Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:33 pm  

It’s 63 minutes into the game and I’m following on twitter.
0-20 down after 17 minutes and it felt all over but I still had a hope, because these guys are “different gravy” to steal a phrase from our well dressed leader.
Win, lose or draw we can ask no more than a team with a fighting spirit.
Bugger, 32-30 down as I type. But I stand by my thoughts.
COYL

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:48 pm  

A bridge too far at 38-30 but it sounds like we gave them a heck of a game.
We didn’t name a 21 man squad this week because we didn’t have 21 available.
The 18 man squad named was everyone we had.
I’m looking forward to reading some thoughts from anyone that was there on one form of social media or another.

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sat Jun 24, 2023 6:50 pm  

Echoe that VL.

Proud of that performance, we spotted the Cats a 20 point lead and still went toe-to-toe despite having a seriously depleted team. We've continually show that we're in the conversation for trophies, and I'm confident we'll get an element of revenge when they come to LSV.

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:10 pm  

3 forwards are very close to return, and it certainly looks like the players who stepped in today stood up to be noticed.
I think we can keep pushing to the top and be a Challenge Cup finalist with a bit of luck.

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:19 pm  

18 months ago we'd been relegated from another disastrous Super League season, we had a handful of players contracted and were only just about to appoint a Head of Rugby and a couple of weeks later a head coach. We went in to the beginning of the season with a threadbare squad with only a sprinkling of proven talent, we were up against it to recruit further.

To be where we are today, going toe-to-toe with the best teams, seriously contending to get to finals and win trophies is quite frankly a breathtaking achievement.

We may have lost today, and clearly a sketchy start cost us, but we've shown masses of character and once the lads got in to gear, also a lot of skill.

This team is going places.

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:35 pm  

Here here despite that being a loss don't recall a game that I have been as proud of a performance when not getting the result , big rap to the fringe players today who well and truly gave it a dig , full respect to all the coaches and backroom staff for giving so much belief in to some of those players who have struggled for game time this season .

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sat Jun 24, 2023 9:20 pm  

The perfect ten was not to be, nor was the eight point winning margin that would have seen Leigh up into second place, nor the one by 37 that would have given us top spot in SL.

Since the bans were announced to further deplete our small squad, and the weather forecast for down there was noted, as posted elsewhere, Bongser had this down as a loss. So why does he feel so gutted?

Maybe because we nudged ahead latish on? It’s the bloody hope that gets you!

That said, well done to the squad players and special mention for Ed Chambo. Pleased for him.

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:05 pm  

Ed Chamberlain, as makeshift 2nd Rower??? Certainly looked good running through a gap.

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:17 am  

All you can ask is that they give everything when out on the field, which this squad of players always do. With the injuries and suspensions I too was expecting a loss. With the results this weekend, we will be fourth at worst. I would have taken that any day of the week at this stage of the season. Hopefully back to winning ways next week.

Re: Win or Lose, This Team Has The Character I Want : Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:20 am  

Vancouver Leyther wrote:

3 forwards are very close to return, and it certainly looks like the players who stepped in today stood up to be noticed.
I think we can keep pushing to the top and be a Challenge Cup finalist with a bit of luck.

It's written in the stars VL. In the FA Cup it was a Manchester Derby. Who do we play on TV the week after our SF CC game? Wiggin!! The stars are telling us it will be an all Gtr Manchester Derby CCFinal Leigh v Wiggin!!! Listen to Wysi the Wyzard