Mr Stokes seemed to give you plenty of cheap yardage in the first half ,admitted you played well in the second half , but Gardner bombed a certain try , and i felt his other try was not offside , given these 2 incidents againt you maybe the result could have been different , as for Littler how did he seem edgy ?

26 20 strong wind in our favour 15 mins to go playing downhill who would you have backed ?

Not the ref who lost us the game. Just a bad day.

Well we will have to get over it. One or two bad decisions by the lads cost us today not the ref.

Frank in the first half he gave them to many penalities , you didnt see them , because you where wandering round like a lost soul , watch the game , though i agree a couple of our lads had off days , as ive said roll on Thursday , Charlie will be at POR , to cheer the lads on .

Not sure I agree witht he cheap yardage but I respect your view. As supporters we have differing views, and just because we disagree with the ref, and see decisions differently, it does not mean they were wrong decisions. As for Littler, I just felt he never seemed settled throughout the match that's all.
Going back to Gardner bombing a certain try, well ofcourse if he hadn't it might have been different, but the fact is he did. We can all go back to what ifs and nearly's!

I think what ultimately made the difference today was not Mr Stokes, but the fact that we have several squad members coming back after lay-offs, namely Walmesley and Scott, and so were fresh, whereas you undoubtedly have serious injury worries which might take their toll.

Littler was sinbinned for quite a blatant "chicken wing" tackle, he nearly wrenched Walmsley's shoulder out of the socket. Watch the DVD back if you've any doubt.

Ask a neutral fan. There were a good few there from Fev Fav Wakey and I saw one with a Leeds shirt on.

We lost because of 3 bad errors in the last 15 minutes' not because of the ref.

Won't mention the pass to Gardner which was ruled forward or his knock on with the line open.

Btw just 2 incidents not a go at Gardner. The lost ball in the tackle which put them 10 up and then the last two tries.

Not good enough on the day. Sh1t happens.

We were poor Today make no mistake but two crucial mistakes just took the game away with us.

The knock on at the back of the scrum in the first half that led to a Batley try just left us that little to much to do IMO.

Gardner dropping the ball with the try line begging at 26: 20 just summed the day up.

What is obvious to me is that we played all the game with effectively only one creative player in Riddy. As much as I admire young Brierely's support play he is unable (yet) to stamp any authourity on the game as all good 7's should be able to.

McNally is a 7 by trade. Move him there. Let Ryan link up at full back where his pace could be devastating.

And finally, only a clown could blame that defeat on the referee.

Littler was banned for a nasty and uncalled for 'chicken wing' tackle on Walmsley. If its referred to the disciplinary panel then he'll be facing a few games on the sidelines.

beleive me he was not harsh sin binning Littler it happened right in front of us and he clearly bent the player arm back, still probabaly pee'd off with the ball steal on him early doors or just frustration

the ref was not good but we were not at our best, so its wasnt the ref s fault, he was very picky on some things though and seemed to ignore offside altogether. I hope its not him Thursday however.

We were guilty of that on a good few occasions. I was stood towards the bottom of the slope for the last 10 minutes of the first half and we were offside on virtually every tackle. In fact, it probably contributed to so many tries being conceded in that spell because the lack of a proper line meant there was gaps all over the place.

was "that" pass forrad matt??? I was stood at the top end!

We had 8 players missing from our squad. Goulden, Taylor, Spencer, Nash, Laithwaite, Duffy, Pownall and Maden. They had 4 giants in their forwards who absolutely battered us. They are dark horses for Grand Final at end of season in my opinion.

Can't stand that ref. He was just smirking when he walked off at half time. How he awarded that last try in first half is beyond me when one of our players was taken out. Anyway our mistakes contributed to the loss again as with the Fev game. Still think Leigh have done extremely well with such a paper thin squad and no money.

it constantly annoys me when people just blame the ref for any defeat we may suffer, i did not see the ref wonder offisde, or knock on or do bad tackles at any stage of the game, i did see however players from leigh doing this, the crux of the matter is we even playing poorly could of won that game quite easily if it had not been for basic errors, i am sure our boys know they let themselves aswell as us down, and no excuses about injuries, apart from robson our 14 the rest could and have played previously for us, as i said this is rowleys biggest and toughest challenge as a coach, lets see how we as a club respond on thursday night, and of course i shall be at por to cheer our boys on.

I don't think that particular horse is that dark to be honest WYSIWYG!


His 'smirk' as you describe it was probably in response to the 2-3 Leigh fans who took it upon themselves to let him know the depth of their feelings at half time! To be honest, it made us smirk too!!!



As a neutral I believe he had an ok game. His missed some (let go, call it what you will), and pulled some - both way. There was an element of obstruction to Leigh's 2nd try I thought could have been pulled back but he let it go to the angst of some Batley fans - c'est la vie. At the end the score reflected the game - not the ref!!

Good post WOLRAB.

wind thi neck in WYSIWIG and stop looking for the confrontation for a minute and read my post again!

You called em "dark horses"! I say they are not that dark - e.g. greater favs for the top two than most people are giving them credit for!

Arrogant my botty! If you want a reference ask the Leigh fans who know me!

I really wouldn't give a toss if you bet on us or not - BUT - why won't we meet them in the play offs??

Roth Fev Fan Robin , is a great bloke , very fair in his views of Games ,maybe a bit bias when assessing his beloved Fev , but we are all like that , looking forward to seeing you on Thursday Robin in the Lagoon Bar

.Hoping to give you a game , we need to get to Blackpool .

Bias?????? Me??????? How very dare you!!!!!!







Usually I'm a very cautious soul CHarlie, not prone to getting carried away. BUT:- given your injury/player availability situation, and watching the game yesterday, I'm feeling a little confident.
I hope that Daryl isn't feeling similar and is preppin the lads for what Leigh can really do!
Looking forrad to seeing you and the gang thursday owd cock!
Keep smiling

I cant blame you for feeling confident Robin , but yer never know my fave saying is "Remember the Alamo ",when wounded we Leyther are very dangerous , hoping for a good game on Thursday , i know we will get a warm reception

but i feel PR will have the lads up for it , whichever 17 we turn out .

I think It's more disrespectful to call Batley dark horses. I tipped them to beat leigh if you remember Charlie because I rate JK as a coach. Batley are no mugs and will be in the mix right up to the end. Oh and I wish fellow Cappers would just apply a bit more caution as well its not time to start popping corks yet !.

I worry about a team when they can go from sleague team beaters and then get caned by fax at home.

I think we will be there or there abouts come the end but the fans and more importantly our team need to play every game from now to the end with same intensity we showed against CxS.

Exactly Cushy!!!!

You won't play them AT Batley in the play offs as Fev will finish top as the refs always let you get away with everything including offside, forward passes, flopping, not square at marker, cheap shots, constant obstruction to name a few. We would have stuffed you both times but for the ref!!!!!

And before you start scattering your exclamation marks all over the page remember the phrase - Tongue in cheek



Look forward to playing Fev and the ref at POR!!!!!!

If Batley win all their remaining games they will finish top and us 2nd. They are quite capable of that.
Regards the rules of the game - our side is just better at playing the margins better than our opposition - at the mo. You know full well that if Leigh were as good at that aspect of the game and were top of the league you'd lap it up.





See you Thursday!!!!!!!!!