Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:37 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Mixed emotions tonight. We got the job done but that performance won’t get us much further IMO. We didn’t get a great deal of intensity in to our defence until the last 10 mins or so. Call me miserable but I thought we over celebrated the LLS as well.

I don't think we got the balance right between managing the game but also putting enough attacking play on to cause enough threat to seize more moments when we had good field position.

In the lead up to this game we've had that perfect balance.

It was all a bit safe and predictable tonight and I'm not sure if we are overthinking the wet weather / play off football approach.

We should just continue to do what we've been doing these past 8 weeks or so prior to tonight.

Play too conservatively and you're asking for trouble.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:41 pm  

Trainman wrote:

I don’t feel miserable in the slightest. That was the game I expected and the game we needed. I felt we were pretty dominant in the first half, second was more even. After a couple of big scores recently we needed that kind of battle.

Tonight was about getting the job done for the LLS and building for the bigger games to come. I’d say we did both reasonably well with (hopefully) improvement to come.

I feel a miserable get myself!! I said pre game that we needed to switch ourselves on and I felt we didn’t quite get to our best. Ultimately we’re a game off a GF and we’ve got a great chance of achieving what we want to.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:41 pm  

SKY reporting that Beaumont has refused to allow Lam do a post match interview due to the Gildart no try.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:45 pm  

Th'Observer wrote:

I don't think we got the balance right between managing the game but also putting enough attacking play on to cause enough threat to seize more moments when we had good field position.

In the lead up to this game we've had that perfect balance.

It was all a bit safe and predictable tonight and I'm not sure if we are overthinking the wet weather / play off football approach.

We should just continue to do what we've been doing these past 8 weeks or so prior to tonight.

Play too conservatively and you're asking for trouble.

We’ve been watching Grand Finals for 25 years and I’ve yet to see a side who manage to play an open brand of rugby on the night. We have a chance of winning the GF but that performance tonight won’t get us close.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:46 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Mixed emotions tonight. We got the job done but that performance won’t get us much further IMO. We didn’t get a great deal of intensity in to our defence until the last 10 mins or so. Call me miserable but I thought we over celebrated the LLS as well.

Thought our defensive intensity was fantastic throughout. One poor miss from Bevan but other than that very good. Leigh really are a very good side and I thought that was a great achievement tonight in wet weather.

The two disallowed tries were ridiculous. Nothing wrong with Field's try and the refs clearly decided to even it up with Leigh's.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:46 pm  

MattyB wrote:

SKY reporting that Beaumont has refused to allow Lam do a post match interview due to the Gildart no try.

It actually should be due to the Field no try.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:50 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Thought our defensive intensity was fantastic throughout. One poor miss from Bevan but other than that very good. Leigh really are a very good side and I thought that was a great achievement tonight in wet weather.

The two disallowed tries were ridiculous. Nothing wrong with Field's try and the refs clearly decided to even it up with Leigh's.

I thought the defence was sleepy early doors tbh. Saints are so boring to watch but their defence will smother you and if we put that performance up against them in a GF, we’ll be done for after 25/30 mins.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:53 pm  

If we'd won by 30 everybody would be moaning we've not had an intense game for 2 months and that's no preparation for a knockout game

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:04 pm  

Job done!

Not pretty but Smiths kicking game was superb.

I feel we played a bit like Huddersfield in the CC final last year.

We didn’t really throw anything at them and just went set for set and back out defence.

Glad it didn’t bite us like it did them

I’d like to see us play with a bit more confidence with the ball.



Job done though, we need Havard to pop up in the squad for the semi final. Our prop rotation was bad tonight

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:20 pm  

MattyB wrote:

SKY reporting that Beaumont has refused to allow Lam do a post match interview due to the Gildart no try.

I’ve got a lot of time for DB but if that’s true he should be ashamed. Yeah, it should have been given but so should the field try imo. That’s just a childish throwing your toys out of the pram response.