Fri 12th May: SL: Huddersfield Giants v Leigh Leopards KO 19:45

[LeytherRob]

highlights from the game...the Lolohea gift for Mellors try was an absolute shocker. Be interesting to see if Watson is as vocal with dropping him as he was for McGillvary

 

[ELBOWSEYE]

7 hours ago, LeytherRob said:

 

If someone told me in September 2021 that in less than 2 years Adrian Lam would not only have Leigh in the SL playoffs, but doing so with an attractive brand of attacking rugby I'd have called to get them sectioned under the mental health act.

I have noticed you have started replying to yourself on this topic so you still will have look at the mental health act .

[tim2]

7 hours ago, LeytherRob said:

Full credit has to go to Adrian Lam and Chris Chester. They've performed nothing short of a miracle building the best Leigh team and culture of the SL era in less than 18 months after picking up the pieces of an awful 2021. Yes there have been sizeable funds made available by DB, but plenty of teams have thrown money to no avail in the past(including Leigh 2015-2018).

This is all true but they must have been surprised and delighted to find how mediocre (and downright poor) the bottom teams have been.

[Harry Stottle]

10 hours ago, Zilla Budgie said:

Why should I stop giving my predictions? I don't predict a loss every time we play. 

Only joking Budgie

[binosh]

Still surprises me how Wigan fans have nothing positive to say about Adrian Lam, he was absolutely hammered by their fans for their attack when he was in charge at Wigan.
 

Based on the evidence of him in charge at Leigh and the style of rugby played you’d have to say it wasn’t all him at Wigan, having French & Field injured and club wrecker Jackson Hastings misfiring on the pitch and no forwards really hampered him.

This isn't a dig at Matt Peet I think he’s a great young coach.

Edited May 13, 2023 by binosh

[Harry Stottle]

9 hours ago, Josef K said:

I didn’t think Leigh would go down this season but they have even surprised me. They have been fantastic, Josh Charnley has been a top signing, it must be great to be a Leigh fan at the moment.
My bets i put on are abysmal but i am going to put an each way bet on Leigh to win the Challenge Cup. Sorry Leigh fans. 
 

Now you've gone and done it Josef

But get over Wakey first - they must be hurting so bad - and a favourable draw and ..............

[Harry Stottle]

1 hour ago, tim2 said:

This is all true but they must have been surprised and delighted to find how mediocre (and downright poor) the bottom teams have been.

wrong post

Edited May 13, 2023 by Harry Stottle

[sweaty craiq]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

Now you've gone and done it Josef

But get over Wakey first - they must be hurting so bad - and a favourable draw and ..............

Think both teams don’t want the win next week - Wakey focus on league and we will rest the key lads for the play off push to come

[ColD]

8 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said:

Think both teams don’t want the win next week - Wakey focus on league and we will rest the key lads for the play off push to come

Think you may find Derek wants to be walking out at Wembley (or wherever), your right that we should be resting key players but don’t expect us to 

[daz39]

10 hours ago, Josef K said:

How did Kevvie Naiqama play daz ?. 

Ok as he always does, problem is he isn't one for the future and is part of a very poorly performing team.

[Blind side johnny]

14 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

Leigh won at a canter, but didn't play all that well, doesn't bode well for the Giants.

Yes, quite a poor quality game all in all, but Leigh had no need to play any better against a really lacklustre Giants team.

[Blind side johnny]

46 minutes ago, daz39 said:

Ok as he always does, problem is he isn't one for the future and is part of a very poorly performing team.

And part of a very fragile right side defence.

[binosh]

Why on earth Huddersfield let Ricky Leutele  go I’ll never know, may not be a prolific scorer but strong as an ox, sound defensively and big part in why Charnley scores so many.

[Harry Stottle]

3 hours ago, sweaty craiq said:

Think both teams don’t want the win next week - Wakey focus on league and we will rest the key lads for the play off push to come

Bet we don't, DB wants to walk out at Wembley.

[Harry Stottle]

3 hours ago, ColD said:

Think you may find Derek wants to be walking out at Wembley (or wherever), your right that we should be resting key players but don’t expect us to 

Beat me to it Col

[meast]

13 hours ago, LeytherRob said:

highlights from the game...the Lolohea gift for Mellors try was an absolute shocker. Be interesting to see if Watson is as vocal with dropping him as he was for McGillvary

 

Highlights of the game for me were my half time beef monster munch!

[meast]

1 hour ago, binosh said:

Why on earth Huddersfield let Ricky Leutele  go I’ll never know, may not be a prolific scorer but strong as an ox, sound defensively and big part in why Charnley scores so many.

We didn't let him go, we desperately tried to keep him, unfortunately for us Leigh's money spoke the loudest.

Big, big miss for us!

[Harry Stottle]

2 hours ago, meast said:

We didn't let him go, we desperately tried to keep him, unfortunately for us Leigh's money spoke the loudest.

Big, big miss for us!

You could only spend so much and decided to spread it around, it's not that Hudds couldn't afford to match Leigh's offer their stratergy was so much different.

[meast]

True, the salary we offered meant we couldn't improve the squad as much, it seems that Ricky's wages have covered 2/3 squad players rather than a quality replacement.

[Harry Stottle]

20 minutes ago, meast said:

True, the salary we offered meant we couldn't improve the squad as much, it seems that Ricky's wages have covered 2/3 squad players rather than a quality replacement.

But which is the correct way? 

At the moment our relatively small squad has served us well with most renaming pretty healthy, it has always been my worry as a Leigh fan that our squad is to small this season should we get a few injuries and disciplinary decisions against us, in 2017 we started quite well but then the players started dropping like flies, we actually used 37 different players that season, and still managed to finish 11th.

The club has hinted that new blood is coming in is imminent, it would be a shame to wait to long and let this form we have been showing lapse because of player shortfalls.

PS, since writing this I have just watched Mr Lams press conference from last evening and on the question of new signings he said there are some pencilled in FOR NEXT SEASON BUT NOT THIS, I hope that it doesn't backfire.

Edited May 13, 2023 by Harry Stottle

[meast]

Not sure if there is a correct way?

It's the way the head coach decided to go, however, Leutele is a huge miss in the 2023 Giants.

[daz39]

6 hours ago, Blind side johnny said:

And part of a very fragile right side defence.

The whole lot of it is fragile.

[daz39]

38 minutes ago, meast said:

Not sure if there is a correct way?

It's the way the head coach decided to go, however, Leutele is a huge miss in the 2023 Giants.

As is Danny Levi, neither have been replaced by anyone near their quality.

[LeytherRob]

21 minutes ago, daz39 said:

As is Danny Levi, neither have been replaced by anyone near their quality.

I think Levi is the biggest miss for Huddersfield, Peats is very average in comparison and is a steady 9 with no real dynamism to make an impact.

[lucky 7]

Ian Watson is certainly under pressure now to sort things out at the Giants and soon I would have thought