One problem Lam has to sort out is being slow out of the blocks. Look at the half time scores in the 5 games so far:-
4-12, 6-8, 12-19, 0-12 and 8-22. To get 2 wins from these is impressive, but it can’t go on indefinitely, especially against a confidence team like Hull. We’ve got to get into them early like Salford did which knocked the stuffing out of them.

Makes you wonder whether we consider starting and ending with Edwin for strong 25-30 minute stints, and have the other hooker play either side of the halftime. I know why we bring him on midway through the half but we do need a strong start. Then again, in Lammy I trust.

An absolute must to start strong. Hull will come at us early and try and blow us off the park. The longer it’s a tight game, the more nervous they will get. We score a couple early and get a good lead, who knows what it could end up.

If we can give up the slow starts and just get into the arm wrestle we can beat a lot of these teams, our attack is coming along but we need to just stay in the grind.

After the slow starts, a few of our points have been scored when the oppo have had players in the bin.

Lightning start to todays game!

Starting the second half against 12 men for almost 10 minutes, so another big stint required and we can put this game well in our control.

Hull 6 Leigh 16 H/T

Game getting tighter but we need to see this out.
13 mins left 12-22.

16-24.
Come on Leyth.
4 mins to go and we defend our line after a mistake from the kickoff gave Hull a lifeline.
Sounds like we have made too many mistakes in the second half (another knock on as I type) but a win here is a massive result from the lads. I’m on the edge of my seat here is Vancouver.

YESssssssssssssss.
Great result.
Well done lads.
16-24 !!!!!!!!!!!
Big shout to the traveling faithful. Sounded very loud on Leopards Radio.
“Leyther til I die” to end the game

Hull Must have been working on their defence over the last fortnight
From having 60 put past them to just 24 at home..
Or Leighs attack a bit casual today.!?!?.

Sounded like we made harder work of that than we should have, but I'll take this win and 4 points from 4 on our travels to Humberside.

I think Lammy will want to work on our game management, but I expect he'll be happy we put ourselves in position to win.

Lam has been clear that we will not really be a finished article for at least 10 games. We have won 3 out of 6 despite that and against what looked like a very tough opening schedule. It did sound like we gave Hull too much ball through our own errors in the second half, but we also stuck in the wrestle and got the win. That’ll do for me right now.

I’m encouraged by the start to the season and the potential we have once we get a better handle on our play.

Another great result. Massive well done to all the team. A short turn around next week against the enemy. There is only two players I feel are a threat to us, French and Feild. Keep them away from the ball, then we have a great chance.

Agreed NZ. It will be hard to stop them getting the ball but if we don’t back off and give them space we will be doing what others have not. Wigan look fragile but they do know how to stay in a game and get the win.
I believe we are the better team right now but we will have to be at our best and not give away cheap meters and ball.

I agree Lin.

Another cracking win ,roll on Thursday against the strike breakers.

Leigh are an exciting team to watch. You play expansive footy and I think you were underestimated at the start of the season . Best of luck for the rest of the season.You have players that you can see want to play for the shirt.

Had Bongser been offered three wins from six outings at the start of the season he would have gleefully snatched off the giver's paw. Better season than 2021 already! Another three from the next six (Wigan (h), Salford (h), Wakey (a), Leeds (h), Cas (h) & Hudds (a)) would see our best ever showing in SL with less than half the season done and the confidence to push on from there.

Bongser has no idea how many unhatched spring chickens Vanners has this year but will still say, "Well Done to Everyone at The Club On The Up!"

Thank you Sir.

This is why promotion and relegation should stay and licensing should be confined to the bin once and for all. Success for teams comes in cycles and it's results and effort on the field that should decide if you play in the top league or not.. This is the cycle for a resurgent Leigh club after years in the doldrums. Well done Leigh. Another great result before the Wiggin derby. Could very easily turn Wiggin over with this team spirit.

These from early this month when Leigh had just taken the points from KR’s midden:





Cokey is a minor prophet. Hessle Roader has not yet congratulated him but Bongser is doing so. No KR fans yet but yours truly received a text at 4.47 this afternoon from a KR fan that drinks in The Egerton (and accompanied Bongser to the Leigh v Bradford game last season) with the succinct word,

“Result!”

As the ablution department awoke Cokey in this hour, he read B&B's post here with a smile on his face (after his relief), he was happy to be reminded of his earlier post regarding the Hull result. Cheers B&B

De nada, Nostradamus.

Did Lammy read this and tell the squad??!! They carried out the instructions to the letter- 16-0 up after 20 mins!! My only gripe was that they seemed to put the cue on the rack and stopped moving the ball to the left apart from the hat trick try, where Leutele and Charley were causing havoc.
The most satisfying moment came on the way back when listening to the radio Humberside phone-in, when a Hull fan called to say we bulldozed them in the first half!!