: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:13 pm  

jason b wrote:

.well hope you enjoy yourself.my lads dont wanna watch that rubbish and neither do i.you must have some resolve if you wanna put up with that.i watch my lad play on sunday mornings and that gives me a lot more pleasure and its free.today is the first time in watching them in 35years that i wanted to do the wigan walk

No offence but that just sounds like something a Wiganer would say, i say sleep on it, everyone is a bit peed of but its just one of them things, a bad day at the office.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:15 pm  

steveo wrote:

That was nothing short of disgraceful. In the first half in particular the team just didn't look as if they could be bothered. You can't keep expecting people to turn up and pay £16-00 to watch that dross. Thank God I didn't buy a season ticket.

you cannot expect young amateur players to compete in the numbers we have in our team.
we must be the smallest team in rugby league history.

this is going to be a long hard season.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:16 pm  

jason b wrote:

.well hope you enjoy yourself.my lads dont wanna watch that rubbish and neither do i.you must have some resolve if you wanna put up with that.i watch my lad play on sunday mornings and that gives me a lot more pleasure and its free.today is the first time in watching them in 35years that i wanted to do the wigan walk

No I was bored senseless, even when we almost came back to knick it. But I'll put on the shirt next time and take my usual spot, surrounded by loads of moaning Leythers who seem to think they have a devine right too see 13 men in Cherry and White win by 40 points every week playing Harlem Globetrotter stuff.

Meanwhile back on planet earth I can see the bigger picture.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:19 pm  

RealCherry&Whites wrote:

No I was bored senseless, even when we almost came back to knick it. But I'll put on the shirt next time and take my usual spot, surrounded by loads of moaning Leythers who seem to think they have a devine right too see 13 men in Cherry and White win by 40 points every week playing Harlem Globetrotter stuff.

Meanwhile back on planet earth I can see the bigger picture.

get real we were playing batley todat

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:30 pm  

I expected a very hard match and Batley to test us

That they did with some good attacking RL

As for us , Clueless boring one up Rugby League , basically rubbish

1 Offload in the whole of the 1 st half , if you are going to play it up the middle at least try to make breaks and support each other

We have some decent talented young players who I am sure can do much better than they did today

One thing is for certain , the ' new stadium ' factor doesn't apply outside SL , some serious thinking is needed to see the Leigh Centurions and the LSV become a success in the future

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:44 pm  

Starbug wrote:

One thing is for certain , the ' new stadium ' factor doesn't apply outside SL ,

It won't apply in SL either when Salford open the doors on their new stadium (and neither will it in Halifax when we complete the East stand). A good challenge cup run, an NR Cup and a GF appearance may make it so though - for either club.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:59 pm  

Well, I dont feel as annoyed as I did a couple of hours ago.

Couple of points.

Every try came down our right, or from a break down there. We didnt just have kids there, we had experienced players. Must do better. Much better. It was embarrassing.

We do not have a devine right to beat 'the likes of' Batley at home with our current squad. Get used to it. Those days are long gone. In fairness, I wasnt of that opinion at half time, I was fuming.

Our pack will end up battered and bruised playing one man rugby. Its not big enough, nor tough enough. Hobson can only lead so much. We have some decent power there, but not enough for a slugfest week in week out.

The attendance.......feelgood factor? Millions of miles away. People will not pay £14-£16 to watch that, or persevere with it until the lads grow up.

Martin Ridyard CAN do better. Give him a break. He is going to get targetted and needs to build on his confidence as much as anything because I believe the raw talent is there (apart from not being able to pass to his right quickly enough).

This should be our one and only wake up call because overall, it wasn't good enough from top to bottom.

Batley actually played some bloody good rugby and fully deserved the win.

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:06 pm  

[quote="littlerich"]It won't apply in SL either when Salford open the doors on their new stadium (and neither will it in Halifax when we complete the East stand). A good challenge cup run, an NR Cup and a GF appearance may make it so though - for either club.[/quote]

Not something we need to worry too much about this year

You or Widnes yes us no chance , unless a big change of attitude to ' how ' we play happens , if it doesn't then I really do fear for our future

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:07 pm  

Starbug wrote:

littlerich wrote:

It won't apply in SL either when Salford open the doors on their new stadium (and neither will it in Halifax when we complete the East stand). A good challenge cup run, an NR Cup and a GF appearance may make it so though - for either club.[/quote]

Not something we need to worry too much about this year

You or Widnes yes us no chance , unless a big change of attitude to ' how ' we play happens , if it doesn't then I really do fear for our future

KELLY OUT!!!!

: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:40 pm  

How many were there ?you get a good crowd do`nt you.