REALLY?! Our 'esteemed' coach would play England's no 1 full back (or, previous no 1 full back) in a position unfamiliar to him as a 'punishment' - is he trying to punish the fans too?

We're the ones paying hard earned money to go watch a team that can't seem to do anything right. I'm glad I opted to pick and choose games I wanted to see this year, I sure as hell would be pi$$*d if I had paid so much for a season ticket to watch this crap week in week out.

He's not unfamiliar with playing wing, did so at the start of his Leeds career and at Featherstone previously. I'd imagine he might've been dropped had we more fit backs available but we don't so the alternative was the wing. And don't just assume the punishment for acting like an idiot on social media and showing the club up came solely from McDermott.

My mistake.

DHM was more accurate in his assessment.

I should have said "migraine-inducing" vomitus instead.

How are Yorkshire doing in the cricket this week? What was it, from 226-4 to 237-9???? County Championship mediocrity by plenty.

Good job Joe Root has buggered off back to his proper team.

Keep it up Printer, you're clearly getting under his skin



If a lot of what's been said in this thread is true then McDermott needs to go, I'm guessing it's not though.

If this is true, it's a disgrace. We've been awful this year, i'd have expected game time, not just as a part of rotation but for the simple fact
he was the young player of the year in the Championship. He earned his spot unlike the majority of our pack at the beginning of the season.

Good to see the other half of the South Leeds version of the Chuckle Brothers turn up.

You'll both be able to walk it to Batley away

The worry for me is why are these kids not developing into first team players? McDermott doesn't feel he is ready and he is closer to what is going on than any of us. Why he is not ready, why is Singleton not improving, why is Sutcliffe going backwards?

This needs addressing well before we sack the coach.

If players who are part of the first team squad are regressing, then I'd suggest it needs addressing by sacking the coach, not looking for other reasons.

Maybe those players and the likes of Watkins and Hardaker haven't improved as much as they should have because of the coaching.......which remember was ALL Sinfield for years so blame him.

Anybody blaming Sinfield's coaching for Hardaker not sufficiently improving his passing game? Anybody? Anybody??? He was the one coaching these players?

I don't live in South Leeds anymore you'll be wounded to hear as you'll have to come up with new material now which we all know is a big stretch for you.

Impressive.

Not only do you manage to remain online and logged into this forum during a Rhinos game, you also managed to do so during a house move?





Who are you kidding

So I can't have moved house if I post on here.....good one Billy, like I said you desperately need new material.

Surely you mean "serial offender" Hardaker?

Was it not said on here that Sinfield was coaching for game days? the plays, the moves? Skils training, conditioning, lifestyle, regardless of rights or wrongs wouldn't be down to whether Sinfield was coaching for game days.

McDermott looks after the whole of the ruby side of the operation. This change was put in place the other year. In that time junior development has gone backwards, and it was these very things that have been voiced by posters on here, that were slated for it, and of course the points made taken totally incorrectly. How Hetherington, has not see this coming I just can not understand.

As for Baldwinson, the only thing I will say In McDermotts defence, is that the props have not played that bad, and nor have they been injured to the extent of other positions. Therefore, other than personal views on whether Mullalley is worthy ahead, or Galloway early season, I am not too critical of McDermott here. I am however critical on looking at the bigger picture going forward, and whether Baldwinson might have been a better option to develop.

I did indeed mean "serial miscreant" Hardaker!

I bet he hasn't dared offer McDermott outside.

Only one winner there IMHO

He has never been spoken to by McDermott or the club for that twitter posting. The only comments he has had were support from players across the game. Not sure where you get he is punished for it from.

Can't see Baldwinson being less suited to the second row than Achurch or Walters, or for that matter a willing but immobile JJB or a broken Delaney. Sometimes a young player is able to fit in in more than one position to get game time and experience. It's not uncommon.

A man has to know his limitations. It's too easy for some to get carried away on a keyboard.

Before people, or certain people, get so defensive on this, they should also realise that Baldwinson is not the only player to request a release from his contract in the last month.

I'm sure that's Hardaker's dads version of it that he's telling. Just like he claimed the club apologised for the fine they gave him for his World Cup exit. Never Hardaker's fault from the angle you're told it.

Hardakers "dad" will have said nothing of the sort, how do you know Hardakers dad? He has not been spoken to in anyway about twitter, and punished for it. He might well be being punished, but nothing to do with twitter, and certainly not for the Rhinos benefit.

Don't suppose that has anything to do with Falloon disappearing off the face of the earth?

I don't know anything about Falloon. I was expecting he would be back in the squad this week, never thought about it. I just know about two others.

Which 2 others?