Re: Leigh (a) : Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:18 pm  

Zig wrote:

Leeming is not playing well enough at the moment.

Up until Good Friday I thought Leeming had a great start to the season. Unfortunately spilled the ball (albeit one was deliberately ripped out) over the first three times he had it.

Re: Leigh (a) : Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:19 pm  

We need to be giving Nsemba minutes. If he is fit i can't understand why Isa is in front of him. Great pro but offers next to nothing these days. Field definitely needs a rest. Something is amiss with him. French to 1 and Rocky in at 6. Games have been thick and fast recently and need to start managing the squad a bit. Delighted Hill is back in, the lad is a monster and going to be one of the very best in the future. Chan can take his chance and i'd give Leeming 40 mins. He was a bit unlucky on Friday, he dropped one cold but the other was stripped. Would like to see what Eseh is all about too before Havard and Cooper come back in.

Re: Leigh (a) : Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:22 pm  

Surely Leeming will play if fit.
MP only named 20 so one would deduce Douglas & Eckersley would be two to be left out. Maybe Hampshire will be the third. I'm sure we'll go with Hill and Chan in the 17.
I'm sure Leigh will be more worried about us than we are them!

Re: Leigh (a) : Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:24 pm  

Aye, it seems harsh to say Leeming isn’t playing well enough to be considered for a start. I thought he’d been excellent up until Saints, scoring 3 try’s in less than 100 minutes of rugby and really adding to us when he’s come on. He had a tough ten minutes at Saints but these things happen.

I don’t think we will go with Leeming and O’Neill at 9 and 13 but I wouldn’t complain if we do.

Re: Leigh (a) : Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:26 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Surely Leeming will play if fit.
MP only named 20 so one would deduce Douglas & Eckersley would be two to be left out. Maybe Hampshire will be the third. I'm sure we'll go with Hill and Chan in the 17.
I'm sure Leigh will be more worried about us than we are them!

They probably will be but I think we’ll see a Leigh side with plenty of desperation and motivation about them. We’re going to need to be right at it to avoid any surprises.

Re: Leigh (a) : Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:01 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Aye, it seems harsh to say Leeming isn’t playing well enough to be considered for a start. I thought he’d been excellent up until Saints, scoring 3 try’s in less than 100 minutes of rugby and really adding to us when he’s come on. He had a tough ten minutes at Saints but these things happen.

I don’t think we will go with Leeming and O’Neill at 9 and 13 but I wouldn’t complain if we do.

I would, O’Neill is a must at 9. Leeming’s defence needs to improve.

Re: Leigh (a) : Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:50 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Surely Leeming will play if fit.
MP only named 20 so one would deduce Douglas & Eckersley would be two to be left out. Maybe Hampshire will be the third. I'm sure we'll go with Hill and Chan in the 17.
I'm sure Leigh will be more worried about us than we are them!

Absolutely! You might be missing a fair few props, but you assembled a squad to deal with that eventuality.

Leigh looking a shadow of last season, particularly in defence and Mulhern now looking unlikely to play, along with Amone, Ipape and Asiata. Even with the two suspensions, the pack that Wigan put out will be far to strong for Leigh. And Leigh's backline isn't exactly going to compensate for that against Field, Miski, Keighran, Wardle, and Marshall

Re: Leigh (a) : Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:17 pm  

Weather looking rubbish again tomorrow night, not going to bleat on about us being a warm weather team, I'm just sick of getting soaked at the moment

Re: Leigh (a) : Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:21 pm  

LeythIg wrote:

Absolutely! You might be missing a fair few props, but you assembled a squad to deal with that eventuality.

Leigh looking a shadow of last season, particularly in defence and Mulhern now looking unlikely to play, along with Amone, Ipape and Asiata. Even with the two suspensions, the pack that Wigan put out will be far to strong for Leigh. And Leigh's backline isn't exactly going to compensate for that against Field, Miski, Keighran, Wardle, and Marshall

What’s up with Mullern? I’d say he along with the other 3 guys are 4 of Leigh’s top 5/6 players so will be hard for them to get a win.

Leigh do still throw very good shapes at teams in attack so will still be a test.

Re: Leigh (a) : Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:29 pm  

NSW wrote:

What’s up with Mullern? I’d say he along with the other 3 guys are 4 of Leigh’s top 5/6 players so will be hard for them to get a win.

Leigh do still throw very good shapes at teams in attack so will still be a test.

Calf strain. Coach has said that it's probably less than 50% chance he plays.

I think in attack we're fine. Lam Jnr and Moylan are capable of filling the void that Asiata left as first receiver. But Amone was our top metre maker, Asiata made the most carries and of course Ipape is also missing. They're influential players and I think it's showing in our defence.