I had largely lost interest in Leeds' season this year.....but lo and behold I have just watched the Wigan match having deliberately avoiding the result: easy down here in South Cheshire.

What a difference in intensity, tactics, commitment and utilising the exceptional backs after laying a foundation in hard running forwards.

The answer to the hooking problem is proven to be resolved with the sharing between Sinfield and Burrow
.........McShane will surely be following Hood out of Headingley.

Peacock, Ablett and Hall were all exceptional. Singleton has surely now played himself into a starting position.

What a contrast to the rot we have seen for the majority of the season.....and yet Leeds finish 3rd



Not only do we need to pity the Leeds season ticket holders, but also the rotten standards in SL this season no doubt partly due to the format of having 8 teams in the play offs.

I pity the handful of Huddersfield fans that made their way to Bradford this afternoon and paid £20 to see a 2nd/3rd string Giants team get slaughtered by Bradford.

nantwich-I'm genuinely not sure if you're being ironic or not, such is the flippancy and tone in your post, particularly the term 'rot' in reference to the majority of the season.

I purchased a season ticket this season, and I don't feel pitiful or that I've been ripped off. In fact, in the regular season we've seen much improved performances, as the fact that Leeds finished 3rd suggests. The table doesn't lie-Leeds have been the third best team this year, meaning they have been pretty consistent results wise, which is all you can really ask for.

As a matter of fact, the only truly bad part of the season was in May, when we lost four in a row: against Hudds in the Challenge Cup (it was a one-off game, and they were just the better team on the day), Saints at home (one we probably should have won, but you have to give credit to Saints-a team full of kids, coming back from 16-0 down away at the Champions), the Wigan game was probably one of the best games (and performances) of the year, so there's no grievance there, and as for Hull, same as the Hudds game.

What I'm getting at is that a torrid month aside Leeds have been consistent with their results, pulling off some big wins against Wigan and Warrington at home, the 18-all against Bradford (which was an absolute classic), away at Catalans and then away again at Wigan on Thursday.

As well as all this, we've seen the blooding of a lot of youngsters (something I'd have thought you, of all people, would get excited about!) and, as you say, Singleton has nailed down a first-team spot. You might say that this was only brought on by injuries, but that only makes finishing 3rd even more impressive.

In summation, I feel season ticket holders have had access to some rich entertainment throughout this season, and even the games that weren't particularly skillful or entertaining gave us a chance to look at the future of our team, which is always intriguing.

Oh, and I really hope your lack of interest doesn't persist over the next few weeks-I have a feeling Leeds (and SL fans in general) will have quite a lot more to get excited about. But never mind, I'm sure there's a lot to do down in South Cheshire.

I believe Lord of the Idiots has a bright future in the polishing and marketing of regular season turds.

I don't want to pick fault with you being a newbie and all but the thread is about season ticket holders, ergo home games.

So lets look at our home games this year:

Catalan Win – [ihardly what you’d call exciting[/i
HKR Loss – [ione of, if not the most boring games of rugby I have the displeasure of watching[/i
Wakefield Win – [inarrowly beating the team that ultimately finished 12th[/i
Widnes Win – [iletting the team that finished 10th put 28 points past us[/i
Castleford Win - [iletting the team that finished 11th put 24 points past us[/i
Saints Loss – [ishould have won but not a bad game all in all[/i
London Win – [idrubbing of the bottom place team, hardly an exciting game[/i
Warrington Win – [igreat game, an exciting and narrow victory[/i
Bradford Draw – [iOnce again a really exciting and good to watch game[/i
Wigan Win – [ibest home game of the season, one really worthy of purchasing a season ticket[/i
Huddersfield Loss – [igetting hammered by a team that had nailed us on every aspect of our game plan[/i
Salford Win – [ihammered the team that finished second to last[/i
Hull Win – [ifirst game of the season was the only thing that made this game exciting, Hull never really turned up.[/i

If I were not a season ticket holder and had the ability of hindsight I would have probably only paid to watch 50% of the home games this year.

Several posters have said that they no longer purchase season tickets, instead picking and choosing the games they want to attend - after this year I am starting to see why.

Anyone who buys a season ticket out of some sense of PR invented "loyalty" rather than taking a purely financial decision on the matter deserves to be treated like the idiot cash cow that they are.

the wigan performance vindicated my decision not to get a season ticket this year. all the big games have been on sky anyway.
not missed going TBH

Who brought coerced loyalty into it? Do you think that some of the people stood around you are not of your intellectual standard and therefore, not capable of making a rational judgement on how they spend their money? Not saying your wrong but, if let us not have an elephant in the room.

The original post, or did you miss the title ?

I've stood and sat next to people at RL games, particularly finals, who were not capable of remembering their own name until they looked at the label that their mums had sewn into the collar of their jacket, so the answer is probably yes.

Fair enough, I can't say I have had a very different experience over the years! Still can't see where the issue of gullibility was brought into it though, just because we are deserving of pity does not mean that we were coerced. I had a pretty good idea what garbage would be on offer for at least some of the season but, it beats the hell out of watching Eastenders!

Hasn't the whole foundation of the club over that last 10 years being built on loyaly?

I really need to stop buying season tickets whilst this coach operates this way. My problem is not so much loyalty or financial, as just the thing I do. Having been a season ticket holder for 35 years this year, I just can't seem to let go of the tie. But I do fully agree with the likes of Tad, and need to man up. Can't do another season like this.