I'm gonna brake my code here and it hurts but the honest truth from me is the ref was shocking! The fact the game ended with a penalty to Leeds for a catalan head shot says it all!! Silverwood refed Leeds out of the game in the second half so it's hard to tell if we were tired, $hit, or robbed?

how no players went to the bin in that match I will never know?

a pro foul is a binning every time no questions asked! I swear on my life that's what I saw tonight on webb, if ablett's against the bulls was and pryce's against leeds was then tonights was.

silverwood needs to take a long hard look at himself.

you win and you whinge that's classic,
you can't say that no team doesn't lay on in the play the ball and that if stretched you going to make a professional foul just allow your own team members back into play,
the first 30 mins was entertaining could of gone either way but then you wouldn't of expected catalan to just lay down did you

McGuires 2nd try was class.

Barry

100% agree, i know weve just made old Trafford and moaning about the ref should be the last thing were discussing but its hard to ignore such a schoolboy error for the Webb proffesional foul. Anybody that knows anything about RL knows that that was a sin bin, everyone apart from the guy that does it for a living and collects a wage slip every week because apparently he is one of the best in the country

Some of Sinfields passing was from the "John Holmes" handbook - the pass to Donald would have the great man smiling. The difference between the two sides was the offloads and that little bit of class. I thought Cats created some chances early on but didn't take them. Leeds are just on another planet when they click - even without the "Unfair Advantage" of Ali coming off the bench.
Stevo actually talked some sense last night when he said Cats did Leeds a big favour by coming on strong in the second half. Going to Old Trafford on the back of a comfortable 50 point win would not have been the best prep. (especially considering the war that will occur tonight). I also think there was a tear in his eye for the obvious reason.

I wonder if JP has upset a few people this year, I can't think of any other reason why he's not on the MOS shortlist. He was absolutely immense last night, as he has been all season.

Wow. Another GF, 5 in 6 years. Lets make some history now!

McGuire's 2nd try was pure class from the start of the attack to the finish, with Donald's weighted kick simply sublime.

That move alone was worth the price of your season ticket.

Fitting also, that on a night we remembered John Holmes, that it was another outstanding leeds stand off who received the Man of the Match accolade.

Old Trafford it is then!

have to say i thought mogg was the best player on the pitch by a mile, although i haven't watched it on sky+ as yet.
silverwood had an absolute shocker.he was weak and spineless.
we looked very rusty early doors, clicked into gear for 20, then dropped again.
on the positives the scrambling defence was supurb,as good as i have seen for a long time and we will be better for a tough game.
ceedit to the dragons, they were immense and i think they would have beaten nearly every other side in the league with that display

If they had played Saints I think James Graham may have had to visit mothercare this morning

obsessed

Mogg was vey good, but I thought Greg Bird was outstanding. Not sure why he isn't in prison exactly, but that was the best individual performance by an opposition player vs. Leeds I've seen this season, he has something of the Wally Lewis about him, and not just the tache. Thank goodness Walters took him off for 10 minutes, because Catalans had the best of the first 30 minutes and the second half. They're both fantastic players. On the plus side, neither Wigan or Saints have half-backs as good as that.

I heart Greg Bird. Me and him are gonna be mates.

You can go visit him in jail.

Barry,

I agree.

LEEDSLEADS

I will. As soon as he gets out we'll get a flat together n'all.

You weren't hanging round him all last night were you.

Never seen so many warnings handed out.

Richard "Warning" Silverwood

Who do you think I am, Adam?

......or Swarcliffe Rhino.

Immense maybe in that parts of the pitch were it doesnt matter.

In the Red Zone they were poor and must have blown at least 6 scoring chances.

No I didn't see Greg Bird last night (except on the TV in Arc). I just thought he was class last night, and IMO he is the best player in Superleague.

Bird and Mogg are different class for Catalans IMO

Is that something we agree on? I think my jaw just hit the floor...

I agree,greenshields gets many plaudits and whilst they are well deserved i don't think mogg and bird have had the recognition they deserve this year.

We probably agree on a fair bit. I just never admit it.

1) Silverwood was poor last night, allowing Catalans a fast play-the-ball and yet allowing them to hold down and spoil in defence. He pulled neither side for offside once all night. The game was simmering towards the end due to his lack of firm action at crucial times. He certainly ruled himself out of the game next week on that performance.

The touch judge on the SS side during the second half was also at fault for a couple of the garbage decisions.

2) Peacock was immense

3) Some Leeds players had poor games last night and at least we still won, as well as getting a bad one out of the way before the final.

4) The scores just before and after half time were what killed the game, as Leeds essentially sat back for the next 20 minutes after the try at the start of the second half. Players seemed to be holding off, I presume not to get injured for the following week. Had they played at the same intensity all the way through, there was less chance of injury and there would have been no need for panic football at the end.

5) We must watch out for planned moves from the scrum and our defence looked very weak twice.

6) Thankfully, it seems we have come throught the game with no major injury worries, so we should be back at full strength next week ....