Rhinos slip back into bad old habits in Saints loss

Our fans reflect on Leeds' error-strewn performance

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A Friday night journey across the M62 to face St Helens resulted in an outcome that was not what we anticipated or desired, but perhaps, in some respects, it was expected following our five-match winning streak.

I suppose I am guilty of beginning to expect victories, especially after our successes in the last few rounds.

There were moments of hope and displays of skill, but overall, we were disorganised and didn't truly seem to be engaged in the game.

This perhaps illustrates that we are human and can experience a poor week.

'Attitude' was the term head coach Brad Arthur used after the match and I believe he is correct.

Something didn't quite align, and I suspect complacency may have played a role. We have slipped to fourth in the league and perhaps this will serve as a wake-up call to remind us that our performance is only as strong as the opposition allows us to be.

Hopefully we have shaken this off and in the match against Leigh Leopards on Friday we will return to our winning form and play as we know we can.

However, it won't be easy: it's fourth against third and should hopefully be an exciting night at Headingley.

What happened on Friday night? There's very little to say, really. I was confident of a win, but that confidence soon ebbed away as Leeds slipped back into playing the way we have for the last few years and errors and penalties gave St Helens the game.

We will rarely have a better chance of beating them. They were low on confidence and missing numerous players and we should have won at a canter. We have a truly awful recent record against Saints.