Harry Stottle

Isn't that the whole point of the Captains Challenge, questioning the refs decision?

Does it matter, either describes this Saints team under the guidance of Wellens perfectly.

It was the programme and in particular Matty Johns.

Sneaking feeling that Salford will win this one, Salford don't play to dissimilar to Leigh in being expansive with the ball and with a little more attention to detail Leigh could have won at the HJ last week. Salford also have probably the best tactical kicker in the game whilst Leigh don't have any and Sneyd could well make the difference.

@NRLandSL,what prompted the laughing emoji in the post I made about David Armstrong at Newcastle? Now I know that you have been the lead cheerleader to include Pryce in the first team but obviously he has not impressed enough or at least been better than Armstrong to attract the selectors attention at this moment in time, I wish that Pryce would have been deemed good enough then Newcastle may then have been willing to release Armstrong when Leigh made the approach.

For this neutral, this is the game at the bottom of my list to watch from this weekends fixtures, Leeds can't lose this can they?

Could go either way, it depends which version of both teams turns up, Hudds took a shellacking at home to Saints without scoring themselves, I will go with Saints.

Fancying Leigh in this game, but it will be close.

I think it is already done that if another overseas identified and available that Big Ben would be released, it may cost a bit contract wise but would already be factored into the equation.

What axe would I have to grind? Well done to the KR fans for rallying around. I have no blinkers, read back to the post of mine you answered where you got all protective, I answered Damien where he said Appointments and Investments work, I pointed out it didn't work at Salford with Nobby Nobles 'expierience' and Koucash's 'money', then I asked an open question, "if the SC had been dropped as Dr Koucash wanted would it have been better or worse going forward for the game.

Just watching the Matty John's Show, David Armstrong has just had a piece on him 'bigging' him up to the rafters, saying how good he is and what an influence he has on the team, if he does all that whilst coming into the Newcastle team, Leigh had better set their sites elsewhere.

Unfortunately I have had to fast forward through this thread with the many references to Rugby Union, I don't watch it at all so I have not a scooby what they posters are on about. If they want to make reference to it, just talk about the NRL, it works fine in that comp.

Any suggestions LD, Leigh No, Wire No. Wigan No, Saints hmmm. if they have any sense they should do, Wellens like Cunningham got the sympathy vote to be coach, he is clearly not up to it. So that leaves Swinton, Oldham, Rochdale and Widnes !

Aye but that would be pointed at most of your squad last year, a different environment, different teammates, and a different coach did him the world of good. To be absolutely honest with you Barry when it was announced Leigh had brought him to the LSV I thought really, why, he's bloody hopeless but he was one of our go to players through the season, now you can have your ex captain Jack Hughes back in a flash.

How about "Wide to West" and "He's put his body on the line" for starters, I am sure there can be a few pages filled with what they have said if posters can be bothered.

Irrespective of what would have happened to Dr Koucash in the future Jon, the question was if he had had is request granted and the SC abolished would the game be better or worse today, would we have attracted those with the abillity to spend?

Hi Rob, in my opinion the best thing that your lot could do is go to Aus and employ a coach who is respected by players over there someone of the ilk of Leigh coach Adrian Lam, with his little black book of contacts he has brought some really good player's over here French and Field at Wigan, then there is the Leigh contingent, and don't forget he has done it at Leigh with exactly zilch exceptions allowing them to overspend on the cap, and no reserves till this year, and no academy. You may say what use is that Leigh have only won one game this year like Hull which is true, but even with the injuries we have been competitive in nearly all the games and we the supporters are not dismayed, we know it will come with key players back.

See that game still sticks in your throat some 8 years on, just on that game alone Salford had lost the game and were heading for the Champonship with about a minute and a half to go and KR were in the SL next season, then one of the best finishes one will ever witness took place, no wonder there was euphoria from the *winning boss, and I seem to remember that there was an enquiry by the RFL into the behaviour of both sets of fans, don't tell me that that the HKR fans involved were all provoked and not just aggrevated with the loss and needed to take it out on someone. * Only last season we also saw to other club owners letting it all go, Eamon McManus dancing across the field in Sydney and our own Derek Beaumont at Wembley. It was a very special moment for Marwen Koucash, Worzel.

Mr Beaumont also said which I did not include is that it is the intention to utiluse the 'Captains Challenge' (thanks for the correction) next season, being so considering it was deemed insufficient camera angles would be available this season, they must be correting it for next season if they proceed.

Isn't that the case with all the clubs especially your last word, but then again that 'investment' is somewhat lopsided in what teams are 'allowed' to spend, if it was a specific 'salary cap' spend which no club could exceed then that would be more of a level playing field. Albeit, I can think of one in the not to distant past where the appointment and investment didn't mesh, at Salford when the good Doc came in, he had the money but then not knowing what he was doing with the coaches appointment took advice from some who also seemingly didn't know what they were doing who told him to employ Brian Noble who proceeded to gather together at no little expense a squad totally not fit for purpose. Incidently, just on that Dr Koucash involvement, he wanted the 'Salary Cap' abolishing so he could spend what he wanted on team building but there was a resentment to it from Chairs and fans of many clubs including the bigger clubs, but now have the authorities gone half way into this with the 3 marquee rule we now employ? Was Dr Koucash a visionary that got derided? I wonder what the game would look like today if the RFL had granted The Good Doc his wish, would we have had more BIG money men willing to invest, would we have the ability to compete with the NRL for the best player's in the world, would we ............ the questions are numerous.

Last year when we were told that VR would be utilised at every game people were very happy with that, but to me and I have said this all season that there is a lack of camera's at the games to properly deliver this function - compare it to the NRL - so if a job is worth doing, do it properly as it is done in the NRL or not at all. This week at a telvised Leigh fans Q&A with Derek Beaumont he was asked would he have the Captains Call at SL games as they do in the NRL, Absolutely he said, he followed up with it was going to be utilised for this present season but in discussion at the council it was decided not to proceed as there will be insufficient cameras employed at the televised games to use it effectively. My case rests your honour.

Hopefully, he will be offered what he is worth to the team, at this moment in time I would say more than what some of the other back row forwards will be on.

I thought we were in the first season of "IMG Proper" or have I dreamt it that no matter where they finish London will be demoted (not using the word relegated) and Cas have openly said that off field expenditure is far more important than team matters.

Yeah, I have done quite a few long haul flights and a good number of cruises Sam, I have watched some NRL stuff but as you say here has never been any RFL games on there. I didn't know that the company being payed to promote SL owned Sport 24, well there's a thing.

Just a minute, I am sure I have heard that somewhere before