We've had a lack of patience at times over the last few weeks, trying to throw it out wide when it wasn't really on. But I'd rather that than never throwing it out wide. Thought Reynolds added some patience to our game when he came on and we improved as a result, until then brain farts which led to the red cards.

Reading these forums during the season suggested that you had a good pack, but maybe lacked the guile to take full advantage. Thought that showed to some extent today.

Alan in my match prediction I said it would be a very hard and close game , it was ,I think Fax played well , we gave them to much field position , to many penalties,and less bunches of 5 than they gave us

I still enjoyed the game, the result more, onwards and upwards, I think we WILL get beaten somewhere this season , it just won't be by Fax.

Anyone io Twitter now? Look at @derekabsundecks Twitter feed: The Leigh boss.

Comedy gold!!!

seems like its not him though Rich, and why is Alex Rowe starting things off? Isnt he a ball bot at Batley???

That Marwan can get anywhere...

Well it's his account. Go and get him off Twitter. He's a liability.

I think the current top 4 will remain as is. We still haven't been able to beat any of them.

Why ?

Are you a glutton for punishment ?

Is it because Leigh are far superior in every department that it irks you so much ?

Are your attendances dwindling because Fax are of such quality & play the most exciting & attractive rugby ?

Possibly. But thinking positively, Sheffield game aside, we are improving all the time and we have run Leigh as close as anybody on 2 occasions when they have been annihilating most teams. We also competed well against Bradford for 75% of the game. Its all down to how we perform in the key games against the clubs around us.

The fat lady ain't singing yet!

The Leigh players will be in oxygen chambers and recovery this morning, then doing video work this afternoon, tomorrow you'll start training and planning for your next game. The Fax players will meet for 2 hours tomorrow night, in that time, they will train, plan and do their video work. They will do in 2 hours what the Leigh players will do in 2 days. Of course your team is superior in all departments, so does it therefore irk you so much that you can only just scrape a win past us..? Does it not irk you that despite having the best team in the league there are still allegations being thrown around twitter last night about drug tests..? Does it not irk you that your part owner / owners son was mouthing of and showing your club up on twitter last night..?

Enjoy being top dog while it lasts, in 2013, you're club was on its knees financially, now your spending like there's no tomorrow, who knows where your going to be in 2 more years..

If Leigh are fulltime how come Barlow looked to be blowing out his all yesterday? Seen him fitter that's for sure.

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Why? Because its better entertainment than playing the likes of Haven and Worky every other week.

I understand he's not always present at training, maybe its taking its toll on him

As a player I rate Sam but the last 2 times I've seen him play he's not looked anywhere near fit.

What a great game of rugby league by both sides very entertaining shame about the result.I thought we competed outstanding through out. Same old not slammin sam should be slimmin sam the chubby git see the only one he had a go at was 10st jono the smallest player on the pitch good job he did not retaliate it would be off to hospital again most hated player in rugby league behind hock.

Wow Sherlock of course we won't beat you this season as we have played you in the league home and away and we aint going to make the top 4 sadly as we have lost too many games already.
I like Leigh but with winning teams it brings out an arrogance not just in the team but across the whole club, nowt wrong with that some would say but it also brings out the worst in supporters as they gloat from their lofty position and when you support the team that has lost you cannot get on the higher ground can you as you are on a loser.
BUT enjoy your time at the top as it [icould[/i all come crashing down if you beat Wakey and get fixture congestion having to play 2 midweek games plus you have to go to Odsal yet!

According to Leigh supporters, Fax were not very impressive! We were only made to look good because Leigh had an off day.

Their arrogance amazes me! Could it possibly be that Fax got in their faces from the first minute and prevented them from playing? The Fax defense was outstanding.

Watching it back, thought Leigh played a lot better than I gave credit for while watching it live. Fax played very well also. Not sure about your tactic of kicking dead or for touch repeatedly. There was a spell when you were two scores up, where keeping it in play and putting us under more pressure could've won you the game.

I don't think Leigh fans Gloat,after all we have now won 24 games on the trot we could have started gloating at around 4 games ,the Team has a winning mentality at the moment.
As for arrogance?Most is harmless banter ,all fans do a couple of seasons ago under Big Karl Fax won around 5 games on the trot

I remember quoting the saying ,Flying high in April ,shot down in May,to Fax fans all fans like to boast.As you so rightly say we could be victims of our own success,I'm not to bothered about the result on Sunday as long as we don't get humiliated ,the League is what matters,as for going to Odsal?Our game there is the 19th July next to last match of the season ,we could lose there and and still finish top as another team will have to beat us in between , it may happen though who knows?Not even me

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Anyway our game last Sunday is history now ,we move on to Wakey on Sunday ,then back to Haven to resume our Quest for top spot.Best Wishes for the rest of the season.Charles.

Can't see that TBH think it will be close.Wakefield were dog awful at HKR last week.
What did surprise me though when i saw them live was how much bigger/stronger/
fitter they looked an how they structured their plays with pace,compared to us.

Mr Hall I've only seen Wakey on Sky ,but they are not that bad of a team ,they gave Wigan a dig a few weeks ago and will be up for this game , I respect every team and think Wakey will be very hard to beat, a defeat wouldn't upset me , though a win would be a welcome bonus.

You're correct there, but only in part I think. I noted a few Fax kicks that set off with back-spin, but somehow managed to kick forward when they landed rather than putting the brakes on. The LSV looks to be a great playing surface, but perhaps it reacts a little differently to what's expected for those not familiar by playing on it every week?

Fax aren't far off the pace in this league (Sheffield game excepted), but just can't do the business at the crucial times. We had enough ball when it was 10 v 10 to win the game, but didn't have the guile to spread the ball and find the gaps with so much space to go at with 6 players missing from the play.

Btw, I think it will be close between Leigh and Wakefield, with the 2 points start the bookies are giving Leigh looking around right to me.

A bit of advice though. Mixing it might work in the Championship, but if that's the way you go in this one you'll get shown up big style. Stick to what you do best (I hand it to you that your general passing and movement was far better than Fax last weekend) and you have a good chance.

I want Leigh to win for the honour of the Championship, but if Sam is playing then it's Wakefield all the way for me. Any player that spits at opposition fans is beneath contempt and deserves a punishment in equal magnitude of all the players of both sides (put together) that were red-carded last weekend. A butt is a butt, but it was done in the heat of the moment by Tom Armstrong. Sam had 10 minutes in the dressing room to plot his actions at the start of the second half.

You're right, fax should have done damage with the amount of ball they had and amount of space available. In the end, Liam Kay had the pace to take advantage, and make the decisive break, which led to Beswick's try.