Re: Leigh away : Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:44 pm  

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Re: Leigh away : Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:47 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

Not preseason though Ian (no posting then old pal, just silence) when Mr B had allegedly walked and Fax had to step in and save King Kev from becoming destitute when he had not been paid and just dumped by Deggsy.

What's coming forth compered to impoverishment?
Charlie Knows.

I presume by King Kev you refer to Larroyer..?He was hardly dumped, as I understood it when Leigh didn’t make the top5 from the previous season Derek let a fair few players go to other Clubs or stay on reduced contracts ,Larroyer, Evans , and another player whose name I can’t think of refused both options and threatened court action, it was sensibly avoided when Larroyer signed for Fax , Evans went to Bradford I still can’t think of the other guy.
Derek however regained his appetite for Leigh because nobody was interested in buying his shares,at the end of last season he put a few pounds in to try to win the play offs including signing Kevin Brown, but it failed.
This season Derek has kept a low profile , let Duffy get on with the job ,and it’s paying dividends, I do predict we may enter the transfer market again IF we get into the top 5.I do hope this helps, as for myself?Hardly close season silence, I just don’t see Fax as one of our competitors for a top 5 spot this season.However you never know after your York victory.Im hoping for a good game , but after seeing our Squad it seems a very strong 17 will turn out..
I will be at the Shay for the return fixture.And I’m very disappointed in Hudd Shays stance on a Fax boycott.Cmon Pete don’t give up.[/quote]
It is in no way a Fax boycott Ian, I'm just getting more and more disillusioned with the game as a whole. There's hardly a week goes by without summat else daft rearing it's ugly head. Aye, I'm not happy with what's going on at Fax but we've a wedding in Mexico in't Summer so we'll pick and chose matches to go to and hopefully the game in general comes to it's senses before it's too late.

Re: Leigh away : Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:08 pm  

Part Quote: I'm just getting more and more disillusioned with the game as a whole. There's hardly a week goes by without summat else daft rearing it's ugly head. Aye, I'm not happy with what's going on at Fax but we've a wedding in Mexico in't Summer so we'll pick and chose matches to go to and hopefully the game in general comes to it's senses before it's too late.

Touched on before by Bentleyman and others Hudds the game will see some big changes, the Champ and Champ 1 clubs met just a couple of weeks back to start preliminary discussions.

Now moved to new thread, "big changes coming", keeps us occupied.

Re: Leigh away : Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:13 pm  

Fax more than capable of winning this one, but I think (we) Leigh will be victorious by 12 points.

Re: Leigh away : Sat Mar 07, 2020 1:56 am  

Beaujangles wrote:

Horses for courses for me.Swinton at home and i'd echo your thoughts.The reality is we are 2/4 from playing 3 ordinary/poor sides,this week is a different level.Some of our squad should be nowhere near a fixture like this and i could easily make a case for any of,Gilmore,Morris,Garside,Barber,Davies(2)Mcgrath,Calcott,Fleming not been involved if there were 3/4 quality alternatives available,which is how DR works when utilised properly,not the half-arsed confusing method we use.I accept anything can happen in live sport but we get off to a poor start with that squad and a 40/50 point tonking is again on the cards.

Think that's a little harsh on some of those that you mentioned. Especially for Gilmore, Morris and Barber. Think Gilmore has had terrible luck with injuries. I think he is more than a competent halfback, Morris is one of those players that will get dismissed purely on his size but he consistently makes good meters and Barber for me is a very talented back-rower, good hands, his problem for me is his weight and fitness. Leigh is a good a team but they are not the team of recent years where they tonked everyone in the super 8's. They have good players but certainly beatable.

Re: Leigh away : Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:08 pm  

Not sure when we last won at the Leigh sports village
Think we last Won there 36-16 in 2011 so a long time between drinks big improvement in discipline needed but who knows

Re: Leigh away : Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:54 pm  

bentleyman wrote:

Not sure when we last won at the Leigh sports village
Think we last Won there 36-16 in 2011 so a long time between drinks big improvement in discipline needed but who knows

Charlie?

To those of you trekking over to our side of the hill, have a safe journey, but not too enjoyable afternoon.

Re: Leigh away : Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:10 pm  

Charlie knows nowt!! Not sure if we have met Alan but I always enjoy my trips to Leytherland

Re: Leigh away : Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:48 am  

bentleyman wrote:

Charlie knows nowt!! Not sure if we have met Alan but I always enjoy my trips to Leytherland

Likewise, I love my trips to the Shay. A lovely stadium with a great atmosphere - even when we have had some hammerings there!

Re: Leigh away : Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:13 am  

charlie caroli wrote:

Derek let a fair few players go to other Clubs or stay on reduced contracts .
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Yep, he magnaminously allowed them to go to other clubs.