Bless !!

What game were you watching? Fages single-handedly set up or scored all of Salford's tries.

Very refreshing watching Leigh, they certainly like to throw the ball about

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Sorry?

As I said earlier, I wanted a Leigh win, yet I thought Salford would have too much. Leigh proved me wrong, so well done.

I still don't want to hear about how good you are though.

All three of them.

I actually didn't realise the game was on as early as it was, and only flicked on after 10 minutes, so I didn't see the first try. The second was a decent break, but it wasn't good defending by Leigh, there was a huge gap and they waved him through it. The third was just a pass popped up to Evalds who did all the hard work.

Anyway, I don't doubt his ability to come up with the odd assist. I just see no evidence that he can control a game. His kicking was poor, his decision making was poor, he ran down blind alleys and got caught in possession far too often.

He was directly responsible for three tries with no help from anyone else, and also made a crucial try-saving tackle to dislodge the ball and prevent what looked like a certain try from Kay. That's 24 points directly coming from one player, which to me is a pretty good contribution for a 20-year-old who was operating as a solo halfback with a hooker who had only come into the squad days prior. Again, what game were you watching to single out Fages, who was literally Salford's only good player along with Evalds?

I thought Fages played well too, one of their best players.

Well done Leigh though, thought Salford would see the game out at 18-12 up.

The reason I've singled him out is because with Dobson going off and Chase out it was up to him to control things, and he didn't do it well enough for me, ultimately poor game management was what cost them. It's not just this game either, I've never really seen him have a top game.

That said I thought he was a couple of years older than that now, so maybe I am being a little harsh.

I understand what you're saying but it's very difficult for any halfback to do everything by himself, unless you're Andrew Johns. At the same time Salford were in clear control after 65 minutes and would've won the match if Jones-Bishop hadn't thrown a stupid interception and then come up with a poor defensive play from the scrum minutes later, so if you're looking for anyone to blame then blame him.

Both of you are correct. Fages did great, but as a dupe league half back I expect more. Especially under the circumstances we had. Not slagging him but he is part of the reason we lost. Really poor game management

But want to say again, well done Leigh. Great club great fans

Add Fui Fui Moi Moi and Penky to that Leigh side and we would have been a class above what we were today. I know Salford were missing some key men but worth pointing out that Leigh were missing some important players too.

Played with 16 men as well as I don't think Worthington ever made an appearance off the bench.

Great game and the atmosphere at Leigh was buzzing. Regretting not backing Leigh at 3 to 1 now!

Shouldn't get drawn in to tit for tat but we were down to
15 after 20 mins or so with already a fair chunk of first team our. That said no way making excuses, just making your post realistic

Great day out, great atmosphere, great stadium. Not the best game due mainly to poor handling, but friendly fun and thank you Leigh.

Got to say a big well done to Leigh and goid luck in the next round. Gutted to be out of the cup but no disgrace losing to a team as entertaining as Leigh are. They played some great (if at times kamikaze!) Rugby and it's clear to.see why they're putting 50+ on pretty much all Championship teams at the.minute. I.actually thought we were controlling, if not killing off, the game after 65 minutes and bar BJB's brain fart we would've gone on to see the game out. I'm not going to talk about the injuries and suspensions as happens in sport and Leigh coped better with their missing players. As for some of the b1tching about Fages, no one is saying he's a world beater but some of the muppets on here are going on as if he's Championship 1 standard! Hopefully Tony Smith will read your posts and decide not to tap him up....



At least now the game's done and dusted we might get some peace and quiet on our board from the Leigh numpties!



Oh and in total agreement about Patterson... minimum yellow IMO and at the time thought he was lucky not to see red. Couple of other dodgy incidents were overlooked as well and Bentham made his usual raft of baffling decisions but no excuses.... well played Leigh and good luck in the next round!

This!

I agree,thought he was Salfords best player,Dixon and Beswick the pick from an all round great team performance from Leigh.

Well , You are welcome to return for the next round when we dispose of Saints

Good friendly post there Sadfish & you are all welcome back to Leigh 'Hopefully' next year in SL *fingers crossed*

Haha I said that to my brother, he does the Leigh Programme, it was his first game of RL yesterday in donkeys years and he loved it.

I hope they do get another SL team home as it means more work for him

I wonder if the result has created a new situation, will the Doctor now feel more aggravated over Hock playing and then goes down the legality path to try and make the game null and void.

Firstly a judge would have no power to make a game null and void. Secondly the agreement has nothing to do with Leigh or the RFL. So there isn't even a situation.

Best thing about yesterday was seeing the optimism back at a club that's been stuck in the Championship for years with nothing to play for. It's great to see clubs like Leigh resurgent, and hopefully the new structure will breath some life in to Bradford and London too. The other bonus is it keeps clubs at the bottom end of SL on their toes, far too many have (including my own HullFC) have wallowed around the mid to low table with no threat of relegation to ignite some passion for too long now.

One thing I noticed about the game was the speed it was played at.

We, Leigh, crave a fast paced game - one of my gripes with how SL seems to be reffed is that too much slowing down is allowed followed by a short ten. The way we play is very expansive across the pitch and are prepared to attack from anywhere - making the game ugly seems to be our opponents game plan in the championship.
What was interesting after the match was that the mom/captain Beswick and Rowley said we had not played that well when interviewed