Surely of all fans, a wire fan should have learnt not to write off this Leeds side! ;-). As a fan, it's pretty strange era where you have absolutely no idea what you are goingto get from your team. Haven't seen quite as much dropped ball from a Rhinos side for a while, but perhaps a few players were preoccupied with the bigger tie next week. Be intruiging to see how Manly approach the game. No trial matches at all is an interesting choice.
As for the other games - Bradford surprised me with that result and it's a bit concerning we're seeing big scores already. Having said that, I've no time for Widnes, so I won't lose sleep
True, and i did say Wigan found form in a week so maybe Leeds can. Just a bit concerned that you looked a bit rubbish and its nice when a super league team beats a NRL one. You seemed to have problems tracking Tomkins so if Manly use Stewart in that way it could be a problem for you.
Other than playing Saints in finals though Leeds don't have that good of a record in big finals. You would be fine against St George, but Manly don't have that Red Vee you like beating...
As for the big scores, the Warrington-London game was an 80+ point win last year, and the Broncos definately competed more this year so they will have closer games. Widnes are rubbish at the moment and are going to concede more than 66 points on more than one occasion this year.
Don't mind a top 4 team beating a bottom club buy a fair few, we know we don't have the depth of the NRL. The worry is when the top teams are beating upper mid tabled teams by big scores. Thats not happened yet and games have been close.
