Re: Tears of a Clown. : Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:37 pm  

Jordan Lilley joins Leigh on a 1-month loan and in contention to play against Fax.

As a neutral this is an interesting game. Leigh not as bad as their position in the table suggests but have lacked creativity especially at half back and Halifax tend to deal quite well with teams like that, it takes a decent team to score plenty of points against Fax especially at home.

Leigh have leaked 70 points in their last two games, both at home, but Halifax tend to struggle to rack up the points.

Looks like a close and low-scoring game to me. No idea who wins.

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:25 pm  

The Phantom Horseman wrote:

Jordan Lilley joins Leigh on a 1-month loan and in contention to play against Fax.

As a neutral this is an interesting game. Leigh not as bad as their position in the table suggests but have lacked creativity especially at half back and Halifax tend to deal quite well with teams like that, it takes a decent team to score plenty of points against Fax especially at home.

Leigh have leaked 70 points in their last two games, both at home, but Halifax tend to struggle to rack up the points.

Looks like a close and low-scoring game to me. No idea who wins.

Phantom, we at Leigh have had no problem scoring points it's our defence that the problem,we seem to get a comfortable lead then go to sleep, hopefully Lilley can create a few more chances and our defence can tighten up.
Our backs from 1 -5 have been fairly good, and dour forwards look strong, it's the halves were we seem to lack something,we disposed of Batley with ease a few weeks ago, but it remains to be seen what happens on Sunday , I've for cast a Leigh win by 2 points but I'm not confident, should be a good game.

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:50 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

Phantom, we at Leigh have had no problem scoring points it's our defence that the problem

True but what I meant was this Leigh team doesn't scare people when you have the ball like the one of 2 or 3 years ago did. With so many ex NRL/SL guys in your line-up you're always going to be competitive and score points, but the quality just doesn't seem to be there at half back, maybe Lilley will help you improve.

The one thing Halifax are good at is defending, it normally takes a bit of quality to break them down, Ridyard and Holmes did it a few times when Fev played them in week 1 but teams that lack creativity aren't going to score lots of points against them. That said, Halifax struggle in that area themselves.

I think the score when Fax played Toronto was something like 4-10 until the last few minutes, and 20 points might be enough to win the game on Sunday, for either side.

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:13 pm  

I can see this being a dour low scoring affair. Full-time fitness winning. Fax 6 Leigh 14

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:49 pm  

ronniebarker wrote:

I can see this being a dour low scoring affair. Full-time fitness winning. Fax 6 Leigh 14

Batley game apart.... Leigh have been outscored in the 2nd half in every other game.... incl barrow which would suggest fitness/conditioning levels are nowhere near as good as they ought to be for a full time side.
And if they think jordy lilley is Alan Langer they will be sadly disappointed.
This is this weeks "interesting game"!

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:23 pm  

Blimey Fev actually beat Leigh Centurions for the 1st time since 1959, calm down fella ! 2 poor sides last week at Leigh, and you know it.
I predict: Fax 20 Leigh 14

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:07 am  

Aye ... fev are dire. I can't see where we're going to get another win from.....
London Toulouse Toronto top 3. Leigh still fav for 4th. We can't possibly compete with full time teams.

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:36 am  

Both defences were rubbish last week at Leigh, that was what I meant.

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:39 am  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

Aye ... fev are dire. I can't see where we're going to get another win from.....
London Toulouse Toronto top 3. Leigh still fav for 4th. We can't possibly compete with full time teams.

It clear to all Robin that Fev at the moment are competing with everyone, carry on like this and Brian Mac may get coach of the year at two different clubs in the same season.

Re: Tears of a Clown. : Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:01 am  

Budgiezilla wrote:

2 poor sides last week at Leigh, and you know it.

There have been a few years where Leigh have enjoyed some sweet, sweet grapes, but they appear to be going awfully sour right now...