Re: Leigh (H) : Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:19 pm  

I still see us mid table this year not in the playoffs

Re: Leigh (H) : Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:54 pm  

zapperbull wrote:

I still see us mid table this year not in the playoffs

But that is a mid-table with no bankruptcies, no player legal actions, no financial black-holes, the prospect of full funding next season, a fantastic management team in place, a host of home-grown players in the first team (and more coming through), and also the club running an academy, U19s and reserve teams.

But for the benefit of our more 'glass-half-empty' members in here we do have: expensive gameday tickets, no large sizes for replica shirts, the stadia being a bit of a shed, our chairman being eloquent if loudly uncouth, the beers being low quality and the gameday food being poor quality too.

Yeah, I'll be happy with a year of mid-table averageness. I think we will be progressing upwards in the next few years anyway.

Re: Leigh (H) : Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:33 pm  

Alan wrote:

I would expect you to beat us, especially at home - although our team is beginning to show signs of improvement. Our fitness levels are impressive, and there is a never-say-die approach from us. However, I would still make you favourites for this one. Should be a cracking atmosphere, with say about 700-800 Leythers making the trip.

Just watching the Leigh v Rochdale game and I'm particularly impressed with the two players on loan from St Helens; Danny Richardson and James Bentley.

Another Championship cracker awaits.

Re: Leigh (H) : Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:41 pm  

MicktheGled wrote:

Just watching the Leigh v Rochdale game and I'm particularly impressed with the two players on loan from St Helens; Danny Richardson and James Bentley.

Another Championship cracker awaits.

Richardson has performed very well, the last couple of games, after a couple of 'average' performances. He finally seems to have got over the 'sulk' of being left out by saints, and is now playing with a smile on his face. It's only a matter of time, before he is back at Saints, long term.

Our best D/C has been Luke Douglas - a model of consistency and professionalism.

Like you say, it should be a cracker.

Re: Leigh (H) : Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:41 am  

zapperbull wrote:

I still see us mid table this year not in the playoffs

I suppose mid table in a 14 team league could be 6th to 8th. And 6th isn't exactly far away from 5th

So, yeah, mid table is what I personally expect (and would be happy with) but if we get a bit of roll on, and win a run of games, then we could end up in the Top 5 quite easily.

I think it will be tight league, with teams beating each other. Once you take out Toronto and Toulouse, then there's a bunch of teams who seem on a pretty similar level, and we are one of them.

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Re: Leigh (H) : Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:54 am  

MicktheGled wrote:

Just watching the Leigh v Rochdale game and I'm particularly impressed with the two players on loan from St Helens; Danny Richardson and James Bentley.

Another Championship cracker awaits.

Mmm, James Bentley. That name rings a bell, wasn't he one of our juniors who left to join a Super League team a few short years ago.

Re: Leigh (H) : Thu Mar 21, 2019 4:14 pm  

This is definitely a must win for us. We need to start dominating teams and putting in a full 80 minute performance. The effort shown at Widnes proves that we can compete and we need to start showing some consistency in both attack and defence

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Re: Leigh (H) : Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:51 pm  

We're certainly not scoring much. Aren't we about third last in terms of points scored?

Re: Leigh (H) : Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:29 pm  

Pumpetypump wrote:

We're certainly not scoring much. Aren't we about third last in terms of points scored?

Fourth last. Batley, Barrow & Rochdale have scored less. Rochdale have played 2 less games, but on average they'd still be below.

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Re: Leigh (H) : Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:24 pm  

This is the thing with a competitive championship. There's few teams that you can cut loose against and hone your attack. No disrespect to West Wales but those games were training with contact. That said, I look at our side and there's a lot more points in them than their showing at the moment. Settled halfbacks would obviously help immeasurably.