Dear Mods

In respect of the imminent exercise in inane platitudes scheduled to deface the Turkey over the coming season, may a separate and specifically high-brow alternative of the forum be made available for those of us that fail to appreciate the finer aspects of mildly racist banter that frequently balls-up, what otherwise is a quality board? No? Get my own board you say?

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

Been putting off commenting on the match since I left the LSV on Monday, not wanting to post any 'knee jerk reaction' . trouble is two days after my views haven't altered.

I thought about dissecting the team and individual performances but say how impressed I was with Leighs team, they thoroughly deserved the win. apart from a couple of moments of class from Gibson & Godwin we were ordinary and outclassed especially in the middle of the park. Am I the only person that left the LSV wondering between Jewitt and Nash ,have we let the wrong forward go?

otherwise I'm glad we have 6 weeks for those who played to buck up their ideas and learn/remember how to play to SL standard and develop some support play.

The youth was given a chance by mcrae I'm sure everybody took something from it

Don't agree about the props as I thought Jewitt was our mom, he really hurt a few and is gonna be a big player for us this year!!

In reply to KMT, Jewitt had a couple of barnstorming runs. On the other hand, he also got completely dominated and driven back on moe than one occasion. Hopefully when the season starts for serious he'll drive the ball in hard every single time. I still. I still question McRae's ability to motivate any Salford team!! For me, he's running out of chances, and if he doesn't produce in the season, he's a goner.

Uninspirational stuff as ever but at least Macrae gets let off for this one as "it was only a friendly". As people have said there wasn't enough from the props at all. Gibson looked very assured at FB and classy as ever when chiming into the line and I though Godwin was excellent when he was on too.

Very impressed with Leigh though, they looked very organised and their number 6 (Ridyard I think) was MOM by an absolute mile. Him, Robbie Paul and Duffy are going to be a handful in their league and with the likes of Littler, Nanyn and Donlan supporting then I don't think they'll struggle to score points.

He has never "produced" at Salford and should have been sent packing ages ago - thank god it's the last year of his contract !!!

Very True Mr Ceaser, we will have a real problem though as i can see the reds storming in the Top 8 and as a reward Mr wilky decides Mr Mcrae is the man to take us into Barton as a way of thinks!!! Nightmare scenario

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Baynesy is skin and bone compared to the last time Feka came back from NZ.

Now there is a blast from the past!!

What's "Butterbean" doing with himself these days??

Coach at Shevington Sharks last I heard

Didn't Baynes do time?