Yup, looks like half the squad we're there on Sunday morning

I have someone who sends me a lot of Holmes's twitter and Instagram posts(just to put me in a bad mood!)and it seems Holmes and widdop have got a bit of a bromance going on. Isn't widdop off to cas? Surely that's an opportunity to send ogi back down there!

I thought Powell said we were in training until the GF?

He said the coaches were in until the Grand Final, don't think he mentioned players?

Awesome. Well earned break that.

Nice reward for the season I reckon. Early get away and miss all the those troublesome playoff inconveniences.

Yep, exactly.

Lot of empty spaces at the DW. The game deserves better.

Has Peat made the same mistake as TS did for us in the GF.
4 forwards on the bench and no utility/back.

Well if Wigan crash, we’ll know why.

Apart from the organisation, coaching, physicality, skill and game plan we’d batter both of these teams. If we weren’t already in Benidorm like……

To be fair Bibby has played on the wing often enough and Isa or Bateman can play centre.

Different league to us isn't it?

Sky running defence for Bateman there. Really bad challenge. Sezer could miss a potential GF

Madness from Bateman, dip your bread Rhinos

But not tonight

Fair play to Leeds, how to turn a season around.

Fair play to Leeds, and well done to Rohan Smith - talk about turning things around.

Been here, done that, got the t-shirt eh Mr Cooper.

They’re walking already… how on earth did this Wigan team not make the final? It’s like a little sprinkling of Warrington has tainted their resilience. Very un-Wigan-like. Been entertaining in the Weekly rounds though, along with Salford. It’s a shame that champagne rugby doesn’t really work come playoff time amid all the media attention, as that’s the best way to spread the sport.

Takes at least 3 seasons to turn a team around doesn’t it?

Usually, but Leeds have had the benefit of Richard Agar at the start of the season.

These Smiths are ok at coaching aren't they!

To be fair the building blocks have been there for years. It’s not like they lacked a winning mentality throughout the organisation. We, however, clearly needed a little revolution to try and rebuild from the bottom up. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if Powell is the man to achieve that. I don’t think Rohan Smith would have made the slightest difference to us, apart from maybe maintaining the status quo with a slightly higher league position. Would we have beaten Wigan just now in that semi? I’m not so sure - and we started 2022 with a better squad on paper than Leeds.

We did NOT start the season with a better squad on paper than Leeds, not even close. They had/have a better pack, halves and outside backs.

Everyone has injuries but Leeds played tonight without Handley , Fusita , Newman , Gannon , Holdroyd and Martin who are all first choice

Shows what good coaching can do.

And Siezer