Well, hasn't Stupor League XV thus far witnessed a rather disappointing and inauspicious start to the current campaign from it's back-to-back-to-back champion team, eh? In considered layman's terms of course, that basically translates to the Leeds Whinos performances and results in 2010 as bearing an extremely close relationship in shape and form to a steaming pile of stinking, excrementitious waste, otherwise more commonly known as SHIT.
It goes without saying that 'considered layman's terms' are not applied to the current situation at the club by your archetypal or prototypal fuckwitted Whinos fans... many whom have spent the last month or so whining and chelping over an injury crisis and bad luck which has allegedly befallen their precious club.
Whinos coach Brian McClennan however refuses to cite injuries as an excuse - no, really. "It's just the way it goes and we're not going to use injuries as an excuse for our (lowly) position in the table" BUT then contradicts himself in disgraceful fashion when opining that injuries are "part and parcel of the season and other clubs will go through this too HOPEFULLY". As an exercise in crassness and unsportsmanship, Bluey McClennan scores 9.9 out of 10 for that comment. One can only assume the pressure of managing an injury-hit squad for the first time during his tenure is getting to him.
There was no injury crisis - allegedly or otherwise - when Leeds were done like a dogs dinner by Castleford at Headingley to the tune of 24-10, or a week later at Wakefield 28-18. In fact, the RFL bent over backwards to provide them with the most comfortable of fixture schedules possible - Crusaders, Castleford, Wakefield and Salford - in preparation for the WCC against the Melbourne Storm, and they still got bashed into oblivion at the PTB area by an Aussie team who were out-of-season, lacking in match fitness and where one of their star players (Greg Inglis) was hobbling around on one leg.
Recent performances where a few more injuries have kicked in has seen Leeds done and dusted by Huddersfield away, Hull KR at home and Wigan away, though it appears most Whinos fans were happy with the performance at Wigan despite the 24-4 defeat. It was also arguably Wigan's worst performance of the season. Yet despite the injuries, Leeds were still able to field an international line-up numbering double figures against Wigan and Huddersfield, and nine international players against Hull KR.
If any Whinos supporter ever tires of citing an injury crisis as an excuse for poor performances and results from their club, one can always rely upon them to blame the referee instead. Or better still, just sit back and wait for a complete and utter tool to let emotion get the better of him and then follow suit.
Based upon the evidence of the season so far, it is not entirely unreasonable to suggest that 2010 might well be a season too far for this current mob of overrated Leeds players. And if it isn't, then it certainly ought to be. But that would depend upon the likes of Wigan, St Helens, Warrington and a few others finally stepping up to the Stupor League plate and that's by no means guaranteed.
In the meantime, let's all laugh at the Whinos current predicament :-)
| 1 | Wigan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 278 | 104 | 14 | +174 |
| 2 | Warrington | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 249 | 112 | 12 | +137 |
| 3 | St Helens | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 227 | 148 | 12 | +79 |
| 4 | Huddersfield | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 102 | 10 | +84 |
| 5 | Hull FC | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 143 | 10 | +51 |
| 6 | Wakefield | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 178 | 10 | -5 |
| 7 | Hull KR | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 175 | 8 | -42 |
| 8 | Bradford | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 167 | 8 | -46 |
| 9 | Leeds | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 180 | 139 | 6 | +41 |
| 10 | Castleford | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 168 | 213 | 6 | -45 |
| 11 | Crusaders | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 138 | 215 | 6 | -77 |
| 12 | Salford City | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 109 | 197 | 4 | -88 |
| 13 | Les Catalans | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 98 | 200 | 4 | -102 |
| 14 | Harlequins | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 86 | 247 | 2 | -161 |
