I wouldn't say leigh was that bad, but if you prefer that moniker so be it.

Steady on lad I live in the posh part.

Yesterday was dire we should be beating Leigh without any problems. The starting 13 were more than capable, but for some reason we just didn't seem like we wanted to be there. In the second half I didn't recognise most of the team so not going to slag the young lads down they tried hard and our scramble defence was good. I'm not too worried though as we have plenty to come back. For me the most worrying thing is the lack of quality cover we seem to have. If any of out so called "big guns" get injured I can see us struggling.



Positives we can take out of the game were the performances of Godwin (Until he got injured) and young Adam clay he looked strong when taking the ball up, made more yards than the props and he backed up well for his try.

i think our props will struggle again this season apart from cashmere they struggle to make many yards, feka will provide some when he comes on but for how long? then youve got neal, jewitt and boyle who are just steady but we need more from them. then theres parker and sidlow who are just not good enough for props. we need the props to provide us with a good platform to attack but if they struggle like they have in previous seasons i can see us struggling again. i hope they prove me wrong but cant see it especially if cashmere or feka get injured

sorry to be off topic but just how bad was the M6! i was going other way...



anyway, wouldnt worry about a first pre-season result. my only question was whether the players looked fit at all? I know all clubs are struggling for training space at the minute

Lets take yesterday for what it is folks. A warm up match. We could say that we beat Salford but most Leythers really know what would have happened had you had all you squad so don't get to angry over us having our moment of glory. I would have enjoyed yesterday even if we had lost because I love to go and watch Leigh and it's been to long since our last game. Might even get some Salford games in again next year because I will truly miss the Willows after it has gone. Godwin was your best player yesterday and it was a pity he got that knock. I think you will find quite a few Leythers wishing you well for this coming season. Oh and by the way, nice away strip.

Take note "banter brigade". This is what a decent post looks like.

although i'm sure you will all be disappointed with the result. In positive terms you completed most sets, made few errors, didn't give many daft penalties away and defended pretty well at times particularly when scrambling. Bearing in mind the number of substitutions etc... it wasn't all that bad.



I am of course happy we got the win, regardless of who turned out for you lot it should give our guys some confidence early in the season.



Really do wish you all the best for the coming season and hope all goes well with the SL bid (although we are going to be pretty sp on local derbies once widnes go up) I would rather see a lancs team than a yorks team in there!!

Most of them seemed ok. Boyle has some serious work to do IMO he's put a HUGE amount of weight on. He couldn't even run properly he was that flabby

Well your poster Red League reckons Feka has lost 4 stone over in NZ and will be able to do 80 minutes if necessary.....ok so how many said I'll believe it when I see it. He may have passport probs coming back if he has lost 4 stone. Reckon he'll look completely different to his passport photo

At the end of the day it was just a friendly and most Leythers know it would be a completely different story if it wasn't, anyway good luck for the coming season.

He's the new Neil Baynes