: Thu May 28, 2009 8:50 pm  

your right we should have beaten them but we had such a poor start i was tearing my hair out knowing we ARE better than that. As for Watto milking it never that was a penalty in anyones book .Dont think they used Stantons speed either thought a kick at the end for him to chase would have been a better option but ifs and maybes are no good .Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I am pig sick but i think Nanyn' s signing is a big plus 2 tries on 1st outing you cant ask for much more than that .

: Thu May 28, 2009 8:51 pm  

I agree Nanyn play well tonite and would be a massive improvement in what we have at present

: Thu May 28, 2009 8:52 pm  

Mick Nanyn, a player we were laughing at and calling past it 3 years ago. Sums up our team and our ambition that now he looks like our best player

: Thu May 28, 2009 8:53 pm  

Where was Durbin tonight by the way, is he injured? if not he would have been on bench for me with Nanyn to start instead of Stewart he offers nothin as far as I can see

: Thu May 28, 2009 8:53 pm  

DETROITSOUL wrote:

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Not only lightweight up front but take Watson out of that side and we have
a backline thats one of the poorest ive seen in years Nanyn did,nt look to bad at times but the team has no penetration in going forward and when we did get back in the game late second half indisipline from our best player Watto cost us he tried to milk a penalty and it backfired
Blimey the gulf in class from the SL is massive to say the least
We are in dire need of a good stand off and two big forwards to punch up
players like Stewart Maden are past it Stanton who some Leigh fans rave about but hardly ever beats a man we have Donlan who should be on the wing the mix of the team is all wrong like i said we should be beating teams like Fev home n away and they have beaten us three times so far this season with non spectacular rugby it makes me very sad to say but unless things are changed pretty soon and fresh blood brought in we are goosed this season

I just dont think we use him enough, the only time he gets the ball is from a kick return or when he comes in for a scoot. Did you see him shift after that kick of Watsons, hes rapid and we dont create any sort of overlap to give him a chance.

: Thu May 28, 2009 8:55 pm  

Ron Burgundy wrote:

I just dont think we use him enough, the only time he gets the ball is from a kick return or when he comes in for a scoot. Did you see him shift after that kick of Watsons, hes rapid and we dont create any sort of overlap to give him a chance.

Would be good to see him chase a kick from base of scrum or just throw it out wide and get him in a gap!! (just don't let Donlan pass it based on that last pass )

[mish]

: Thu May 28, 2009 9:02 pm  

Seriously don't we practice basic ball handling skills or tackling techniques any more?

I thought Nanyn had a great first game, especially after being chucked on early and the score would have been dire without him!

: Thu May 28, 2009 9:11 pm  

My glass is half full. A 6 and Donlan playing where he needs to be playing, with Nanyn in the centres and we will finish in the top 5.

We were never going to beat their pack with ours but thought we held our own.

Collectively I didnt think we were too bad. Individual errors and at least 2 50/50 decisions going against us at key times cost us that tonight.

: Thu May 28, 2009 9:15 pm  

Honest Joe wrote:

Mick Nanyn, a player we were laughing at and calling past it 3 years ago. Sums up our team and our ambition that now he looks like our best player

Cant you be negative in a more positive way please Nanyn was good tonight and yes he has had alot of stick from Leigh fans but thats because he was always scoring points against us but now he's scoring for us

Re: THAT WAS DIRE : Thu May 28, 2009 9:17 pm  

DETROITSOUL wrote:

My god that was dire two poor teams but some of Leighs players are
well below the standard we need to make a impact in this Div
Armistead lumbers up like a player from the 60,s most of the forwards
are lightweight and cant break a tackle Donlan at 6 is poor Rudd second row never in a million years we are gonna have to sign some serious artillery for next season because with this team as it stands is to lightweight does,nt pack a punch in both forwards & backline
if we cant beat teams like Fev i give up defo this Leigh team at present is one of the worst in recent years I hope that Joe Williams guy arrives soon so that Donlan can get back on the wing

fair do's it wasnt convincing from either side........dont be so hard on ya selves.......as for 'if we cant beat teams like fev'?....whats all that about?