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Happy with the win, typical opener, any win will do. Impressed by Salford, their recruitment team do a fantastic job, add Noafluma into that team and they will have plenty of strike again this season.

Paul Newlove Closley followed by Kevin Iro

For someone like myself, with no knowledge of the french game, its Great to see a list of talented young french players, be a good point of reference when future french squads, Academy and full, are named A similar thread a few year ago brought a young Justin Sangare to my attention, kept an eye on him with Toulouse and he ended up joining my team. Good work NRLandSL

Whats the differrence from a group of 22 players turning up for a Community club training session or 22 mates getting together for a mess around on a field where the rules cant touch them Theres ways around the stupid rule, which makes it all the more stupid and pointless to start with

A Headingley evening watching The right edge of Kevin Iro and Jim Fallon, tormenting Wigan en route to a rare Leeds victory against one of the best club sides ever

Agreed, Salford 17 looks good to me

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Excellent recruitment by Wigan, love what they have done with their forwards, big, young, athletic, non quota lads everywhere.

Like i say, lack of knowledge or willfully ignoring whats been going on. Training at 6 in pre season, training at 6 during the season, playing there for the reserves, all things you have failed to address, maybe you just lack the knowledge, but more likely just selective reading. Because anyone with an open mind can see this is more than just throwing a player into the halfs because they have no one else

Gannon at 6 isnt about yesterdays game, its about Smiths fascination with the idea, he's trained there in pre-season, he's trained there during the season, he's played there in the reserves, he's played there in the first team, to play it down as a one off game because of a lack of halfs shows either a lack of knowledge or willfully turning a blind eye to whats been going on. Its an idea smith has wasted time on throughout the season, all yesterday did was emphasize what a poor idea it is.

Smiths had a shocker this season, anybody saying otherwise is deluded. His approach to pre-season was a ###### take He's got a phobia of playing players in their strongest position, Morgan Gannon a prime example, confidence looked shot yesterday at the end of Smiths season long obsession of thinking he can play 6, centre, or whatever else, because he did for siddal u12's or something Wants to be the smartest person in the room, trying to reinvent the wheel of how the game should be played, often going against the core principals of successful RL, as the table suggests Now we'r in this constant cycle of the Leeds coach needing time to get ‘their squad‘ and another 'rebuild' that takes years, when coaches at Salford just about yearly and this year Leigh, put squads together on the fly, and have them playing good rugby and finishing above Leeds. He oversee's error ridden bunch who play some of the dumbest rugby you are likely to see and often dont seem ready for a game against teams in and around them at the bottom of the table. Listening to the players they seem to think its acceptable to scrape into the play offs (even failed with that) which all screams a poor attitude which a coach should be on top of. All that said, he was a breath of fresh air last season, and he may turn it around next, i really hope he does, but this season, he's got too much wrong. Its the hope that kills you, this year was the first time in a long time i was going into a season thinking we had the right coach at the helm...Then Pre Season started.

Who was the Video ref? Thought he was getting paid by the hour the length of time he took to confirm fustuas, one of the clearest decisions ever likely to get sent up to a video ref.

Well done Leigh, always good to see a club with ambition get their reward If they didnt win another game its still been a brilliant season for them

Absolutely Brilliant player

If teams finishing 5th and 6th should not have a chance, then neither should teams finishing 2nd, 3rd or 4th. Odd for the OP to have an issue with 5th and 6th but be happy enough with 4th having a chance If anyone has an issue with any team making the playoffs winning the comp, their real issue should be the playoff concept, in whatever guise, altogether.