Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:26 pm  

So disappointed to hear all the down-beat talk. I'll look forward to seeing the game back.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:33 pm  

Just back from the game. We conceded 6 in a tough game and won it. Nothing else needs to be said, we did the job and that’s all that matters now for the next 3 weeks.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:41 pm  

One thing that was clear is that Peet doesn't trust Mago or Hill to play in those final moments when defence is all that matters. Add Ellis' failed HIA and the injuries to Cooper, Havard and Byrne and we did well to see it out.

Havard looked to be limping a little at the end of the game so not optimistic on him returning but we sure could do with him.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:45 pm  

Leigh to beat Hkr then beat Wiggin int semi.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:46 pm  

Cokey wrote:

Leigh to beat Hkr then beat Wiggin int semi.

Wouldn’t bet against it, would be reminsent of Salford in 2019, we beat them 3/4 teams in the year in close games then they did us in the semi.

Just posted on the Leigh board but Leigh are proper team. Can beat anyone.

Have the upmost respect for them.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:50 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.

Walking off the ground a few us said that if we repeat that display in the SF we won’t make the final. I think HKR will give Leigh a good hiding next week as they seem to be hitting some form and I think Leyth put so much into tonight that they maybe a spent force. HKR for me could be the real dark horse to get to the GF.
On the plus side I thought O’Neil had a great game. Not sure who won mom but for me I thought that he walked it.
Smith’s kicking game was very good and at times he kept us in the game. I thought that all of the three quarters played well. Field looked dangerous every time that he had the ball. I don’t know why his second try was disallowed because I struggled to see any obstruction.
French was disappointing and what do you say about Mago?? I’m totally amazed that we have extended his contract. Unless he is injured his minutes/effort was poor in the extreme.
I’m a big Farrell fan but at the moment in attack he is almost pedestrian. Maybe he is still struggling with the calf strain?

Maybe we needed a game like that to really stretch us. To be fair to Leyth they are a very fit and physical side and the metres that they made when they had the ball was impressive at times.
Hopefully a weeks rest and god willing Havard back and we may just have enough for HKR. Somehow we have got to get French in better positions with the ball because for me at the moment we are getting very little form our main strike player.
Having said all of that if someone had said to me 10 weeks ago we would finish top I would have laughed my head off. Peet and his team have some work to do but thankfully we’ve now got 2 weeks to fine tune the attack and get the defence playing at a significantly higher intensity than we did at times tonight. Peet is a smart guy and I’m hoping that he can squeeze that little bit extra out of the team that will be absolutely required if we are to progress further.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:50 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

One thing that was clear is that Peet doesn't trust Mago or Hill to play in those final moments when defence is all that matters. Add Ellis' failed HIA and the injuries to Cooper, Havard and Byrne and we did well to see it out.

Havard looked to be limping a little at the end of the game so not optimistic on him returning but we sure could do with him.

Ellis passed his HIA, he's only allowed on after 15 mins, by which time the game had ended.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:28 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

MadDogg wrote:

One thing that was clear is that Peet doesn't trust Mago or Hill to play in those final moments when defence is all that matters. Add Ellis' failed HIA and the injuries to Cooper, Havard and Byrne and we did well to see it out.

Havard looked to be limping a little at the end of the game so not optimistic on him returning but we sure could do with him.

Ellis passed his HIA, he's only allowed on after 15 mins, by which time the game had ended.

Fair enough. The bigger concern is Bevan French may well get banned for deliberate contact with the referee.

Re: Leigh (A) : Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:36 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.

Play conservatively at this time of the season and you can win trophies. It’s all about winning not entertaining.

Re: Leigh (A) : Sat Sep 23, 2023 5:45 am  

I thought Harry Smith's kicking game was outstanding last night. Goal kicking aside, I've been very impressed with how he has kicked on.