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Leeds have been in free fall in the 2016 Super League season - last years treble-winners find themselves 10th on the table with just three wins from 12 games.The Rhinos have had numerous injuries this season with full-back Zak Hardaker plus second rowers Carl Ablett and Brett Delaney the latest to join that list. The Rhinos also lost their training base to flooding when the river Aire burst its banks on Boxing Day, however Hardaker says that Leeds have simply not been consistent enough to challenge for the top of the table. Brad Singleton, Zak Hardaker and Jimmy Keinhorst reflect on Leeds opening couple of months to the season and look ahead to their clash with Huddersfield You could go down the route of injuries and training facilities, but I am not about that, Hardaker told Sky Sports.It is all about consistency on the pitch. We have played some great rugby and we have played some absolutely appalling rugby. That sums us up where we are.The points we scored at St Helens were terrific but to let 30 odd points in was not so good. If we can attack like we did against Saints but then defend like we did against Hull then we will slowly start to climb up the table. Highlights from the match between St Helens and Leeds in the Super League Huddersfield have not been the force they were last year either - having won only two of their 12 games. Leeds and Huddersfield will play against each other twice in a row after being drawn against each other in the Challenge Cup, and Hardaker says the main focus for Leeds is to get the win on Friday.Leeds v Huddersfield have always been great games - in previous years we have always been battling it out at the top of the table but this game we are fighting at the bottom of the table. It is going to be an interesting game - Huddersfield are desperate to get off the bottom and we are desperate not to fall to the bottom.You can play as well as you like but if you dont get the two points at the end of the game then it does not really matter. On Friday the main aim there is to get the two points, then we can start thinking of the Challenge Cup.Huddersfield have lost prop Craig Huby with a torn pectoral muscle so Eorl Crabtree is recalled and coach Paul Anderson has called up teenage centre Jake Wardle, younger brother of Joe, for the first time. Winger Gene Ormsby is recalled for a last appearance of his loan spell and Tyler Dickinson replaces Kruise Leeming. 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Theyve averaged 94 losses per year since 2011, and this past season was the tipping point for widespread change. Executive vice president and general manager Terry Ryan was fired on July 18, ending his leadership of the baseball operations at 17+ seasons.Falvey reflects an industry-wide trend toward young, analytical, innovative executives, with Theo Epsteins success after being hired as a 28-year-old in 2002 by the Boston Red Sox as the prime example. Epstein is now leading a revamp of the Chicago Cubs, who just piled up the most wins theyve had since 1910.Its a tremendous honor to have the opportunity to lead the Twins baseball operation, Falvey said in a statement in which he vowed to advance the organizations processes and nurture a progressive culture.Falvey joined Clevelands baseball operations in 2007 and rose through the department to third-in-command this season. The former pitcher for NCAA Division III Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, earned a degree in economics in 2005. He will join the Twins after the playoff-bound Indians wrap up their season.Hes kind of a rising star, in my opinion, Cleveland manager Terry Francona said recently. I dont think youre going to talk to anybody around here who doesnt think he is.The Twins have gone young before. Andy MacPhail was hired to lead the baseball operations at age 32 in 1985, and he had a big hand in building the 1987 and 1991 world champions. The Milwaukee Brewers, using the same search firm as the Twins, hired general manager David Stearns a year ago at age 30.The top priority for Falvey mmust be pitching.dddddddddddd The Twins had a 5.08 team ERA, more than a half-run higher than the next-worst team in the American League. Ervin Santana was the only reliable starter. The Twins had a middle-of-the-pack offense, but they lacked consistency with impotent stretches in April and September. They used a franchise-record 49 players.Its not just one arm. Its not just one bat. Its multiples of each, and we have to get better in a lot of areas, second baseman Brian Dozier said.Here are the top takeaways from the 2016 season:FIELDING FLUBSOvershadowed by the futility of the pitching was the continued deterioration of the defense behind it. Once an organization lauded for sound fundamentals, the Twins were charged with a league-most 126 errors, 29 more than the next-closest teams. Miguel Sano had 18 in 80 games in the field.BULL DOZIERDozier, making a mere $3 million this season, became the only Twins player beside Hall of Fame member Harmon Killebrew and the first since 1970 to reach the 40-home run mark. He went deep 42 times and batted a career-best .268 with 99 RBI, despite a 2-for-34 slide over his last eight games and an awful start that had him hitting .202 at the end of May. Dozier also stole 18 bases in 20 tries.HOMER HAPPYThe Twins at least were a more powerful team at the plate this year, hitting 200 home runs for their highest total since 1964 and their third-most in club history. The Twins had 11 players reach the 10-homer mark, matching a major league record shared with Detroit (2004) and Houston (2015).GROWING PAINSSano started the season awkwardly in right field, missed time to hamstring and back injuries and tainted his 25 home runs with a team-high 178 strikeouts in 437 at-bats. Center fielder Byron Buxton struggled badly at the plate until finally finding a groove in September. Right-hander Jose Berrios posted an 8.02 ERA in 14 starts. This trio is the core of the young talent the Twins and their fans had been eagerly awaiting.OFFSEASON SHUFFLECatcher Kurt Suzuki is the only free agent, but roster changes are certain. Dozier could be a trade candidate, a quick way to upgrade the starting pitching. 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