We really could do with a win on Friday night. Mainly because we need to pick up that early season momentum again. We don't want to find ourselves back in the all too familiar scenario of a losing run. This is the knock-on effect of that damaging defeat at Magic weekend. Losing to Wigan and rovers could have been written off if we'd beaten Huddersfield, but we let ourselves down two weeks ago, for possibly the first time this year.
We've put ourselves under unnecessary pressure now, if we can get back on track starting Friday night we can dismiss the Huddersfield defeat as a one-off, but lose and we'll be seventh after the weekend and starting to look desperately for where the next win is coming from.
Don't know what to make of Leeds so far. They've been very hit and miss in a number of games. Beat Wigan, maybe should have beaten rovers, but in other matches they've looked a little dull and uninspiring to me. Their game at Magic against Saints seemed to sum them up, they looked like they were going to blow Saints off the park in the first twenty minutes but by the end seemed relieved when the final hooter sounded.
If we can see some improvement in our discipline (keeping 13 on the pitch for the full 80 would be a start!) and we can complete our sets to a high percentage, I think we can put some pressure on them and hopefully Asiata and Sezer can ask some probing questions of their defence. In the past we've had a habit of being flat after a week off so hopefully JC has used the time to get them primed and ready for this one.
These games against the mid-table pack will likely go a long way to determining how our season ultimately pans out, top six or bottom four. Hoping we pick up the early season thread again with this one. Think it will be a good atmosphere on the Western terrace. Let's make some noise like we did at Wire a few weeks back.
