Re: Rochdale match. : Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:18 pm  

Maybe so, Charlie, and the best of luck. But I think there's been too much turmoil at Leigh this week and Sheffield aren't easy beats. Sheffield by 10.

Re: Rochdale match. : Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:49 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

FD , I think you may be in for a shock, yeah we are down, but most Definatly NOT OUT, we will field a decent squad, all of who want to play and will feel they have something to prove,yeah a few have left , but a fair few have stayed for the battle.

The crowd will be a decent size,I've heard a possible investor is hovering around I love a battle as do most Leythers, you never know,I'm a gambler though and would truly bet on a Leigh win on Sunday.Leigh by 8 , Charlie knows.

Leigh by 20. Huddshay knows!

Re: Rochdale match. : Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:02 am  

Fuzzy Duck wrote:

I think Sheffield will smell blood, griff. A couple of wins on the bounce and a third win will put to bed any lingering fears of the drop as well as scalping Leigh in their own back yard, not to mention that Leigh's remaining squad must be somewhat dejected.

Not much for us to play for, really. Despite "Every Minute Matters", it's still the same old story of small divisions + repeat fixtures = a lot of dead rubber games.

Swinton and Rochdale are five points adrift which is a big deficit to catch up. Making the Shield Final will probably be a mathematical impossibility for the bottom six in a fotnit's time.

It's no coincidence that the most interesting eight is the middle eight. That's the eight where everyone resets to zero and, consequently, where most can happen.

Re: Rochdale match. : Sat Jul 28, 2018 11:17 am  

Fuzzy Duck wrote:

Maybe so, Charlie, and the best of luck. But I think there's been too much turmoil at Leigh this week and Sheffield aren't easy beats. Sheffield by 10.

FD I've just seen our squad of 19 for the Sheff game and it's a lot better than expected,I'm c of identity of a Leigh win, and a good crowd to boot,Leythers are very hardy people,we will be OK.
I would want Fax to do well, but not tomorrow,hope you understand,but I do predict a Fax win, I'm hoping maybe a shock at Barrow, sometimes 100 /1 shots win, though not often,Derek has gone now , and I'm hoping for a familiar face to surface, you never know.Take care.

Re: Rochdale match. : Sat Jul 28, 2018 11:23 am  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

Leigh by 20. Huddshay knows!

Good afternoon Pete, I hope you are Di are well?Nice to see you have faith in us I've seen our 19 man squad for tomorrow and it's not to bad.Tomorrow I will raise a glass in Franks memory,and hope the lads do him proud.I may even venture to the Shay for the middle 8s this season depending on the fixtures, but you never know we may even be in them. .Charlie hopes.

Re: Rochdale match. : Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:40 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

Good afternoon Pete, I hope you are Di are well?Nice to see you have faith in us I've seen our 19 man squad for tomorrow and it's not to bad.Tomorrow I will raise a glass in Franks memory,and hope the lads do him proud.I may even venture to the Shay for the middle 8s this season depending on the fixtures, but you never know we may even be in them. .Charlie hopes.

Ey-up Ian, we're champion thanks. We called in't Legends bar after the match earlier in the season but you weren't there. How things have changed since then, I wonder what Frank would make of it all? We raised a glass to him in't Victorian before last week's Toulouse game, and another in't Pig's afterwards. I too think Leigh's best hope tomorrow lies at Barrow but it's your start to the season which I think you'll look back on on to rue. I remember before our game at The Shay talking to some Leigh fans in't Royal Oak and we couldn't agree who had the worst team! Your lads were awful that day and as I said at the time what an important two points they were for Fax. Anyroad, hope to see you soon and keep well. Up The Fax!

Re: Rochdale match. : Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:31 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

I would want Fax to do well, but not tomorrow,hope you understand,but I do predict a Fax win, I'm hoping maybe a shock at Barrow, sometimes 100 /1 shots win, though not often,Derek has gone now , and I'm hoping for a familiar face to surface, you never know.Take care.

Fax are hoping to mix it with Leeds, Widnes, Salford and Hull KR in the next couple of months ……. so, with all due respect to Rochdale, if we can't beat them and beat them well tomorrow then we shouldn't be in the 8s, especially when our 4 rivals for 2nd, 3rd and 4th have averaged nearly 70 points against them in recent weeks. And it's a "must win" game so Fax will be totally focussed. Likewise, I cannot see Barra getting anywhere near Landan. Looks like Toulouse are disposing of Dewsbury in an orderly fashion also - EDIT - after going 12 nil up early on, Dewsbury coming back, now 14 - 12. Can Toulouse throw it away for the 2nd year running?

Re Leigh, you would have been in the 8s had your last minute goalkick been given against Toronto in the Summer Bash. It went over. That one kick may have altered Leigh's future.

Re: Rochdale match. : Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:04 pm  

Fuzzy Duck wrote:

Fax are hoping to mix it with Leeds, Widnes, Salford and Hull KR in the next couple of months ……. so, with all due respect to Rochdale, if we can't beat them and beat them well tomorrow then we shouldn't be in the 8s, especially when our 4 rivals for 2nd, 3rd and 4th have averaged nearly 70 points against them in recent weeks. And it's a "must win" game so Fax will be totally focussed. Likewise, I cannot see Barra getting anywhere near Landan. Looks like Toulouse are disposing of Dewsbury in an orderly fashion also - EDIT - after going 12 nil up early on, Dewsbury coming back, now 14 - 12. Can Toulouse throw it away for the 2nd year running?

Re Leigh, you would have been in the 8s had your last minute goalkick been given against Toronto in the Summer Bash. It went over. That one kick may have altered Leigh's future.

It's totally obvious the RFL are struggling to recruit decent officials. Some of the touch judges I've seen this year just seem to 'freeze'. The occasion is too much for them. Anyone notice the TJ just stood in a daze for a minute after Gradys try. He had to be prompted to get behind the goal for the kick. The situation overwhelmed the poor lad.

Re: Rochdale match. : Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:02 pm  

Bottom line, and no disrespect to Rochdale, but if we don’t win tomorrow we don’t deserve to be in the Middle 8’s, that’s how it is, end of.

Re: Rochdale match. : Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:44 pm  

Norman Bates wrote:

Bottom line, and no disrespect to Rochdale, but if we don’t win tomorrow we don’t deserve to be in the Middle 8’s, that’s how it is, end of.

Correct Norman.