Leyther_Matt
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Just wished it was being played on a sunday!
So does our accountant!
We've had a stroke of luck with 'Fax getting booted out of the cup or they'd have been a midweek game for us as well.
I did well with my predictions last night so I've officially retired from them now
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I reckon Turley should have got it
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any1 know prices ?
Not sure about concessions but it's
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The first time I've ever watched a championship game on Sky. Leigh were outstanding in the first 30 minutes and we should accept that as true rugby league fans. However, if you watched the attacks building up, they used Paul to hold the ball and as the next player in attack came forward, Paul would delay his pass for a split second allowing the player to overun and carry on without the ball. Paul would then pass to the next player coming in. The outcome is that the player going through without the ball was taking one or two defence The referee can't give obstruction as the player running in could have expected the ball. This is a tactic Millward has used at St Helens and Leigh before and unless the defence of the opposition is on the mark, will always create openings.
Very easy tactic to pinpoint, but not very easy to prevent - all Robbie will need to do is give it to the first receiver on the odd occasion and it will catch the defence on the hop, as happened with our last try last night. When you're stood in the defensive line, you can't help but move towards any players that look as though as they are set to receive the ball, even when you have a nagging doubt that they are just a dummy runner.
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It'll be third game in four that we've had Hicks, and he hardly covered himself in glory in the previous two!
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...but I can't bloomin' wait for Tuesday night!
We're going great guns at the minute and Basil has got us playing a really entertaining brand of rugby, but after seeing your past three games I know that we've got a very stern test on our hands.
Last night will have taken a lot out of us, as you'd expect in a derby game, but I'd hope there is plenty of time for recovery and we can go at you at full tilt.
The atmosphere is improving week on week at the LSV so I hope you bring plenty over and make as much of a racket as I know you can - don't forget it's only
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I'll agree about the first 1, good hands but the second was woeful defence
Great build up play made their defence look bad
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There was nothing special about Leigh tonight, their size mattered first half and they were ordinary second half against a poor Windies side
You did see our first two tries, didn't you?
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Was supposed to be going to Halifax yesterday (OH DEAR!) so ended up at Wrexham instead, and I think I must defend the Cru here Robin as there's no way on earth there was only 1,800 there yesterday - the stand beneath the cameras was completely full in the centre and busy elsewhere, while I was sat opposite the cameras and it was reasonably busy around us; general estimate was that the crowd was somewhere between 2,500-3,000 which isn't bad going for a game on telly.
The atmosphere and overall experience was far better than I imagined - was great to see so many locals who were so enthusiastic about our game.
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What a marvellous competition
The most sense you will read on any rugby forum for a long time
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nUFF SAID
It was during the volcanic ash episode so there weren't many there to witness it either way!
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The only chance you have of reaching WEMBLEIGH is if you are reffed by Warren turLEIGH
Well, he did ref us in the last round!!
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Thats for the number of top sides youve played so far pal
We've already tonked Halifax away and drawn with Barra. I'd have said, on tonight's showing, we'd have beaten you this weekend as well were we not on the road to Wemberleigh
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Wow I've never witnessed so many gloaters on this forum from opposing fans. They must have been overwhelmed with envy. Get over it we lost through bad discipline and a very ropey defence,
What would we be envious of? We're the only ones with a zero in the 'L' column
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Given how soon after the final whistle this was posted, I can only assume that my suspicions are correct that it is actually an automatically generated thread after each defeat
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Layther Matt,
You can see the difference with some teams, no need to say who, that dual players have made. your structure is great with depth from home grown talent. I just question the need and reason for dual reg and fear a deeper motive from the RFL.
The loan structure was fine and gave players and clubs stability, as you pointed out look at Ainscough.
Can see your point, and I think we'd probably be the type of club that the RFL would hope up as an example as we've done exactly as the Super League club wants in terms of giving that little bit extra to the likes of Mitchell and Emmitt that now sees them knocking on the first team door at their respective clubs. Doesn't do us much good though if they're going to get recalled every other week - the only benefit I can see over the loan system is that the turnaround is much quicker from both sides' point of view.
Nice 1 mate, it was a pleasure meetin, you always come across as a decent bloke when posting on here.Hope u didn't get a headache from bein sat next to me for 80mins lol
As anyone who has stood within 20 feet of me at Leyth games will tesity, it might be a little hypocritical for me to accuse anyone of being too loud
Certainly looking forward to our game at the LSV, and the away game at your place is always a good booze up regardless!
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Thing is Suggy, Leigh fans think hey are the best. SO do Barrow fans, Haven, Donny etc etc.
Rovers is our club - I'm happy enough with our lot!! Some cracking lads/lasses amongst us!
We don't think....we know
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Should be a good atmosphere in Toulouse that weekend as their kick and clap boys will be playing in the Heineken Cup final in Paris. Might affect the attendance as it kicks off at 6, unless they change the time of our game.
Hope for your sake that everything is done to avoid a clash - we played on the same night as a Toulouse RU game and it destroyed the home support. We were much louder on the Metro than the rah rah's were there
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Yh i was mainly talking about leigh and widnes, loans are a better agreement, its like ainscough, dual contract at widnes, then loaned to cas then back on dual contract, should limit it to 3 players a season max, id much rather see teams bring there youth through ranks like we are.
Can see what you mean as our dual players have all done well for us this season, with Emmitt and Mitchell particularly establishing themselves as crowd favourites.
However, Stuart Donlan, Steve Maden, Chris Hill, Jimmy Taylor, Adam Higson, Danny Meekin and Ian Mort all come through our academy, while Tim Hartley, Tommy Goulden, Ricky Bibey and Martyn Ridyard all began with Leigh East or Leigh Miners so it's not as if we aren't doing our own development as well.
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(btw whats happened to the Leythers XIII side? all gone quite since the big guy, i want to say gaz?, stepped down)
I've not played for a couple of years now (since we played in one of the last games at Hilton Park, come to think of it), think a lot of the players went playing for Leigh East's 3rd team which pretty decimated numbers. Think there are efforts to get it started again though, a few of us had a game of tick and pass the other week and hopefully it'll grow again like it did when we began 7 (!) years ago.
I was sat next to a couple of Leythers in away tops asked em if they'd come to see a proper team play on the way by, was that you's?Yeah, that was us.
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oh aye. neutrals! you werent the guy who said 'never been so happy to drop into 2nd' were you at ft walking out the gents were you?
Got it in one, that was me
Was two of us in Leigh away tops of a few years ago that look suspiciously like Fev tops, and actually bumped in to 4 other Leythers who were of the same opinion as me and my mate...old habits die hard!
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Comfortably 3-400 I'd have thought. Was boosted by a few neutrals though
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Cheers mate, love the idea of "a permanently drunk landlord in a pink Leigh shirt". That sounds like the place for me n the big fella.
This is the fella;
Must be about 6 ft 7 as well, absolute monster.
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Thought the rendition of 'there's only one Gareth Swift' at the end of last night's game was truly heart-rendering, and I think the Fev players certainly felt the same way. Not sure whether I'm speaking out of turn here or not, and I sincerely hope not, but I think a minute's applause would be in order for the lad as a celebration of what he achieved during his short life. Minute's silence was perfectly observed last night, expected nothing less to be honest; there's nowt like the RL community to pull together at times like these.
Leigh V widnes
in Featherstone Rovers
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Not at all, in fact Robbie virtually took a step aside last night to give Riddy a chance to run the show, and he grabbed it with both hands (and feet!).