Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:37 am  

Huddersfield played both Widnes and yourselves towards the end of the regular season in July and as a side Leigh were way better than Widnes then, both offensively and defensively.
Plenty of sides have made the mistake of setting off at full speed early on in the competition. I think Leigh did this this year then got carried away with themselves. As you say the experienced players who were invaluable early on are now perhaps struggling to keep up to that pace later on in a gruelling season. That's not their fault-if your body won't do it- it won't! that's down to the coach he is inexperienced and perhaps didn't get the right mix of youth and experience, didn't get the conditioning right or spell players earlier on. The club will learn from this.
A loss early in the competition to the challenging championship side puts pressure on- as my team saw last year! Nerves will be kicking in with the players as they start to think about what could happen next. Nerves means mistakes and panic plays. Hope you guys survive as I think it's unfair you haven't had time to put things in place like every other team currently in the SL competition has. Looks like KR could well have done a Leigh of last year and put 2 SL clubs in the MPG. If history continues to repeat a last minute controversial drop goal will save you from the mpg!!!!! Good luck guys!

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:11 am  

LeythIg wrote:

Agree with this. And frankly, even if we did make the MPG, what's likely to happen? Absolutely no character to recover from something going against them. Disgusting from a set of well paid players.

It is unbelievable what is going on here. What players are getting away with. This week alone, We have players attending weddings and then bunking off next days training. Thats commitment for you.

We have players who chuck towel in and walk off midweek core fitness drills canot be ar$ed and unbelievably we had one of our key players hold a family christening a couple of hours before the key match. A christening. What on earth is going on ??

I knew we were dead in the water in terms of procuring the win when i heard that.

I am fuming beyond belief. I have made my views abundantly clear by the way. And anyone who knows me knows I bleed Leigh RLFC right through me.

Some of these players are on £170k.it is just not acceptable. It is a disgrace.

The culture has got to change quickly,change has got to occur now before all is lost.

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:21 am  

Harold Rigby Jnr wrote:

It is unbelievable what is going on here. What players are getting away with. This week alone, We have players attending weddings and then bunking off next days training. Thats commitment for you.

We have players who chuck towel in and walk off midweek core fitness drills canot be ar$ed and unbelievably we had one of our key players hold a family christening a couple of hours before the key match. A christening. What on earth is going on ??

I knew we were dead in the water in terms of procuring the win when i heard that.

I am fuming beyond belief. I have made my views abundantly clear by the way. And anyone who knows me knows I bleed Leigh RLFC right through me.

Some of these players are on £170k.it is just not acceptable. It is a disgrace.

The culture has got to change quickly,change has got to occur now before all is lost.

Outstanding- we need answers to all these questions

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:57 am  

You can buy all of the players you want to, but the one thing you can't buy is TEAM SPIRIT. That is what is missing, and has been missing for most of the season. If they are not careful, we won't even be in the MPG...or maybe they know there will be no relegation this season. I don't know but something is amiss.

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:16 pm  

Amazingly bad yesterday. Brilliantly effective against Catalans, a 2 week rest - then they go and produce the worst display in a long time.

Plan A went out the window just 5 mins in when Mortimer went off. Plan B was nowhere to be seen.

Higham was asked to do too many minutes.

I could go on...

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:37 pm  

Harold Rigby Jnr wrote:

It is unbelievable what is going on here. What players are getting away with. This week alone, We have players attending weddings and then bunking off next days training. Thats commitment for you.

We have players who chuck towel in and walk off midweek core fitness drills canot be ar$ed
Some of these players are on £170k.it is just not acceptable. It is a disgrace.

The culture has got to change quickly,change has got to occur now before all is lost.

You've also got a player at tribunal today or tomorrow, not to mention the player brawling with Cooky at training, perhaps you need to look beyond the players Harold.

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:47 pm  

Alan wrote:

I agree Harold. We really need two wins, to ensure an appearance in the MPG. If we play like we did against Catalans and Salford, that shouldn't be a problem, but if we play like we did yesterday, or against Hull KR, (i.e. if we allow them to dictate the game) I can't see where those two wins are going to come from.

I agree with 'Harry Stottle' about our 'ageing' players, and that's why the return of Maria is a must for me. The selection of Pelissier (or Hood) and Higson (and maybe even Hampshire) should provide a desperately needed boost in energy and enthusiasm levels

Don't think we'll see Higson again this season, believe he was due to play but circumstances dictated otherwise

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:55 pm  

ColD wrote:

Don't think we'll see Higson again this season, believe he was due to play but circumstances dictated otherwise

??? That's cryptic - and yet another shame. We need all the bodies and energy we can muster for the last three (four?) games. There has been too much 'non-availability' for my liking

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:24 pm  

Alan wrote:

??? That's cryptic - and yet another shame. We need all the bodies and energy we can muster for the last three (four?) games. There has been too much 'non-availability' for my liking

It seems all control has been lost, seriously considering whether I want to go to another game until there is evidence of sanity in the place.

Re: Simply Unacceptable : Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:39 pm  

Harold Rigby Jnr wrote:

It is unbelievable what is going on here. What players are getting away with. This week alone, We have players attending weddings and then bunking off next days training. Thats commitment for you.

We have players who chuck towel in and walk off midweek core fitness drills canot be ar$ed and unbelievably we had one of our key players hold a family christening a couple of hours before the key match. A christening. What on earth is going on ??

I knew we were dead in the water in terms of procuring the win when i heard that.

I am fuming beyond belief. I have made my views abundantly clear by the way. And anyone who knows me knows I bleed Leigh RLFC right through me.

Some of these players are on £170k.it is just not acceptable. It is a disgrace.

The culture has got to change quickly,change has got to occur now before all is lost.

I was angry enough at the end of the game, but Harold you have got me really worried for our future in SL. I know from your past posts that what you write on here is usually accurate. As I have stated in my earlier post on this thread, I saw most of the players walk off the pitch without acknowledging the fans. It struck me as both odd and disrespectful. You sensed that there was something else wrong amongst some of the players by them doing this, but at the time I couldn't be sure. What you have posted makes some sense of all this. Things need to be put right quickly, but after watching Neil Jukes' press conference a couple of times on LCTV he strikes me as a despondent man and the stress is starting to show. He contradicts himself by saying that he was nervous before the game, but the preparation was immaculate, and then he says he was confident, all in one or two sentences. I couldn't understand why he should be nervous after the immaculate preparation. When asked about the booing from the fans he clearly gets agitated and defensive. He's basically saying that he knows how much work is being done by the players and staff, and that the spectators don't. I should hope so too. Neil saw what we all saw during that game yesterday. So does Neil think that the best part of 5000 Leythers are wrong by doing this? Those that did boo were right to do so in my opinion, based on that performance. I hope that if there are any issues behind the scenes at the club that they can be put right ahead of the Wire game.