Did you learn nothing from Zammo?

My god! After a 3.30 start you should be forgiven for anything . That start is neither nights nor earlies.

A good combination at half back for cas would be a McGuire Burrow partnership . It would be like the good old days.
Just joking of course!!! Or am I ?

Ive been doing it 9 years now, I'm normally home or 12ish. Had a really bad day today hence the reason head being scrambled. TBH I enjoy the early start it's the best tme of day an getting home early is a bonus as well, I'd normally be back in bed by now for a few hours before kids get home but it's game day so a few beers and a trip to HQ tonite for me.

quality.

Our MOM tonight bound for Halifax? Your a comedian! Look at the opta stats he is the best 7 in the league and would be sorely missed in our team.

Oh dear! "Best"??

( it is always incredibly funny to me when somebody makes a statement like: "your" a comedian.)

Two things.

One you have to allow for Man of a Steels man crush, there is a reason for it for the bias.

Two, he is correct on the opta issue. It was just another silly Phil Clarke thing though, based on stats on those playing at least seven games. Not really an indicator on who is best, but one used anyway. Shenton and Carney were down as best centre and wing also.

In reality not many of that Phil Clarke line up are really the best.

As for Halifax I would also say if it was true, then probably Man of Steel would have had an idea.

All "retirees" first pass through the Koukash stables for a "try before you buy" parade. I'll ask Marwan on twitter if he's Salford bound. He probably doesn't know who McGuire is so it'll take a few tweets before he starts tapping him up.

Danny has been a great player for Leeds over a good number of years. However, I regret to say that time & injuries have caught up with him. His defence is at best suspect & on the rare occasion that he breaks the opposition line, his lack of pace means that he is tackled before he can score or pass to a supporting player.
We desperately need some pace at half back. For me his days are numbered at Headingley & we need to move Sinny back to loose forward &/or hooker.

So that would mean a half-back partnership of the still maturing Sutcliffe and the unpredictable Burrow?

No thanks.

Our lack of pace at half back is a real worry, especially without Burrow in the mix.

Just been tweeting drmar about mcguire.

He's gonna start tapping him up as replacement for tim smith who he ''doesn't like no more''.

Danny McGuire has been a fantastic player for us without a doubt.he has stepped up to be our match winner on several occasions with games in the balance on Grand Final night giving us many memories to cherish, and he will never be forgoten by the Leeds fans for what he has achieved at the club.

That doesnt however stop me feeling that his best days are a few years behind him now.His electric pace has clearly long since gone and he is, dare i say it, these days an average half back.Im not sure how long Danny has on his deal but i do think it maybe time for the club to look at moving him on when it expires.It would probably be in the interest of both parties as he is clearly not worth the big money and length of deal he would want for his next contract yet another club wanting a high profile signing would likely come in to meet those demands.

I must have been the only one at the Hull game last week, everything went through him in attack as it has the most of the season, take him out and then you would realise what an asset he is.

Agree entirely...nonetheless he has lost a lot of pace and can't quite finish when he's on the end of a break or set move like he used to. Still if we have lightning quick three quarters then this shouldn't be a barrier to him continuing for a good 3-4 seasons more albeit in a much modified role to the one we saw when he was a try scoring sensation during the first half of his career. Losing him now would be a massive blow to this newly emerging team

Newly emerging team ?
Sorry, can't go with that. No worries with the threequarters - but if they are to score tries we need more muscle up front & half backs that can move the ball QUICKLY to the centres etc.
What we need is speed & speed of thought from the back of the scrum.........that is not Danny or Sinny !!!!
We need a clear out of older forwards & half backs to allow our youngsters to prove that they are the future NOW !

Sinfield doesn't have speed of thought?

On the contrary, I'd say he's one of the brightest and best readers of a game and pickers of a pass in SL.

Would not argue with the fact that he reads the game well BUT he does not always have the speed of thought to execute the play.............look how many times that opposition teams have targeted him & he has put in a poor kick or has passed to no one & our game has broken down. Plus, sometimes the harder he tries, the worse his game becomes..............for me that is mostly down to his lack of speed.

Speed and speed of thought are two different things.

What

I think it's a case with sinfield where he flounders when he has too much time to think. Countless times he will get the ball and something really looks on, he has time, but he ends up just stuttering and dummying into the line without producing a decisive play and it comes to nothing.

Whereas when he only has seconds he put's a play which creates something. So he has speed of thought in the sense he is at his best when he doesn't have much time to think.

You dig?

Criticise Sinfield's lack of pace.....but he has always made up for this with his knowledge and pace of thought. A bit off the mark IMO.
Sinfield has still much to offer...albeit IMO as a hooker.

Burrow back in the halves for me please.

Players evolve and it's probably taken Danny a few years to change his game to compensate for his lost pace. He certainly takes on more control of the team, and with a 3/4 line like ours his job is to move the forwards and get the ball out to the backs as fast as possible. His passing has never been the best but he still has a role to play. With the youngsters coming through, I don't see the benefit of moving him on now. Young half backs need time to come into the team with pressure off and learn. Having Kev, Danny and Rob there as they transition will benefit them and the team. Think back to people like Gavin Brown who had all the skills but was rushed in and you can see the pitfalls. Not many young half backs come into teams, play every game, and keep their head above water

I love McGuire. He should be here for life.