Sat 8th Apr: SL: Leigh Leopards v Salford Red Devils KO 14:30 (Sky)

[sweaty craiq]

Leigh without Ben Nakubuwai, O Brien, Gannon, Hughes, Wardle, Smith, Brand and Jones from a small squad and Shorrocks back at Wigan.

If Mellor is fit then it’s him or Reynolds at FB, if not then it moves Zak to FB and take Briscoe into centre with Nisbet on wing.

Bench will be small with so many missing so expect Wilde to get a run or we bring Gannon back from loan. Second row is short unless Hughes recovers or Holmes shows some form

[Oxford]

1 hour ago, phiggins said:

On the game itself, Salford win, and probably comfortably, if Ackers and Sidlow are back available.

Devil talk a bit gloomy understandably at present but they don't seem to hold out much hope on this one.

[DimmestStar]

Thought Leigh were quite ordinary against Wigan so I favour Salford in this one.

[phiggins]

1 hour ago, sweaty craiq said:

Leigh without Ben Nakubuwai, O Brien, Gannon, Hughes, Wardle, Smith, Brand and Jones from a small squad and Shorrocks back at Wigan.

If Mellor is fit then it’s him or Reynolds at FB, if not then it moves Zak to FB and take Briscoe into centre with Nisbet on wing.

Bench will be small with so many missing so expect Wilde to get a run or we bring Gannon back from loan. Second row is short unless Hughes recovers or Holmes shows some form

Gannon not in the 21 man squad. I think it's fairly certain that the back line will be Hardaker, Briscoe, Chamberlain, Luetele and Charnley. With the only question mark being whether Mellor or Reynolds partners Lam in the halves.

Hughes is in the squad, if he is fit, I can see him starting with Holmes on the bench as an interchange prop / loose forward, with Ava and Davis. Looking at the squad, I hope Wilde gets a chance, rather than picking Nisbett on the bench, who would be an unused sub, unless one of the backs gets injured.

Our right hand side is a worry in general.

[PEANUT HEAD]

4 hours ago, DimmestStar said:

Thought Leigh were quite ordinary against Wigan so I favour Salford in this one.

They would be when you get one of your main pivots knocked out.

[GUBRATS]

14 minutes ago, PEANUT HEAD said:

They would be when you get one of your main pivots knocked out.

And 3 very fortunate decisions/bounces of the ball for your first 3 try's, just not our night 

[GUBRATS]

I had a dream this morning , R Brierly kicking the match winning DG wth a second left on the clock 

I swore then woke up 

[meast]

Salford to bounce back from their humbling against a boring and smothering Ian Watson side in their cup final.

Leigh fans to continue to look utterly ridiculous in leopard print

[meast]

On 05/04/2023 at 16:02, GUBRATS said:

As Salford only have 6 fit players , it should be Leigh by 146

According to some of their fans last week, they only had half a team against Huddersfield and so losing was a moral victory

[GUBRATS]

3 minutes ago, meast said:

Salford to bounce back from their humbling against a boring and smothering Ian Watson side in their cup final.

Leigh fans to continue to look utterly ridiculous in leopard print

You're only jealous

[meast]

1 minute ago, GUBRATS said:

You're only jealous

Massively jealous, can't get leopard print Giants shirts on Huddersfield market

[Snowys Backside]

Looks like Chamberlain to Centre and Hardacre FB.

Chamberlain needs to improve his defence though, but at least he isnt marking Lafai this time.

Holmes to play some minutes in the front row ? If Mellor is fit, would definitely have him involved in some capacity.

[Zilla Budgie]

I predict Salford to beat us again, unfortunately.

[phiggins]

13 hours ago, Snowys Backside said:

Holmes to play some minutes in the front row ? 

I guess it depends on whether we have anyone to play back row. Hughes if fit, maybe Nisbet? 

[GUBRATS]

Salford just announced their 10 , sorry 20 man squad for tomorrow's game , doesn't look a lot missing to me

[ColD]

Looking like a 6k crowd this, although not sure about the away fans sales - looks relatively poor compared to previous from Leigh fans 

[Oxford]

8 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

doesn't look a lot missing to me

The Nelson of RL "I see no injuries!"

Even though Hudds beat SRD and Leigh are very likely to, it seems it's not enough

As I sain the giants weren't anywhere near as god as I thought they'd be and Leigh very likely to take this at home.

I think the Rivals Round is a good idea but any match where you play the same team so quickly is bad organisation.

[Harry Stottle]

12 hours ago, ColD said:

Looking like a 6k crowd this, although not sure about the away fans sales - looks relatively poor compared to previous from Leigh fans 

I said it at the begining of the season, if Leigh average 6K 'home fans' over the season they will have done exceptionally well that will be approx 14% of the town, any sporting organisation would be really happy with that.

[ATLANTISMAN]

4 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

I said it at the begining of the season, if Leigh average 6K 'home fans' over the season they will have done exceptionally well that will be approx 14% of the town, any sporting organisation would be really happy with that.

Agree Harry really enjoyed our visit earlier on this season (The wife says the club and Derek have been a joy to work with) good luck and hope to come again during the summer (We will be at the Dragons today:)

 

P 

PS/Are we the only 2 League fans posting on the Torygraph forums that one about the premiership financial problems was interesting talk about the blind leading the blind:)

[GUBRATS]

51 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

I said it at the begining of the season, if Leigh average 6K 'home fans' over the season they will have done exceptionally well that will be approx 14% of the town, any sporting organisation would be really happy with that.

Happy but not contented Harry , that's the secret , one empty seat is one too many , try harder 

[GUBRATS]

47 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

Agree Harry really enjoyed our visit earlier on this season (The wife says the club and Derek have been a joy to work with) good luck and hope to come again during the summer (We will be at the Dragons today:)

 

P 

PS/Are we the only 2 League fans posting on the Torygraph forums that one about the premiership financial problems was interesting talk about the blind leading the blind:)

2 owd gits arguing with kick and clappers 

Statdler and Waldorf comes to mind

Edited April 8, 2023 by GUBRATS

[Harry Stottle]

1 hour ago, ATLANTISMAN said:

Agree Harry really enjoyed our visit earlier on this season (The wife says the club and Derek have been a joy to work with) good luck and hope to come again during the summer (We will be at the Dragons today:)

 

P 

PS/Are we the only 2 League fans posting on the Torygraph forums that one about the premiership financial problems was interesting talk about the blind leading the blind:)

Hi Paul, in that Torygraph reference I must have an imposter I don't recall posting anything!

PS was that your radio station I saw on the LED advertising boards at the Hull Derby yesterday?

Edited April 8, 2023 by Harry Stottle

[Chrispmartha]

I think SRD will win this comfortably but then again I tipped Hull FC to win yesterday !

[ATLANTISMAN]

39 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Hi Paul, in that Torygraph reference I must have an imposter I don't recall posting anything!

PS was that your radio station I saw on the LED advertising boards at the Hull Derby yesterday?

Hi Harry,

Very funny yes there is a Harry Stottle posting there:) 

YES thats us currently on DAB in London/Home Counties and Online/Mobile/Smart Speakers Nationwide however we are considering going on the Humberside/Yorkshire/Lancashire/Manchester/Liverpool DAB later on this year as sixties music is really popular up north:)

Paul

[ATLANTISMAN]

1 hour ago, GUBRATS said:

2 owd gits arguing with kick and clappers 

Statdler and Waldorf comes to mind

In my case standing up for us and pointing out some home truths to the b-------s:)