Who said anything about vendetta. I said treated badly, and meant by a stupid coach. He is treated unfairly, don't know about a vendetta though.

You have to say it is a vendetta. What other reason would there be for him to not be included?

The coach is a numbnut is more apt I think.

As usual, the story has been exaggerated.
My understanding is that he was confronted by 4-5 idiots, tried to walk away but they persued him and it ended up in a minor scuffle.
The issue is that he has put himself in this situation. He is making himself an easy target for the drunken idiots.

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As ridiculous as being told to run on the 5th more often than not
Or told to leave the creativity to others?
Nothing is ridiculous under this Coach.

Ablett banned for one game so he'll miss this one.

Last I heard, he was cheering on Fryston against Keighley at the weekend.

Does this mean someone (Baldwinson or Mullaly) can be called in the 19.

Might explain why they didn't get named in the first place. If Mac Doesn't name Ablett and he doesn't get a ban he still couldn't have played him. Only speculating.

No, that won't be happening, the coach is too much of a numbnut to think that far ahead.

The 19 aren't set in stone. Players have played on game day in the past who weren't even in the 19.

With the charges decided on Tuesday then for games on Thursday any banned player can be replaced.

Got a bad feeling about this one. Garbutt,Ward,Ablett,Ferres,Galloway and jjb are big losses ..especially when the coach won't play certain players and will only give one or two on the bench a token 5 mins.


Our attack is woeful and defence average,further weakened by the loss of three experienced BRs.

I can see Cas Vegas putting 20 odd points on us by HT if they click and we wobble . With so few players in the pack fit our kicking game and outside backs become very important. We suck at using both ATM.

Forwards win games, backs decide by how much.

There is no doubt Cas are a quality side this year and will be better off without Chase . Certain players and not just from Cas drinking around Ponte not doing themselves any favours from what i hear

Remember the start of the demise of Leeds United all them years ago .Cas have a good chance of success this year they need to nip it in the bud

I can't wait to dust off last year's injury excuses again.

If Leeds win on Thursday with Garbutt, Ward, Ablett, Ferres, Galloway, JJB, Peacock & Sinfield all missing does that mean Mac's actually a good coach and this current team are the "real deal" or will it be that Cas weren't trying or had an off night?

Be good to know in advance.

Cheers.

I'd think it would be a very pleasant surprise. Although being "without" Sinfield and Peacock is probably stretching it a bit don't you think? You may as well say we are also missing John Holmes, Lewis Jones, Arthur Clues and Eric Harris.

He isn't a good coach, far from it. But a win would certainly be deserving of praise, even if players weren't missing. That is exactly what people are craving for, challenging the top teams. To not is the problem. I still have a sneaky feeling Cas will be over confident anyway.

Sorry, what is your Super League coaching record like?

Non existent, what's your point?

I think the point Loiner is trying to make is that many of McDermotts big victories have been cited on here as done through the leadership of those two players down the years and not his coaching ability.

For the record, i would be quite shocked if we come away with anything other than a 20 point plus loss tomorrow.hopefully will be proved wrong.

So an early season away win against Cas would be deserving of praise would it?
What would winning 3 Grand Finals, 2 Challenge Cups, a World Club Challenge and a treble be deserving of?

Yep, as we're just about to hear again.



Thursday depends on who's injured. If the afore mentioned players are all missing then it's going to be a very tough night. If they all, or at least some of them, make it then I think we can win.