First missers for me are Brooks and one of the Adamsons,unless Ryan is not fit.

Agreed Ian. I might come and mither thi in't Legends on Sunday owd lad if tha rin.

I will be there Derek.

I think personally we can only go with 2 from 3 of Riddy, Ryan and Josh. If Riddy not 100% with his foot injury let him sit this one out. We can't have all 3 in the 17 imo.

So where you going to play Ryan in that backline then, with who you have missing out we have McNally Higson Thornley Sau Marsh Riddy Woods then Brierley- not really practical to have a hooker and a back on the bench

And for my ten penneth Brooks has been quietly effective for me, good minutes, drives in hard and has decent hands

Cators place at risk for me

Is Ryan fit?Nothing has been reported and his leg was in strapping at training, so he may not even play,which is what I stated,Marsh with his head down running has never convinced me so depending on who’s fit he could miss out.

As for Brooks,solid maybe, but he was penalised against Bradford ,I think this was the match,moaned to the Ref, then was sin binned, still moaned to the Ref, so was sent off



not very impressive there.
As for Cator he has been very solid and reliable all season,a stand out player,it’s a good headache for a Duffs to have though,as you say it’s all about opinions,and I respect yours.

Ryan B has the X factor I’ve said this all along and would always be in my 17,he can score tries from nothing,and from anywhere on the pitch,I’m looking forward to Sunday, and hopefully a 4,000 plus crowd.

Ridyard not playing tomorrow due to the injury he picked up last week. I thought he had his best game of the season at Barrow, especially the second half.

Well that is your opinion Charlie, good on you sir.

However not many RL experts employed in the game either past or present would agree with you there Charlie, clearly.

Woods and Ridyard have only scored a total of 5 tries from 45 combined appearances something opposition defences appear to work with. Brierley has scored 6 tries from 5.

Be interesting to see a different pairing.

Cmon Harold you must agree Ryan played well today, his try scoring ratio speaks for itself and he can kick goals.And I know a few RL experts who would agree with me.

Was very poor for spells either side of half time.

Hope ridyard is fit for next week, and I think both Spencer and Brooks would’ve improved the set of forwards today

Very poor in the middle 40 minutes, Brierley surely showed the doubters what he is very good at. Douglas was awesome, Patterson was awful.

Agree with both you and Leythig.

Reffy. I think after going 24 -0 up so early made us think the job was going to be a cakewalk, not to be,we dropped so many balls missed a few tackles,some players trying to hard,when we went back to basics the points came back.

I thought a Higson and Sau, tried hard, Clark ran well but dropped a few balls, Douglas as always was very good,pity Woods went off injured,Patto isn’t a half so I’m not knocking him, but as usual Ryan’s ratio of tries to games was very good ,kicked a few goals as well,this team will get better, next week should be a cracker,let’s enjoy it.

I thought we really struggled in the second half with no half backs following Woods departure. We needed someone out there to step up as play maker but there appeared no volunteers. We lacked organisation , we lacked leadership.

What We do evidently need is Ridyard and Woods fully fit next week. Im sorry Charlie we do need more in the halves than a one off opportunist 70 yard try at the death.

The drop in quality started long before woods went off. Was pretty much when the subs came on.

Need ridyard to play if we’ve to have any chance next week. Don’t care if it’s woods or brierley with him

Never apologise Harold, you are entitled to your opinion, and I respect that

,Ryans first try was crafted well by McNally and finished well by Ryan,he made a few telling tackles for those who claim he can’t ,and to score 20 points isn’t bad.
Myself I’d be tempted to give Riddy and Ryan a go next week, and Duffs may be forced to try it,although I do hope Woods is not injured.
Our squad is looking good now, our bench today looked strong,though Patterson played out of position.Batley are no mugs ,the run in will be so intriguing ,I’m going for Toronto, Leigh, Toulouse,Fev, and York , in this order.

Let’s enjoy the season as it unfolds for a great finale.

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Totally agree with that, I was saying all game exactly that.

How did clarke play

It is a bit sad that you exaggerate to confirm your intense dislike of Brierley, he did much more than score the try at the end, you know it but you won’t admit it.

Evening Tricky, he did well. Came off the subs bench after 20 minutes, and he really does 'steam' on to a ball, big lad and got pace as well. 2nd half didn't have quite as much impact, as I'm guessing he hasn't played that much rugby of late. He probably did enough to make next weeks 17, but to be honest didn't notice his tackling, as I'm more observant on our players when they have the ball, not without it.

I love reading your posts, and agree with a lot you post plus you seem to have an insider with you as 99% of stuff you say does actually happen but your blatant dislike of Ryan astounds me, Ryan is a very good player at this level and brings a dimension to the team that no one else in our squad can. For mine it has to be one of Riddy and Josh ( as I think they are a very similar kind of player ) and Ryan in the half’s going forward.

Well said...

A few have asked me am I related to Ryan, as I praise him so much.?Im not related to him in any way,I just think he is a very good support player,who has speed and enthusiasm ,and brings to the Leigh table elements we are short of in Rugby terms.
The lad is a credit to his Family as a person,and regards the LSV as his home,folk say he can’t tackle, well he produced a couple of good ones today, can kick goals ,and adds another dimension to our attack.
I must also mention McNally though, I was a critic of his in his previous spell at the Club , but the way he joins the line now and his looping runs is another quality ,the first Leigh try proved this, and I think over the next few games Sau, and Higson will benefit from Greggs play.
Today was scrappy at times, and in the coming weeks we need to rack up points for our points difference,I’m sure JD knows this, for me 2nd spot is still there, an exciting few weeks to the climax of the season.Looking forward to it,Cmon Leythers.