Anyone else think Leigh have a great chance to rack up a cricket score against Batley on Sunday?

Batley play tonight at home against the Broncos too. Surely that's way too much action for a part-time side to handle in such a short space of time.

We all know that Leigh need to try and make goal-difference count now that Bradford are breathing down our necks more than ever.

i think we will win on Sunday, and think Leigh & Bradford will finish in the top two.However, Leigh or Bradford could well win or lose a game at the end of the season to determine who they would play, for example, If it went down to the last couple of games in the championship,we could be looking at the teams out of form at that time,and then we might want to lose the last game And finish 2nd to avoid Catalan away or (Widnes on their plastic pitch away), if those teams were in the middle 8s of course. It will be a very interesting finish to the season. So I think racking up a cricket score would not be that important right now, but just winning the game instead and getting two points.

Whether its important or not I would like to see them try and be ruthless a la Bradford

After Sunday's setback, I think the main focus has to be on getting the win. The points difference will be irrelevant anyway when we win at Odsal

As much as i would like us to be ruthless and score a lot of points, It's more important to play well and get the win.

Surely you can't already know Cobb is involved again

Cobb will be a SL ref no concern for bradford

That should be a relief for Wakey when they play you in the Championship next year.

Batley currently ahead 6 0 after 11 minutes. ahead 12 0 now

Off topic, but do London usually stay overnight or travel on the day of a match? Anyone know?

Batley winning 18-6 HT

And as far as "we might want to finish 2nd come the end of the season due to this that or the other"... for me that's no way to approach anything. I understand what some people are saying regarding this, but if we do get up into SL, will we be saying something similar? Like Wakefield said for example; about concentrating on just the Middle 8's. Or will we be one of those teams in SL that puts out a "weakened" side against some top teams so we'll have "a better chance" to win our next match against a team more at our level?

To me, you end up where you deserve at the end of the season. To try and "lose" a match to try and get a potentially slightly "easier" route to SL is just not in the spirit of the game and is also playing with fire.

If finishing second becomes an easier route at the time ,then so be it. And no if we do get into SL we won't be saying things similar because with £1.8m and a much stronger squad we won't need too. And you won't be able to take any risk in SL with a weakened side or you could soon find yourself struggling in the bottom four. Now, If, and I mean if the situation at the last match against Doncaster meant an easier route in the middle 8's if we lost,what would you do or say?

Now 18-24

Sorry, planning to lose any match just doesn't compute with me mate.

Fair enough, but as daft as it may be,if losing a game that could give you a potentially good advantage,and at the same time give you a chance to rest a few players for the play offs,then I don't see a problem.

On another thread you state this.

In some ways I am glad the record has gone. We can concentrate soley on the job in hand. Promotion.

So it doesn't compute with you to lose any match,and then you're glad we've lost.

[iPlanning[/i to lose, doesn't compute.

I want my team to win EVERY game it plays in, is that not why we watch sport, no matter which sport.

I give up.

London beat Batley 28 22.

And that, I believe, is the absolute mindset of our coaching and playing staff.

Your correct,everyone has got the blinkers on again.Theres a new middle 8 system in place and it favours the SL teams.It's up to us to find a weakness in that system that favours us. After all if we dont do it, some other bugger will.

Batley game.....will be happy with a win. Not expecting us to stuff them, 2 points will suffice.

I don't think we will win away at Bradford, I think we can, on the right day if we are playing at our best but Bulls have been building steadily & have still only lost the one all season.

Probably gonna get shot down for this but I have seen a complacency from Leigh over the last 4 or 5 league matches & maybe the team actually believed they were invincible no matter how they played.
Bradford will now be full of confidence, as they should be & I will say this again, I saw enough in that opening match to know they have some real quality there.

Just an opinion...


I will be at Odsal to sing the lads on though.