By Kevin Sinfield Leeds Rhinos star and BBC Sport Online columnist

We had high hopes for this season.

We started well, with the Challenge Cup win over Bradford indicating we were capable of picking up some silverware.

But, ultimately, we fell short of our targets, leaving a lot of people disappointed, including myself.

The defeat at the JJB Stadium last Friday was certainly not the way we would have liked to have finished our campaign.

One week we can be brilliant, the next we can be very average

Kevin Sinfield

Wigan made Leeds pay for their indiscipline

That has been our problem this season, we have been too inconsistent.

One week we can be brilliant, the next we can be very average.

Form like that is not going to win you anything.

We need to rediscover our hunger so that we can match the desire of Wigan, St Helens and Bradford, who have set the standards for everyone else.

Do that and we might start to fulfil the ambition this club has.

Our chief executive, Gary Hetherington, promised changes if we failed to finish the regular season in the top three.

Well, we didn't achieve that objective.

We came in fourth and subsequently bowed out to Wigan in the play-offs.

Does that mean we can expect a mass clear-out now our season is over?

Perhaps, but we could find out in the next few days.

We have already said goodbye to Adrian Vowles, Tonie Carroll and Marcus St Hilaire.

Adrian joined Wakefield as player-coach a few weeks back, Tonie is heading back to Australia to play for the Brisbane Broncos while Marcus is now on the books of the Huddersfield Giants.

Already signed up for next season are former Australia internationals Chris McKenna and David Furner while the deal to bring Andrew Dunemann to Headingley is almost complete.

David Furner will join Leeds from Wigan

There is also talk of Chris Feather joining us from the Wildcats.

Dunemann's arrival will no doubt lead to speculation about the half-backs.

We already have four - five if you count me - which means someone may have to go.

I cannot see Ben Walker leaving, but I am not the one calling the shots.

It will be difficult if there are departures.

The players get on pretty well with each other and no-one likes to see anyone shoved out of the door.

But the club wants success and will make the changes it feels will help us win a trophy or two in the next few years.