing, the numerous training ground moves and generally, just bad decisions.'" /> You have a very short and/or selective memory.

Quote ="Doom&Gloom Merchant"The last few seasons have been the worst I can remember for recruitment, for the quality of our coaches, the merchandising, the marketing, the numerous training ground moves and generally, just bad decisions.'" /> You have a very short and/or selective memory.

It's pretty clear from his interview last night, where he failed to place any responsibility whatsoever on either himself or the players, that he won't walk. And Pearson has said that he won't be sacked. Which leaves us up the proverbial creek IMO.

Quote ="Kosh"It's pretty clear from his interview last night, where [uhe failed to place any responsibility whatsoever on either himself or the players[/u, that he won't walk. And Pearson has said that he won't be sacked. Which leaves us up the proverbial creek IMO.'" /> Almost the opposite of Alex Ferguson who I never remember hearing praise the opposition after a defeat. It would seem that everything last night was a result of Leeds' play.

Quote ="Kosh"It's pretty clear from his interview last night, where [uhe failed to place any responsibility whatsoever on either himself or the players[/u, that he won't walk. And Pearson has said that he won't be sacked. Which leaves us up the proverbial creek IMO.'" /> Almost the opposite of Alex Ferguson who I never remember hearing praise the opposition after a defeat. It would seem that everything last night was a result of Leeds' play.