Spot on Al.

So we pay someone a fortune (he won’t come for buttons) and sit him in the stands

Should be picked on form but both riddy and Josh are playing decent but both of them never take on the defence and both of them very rarely score,for me brierley offers a bit more of a threat and has a far superior strike rate but it's up to duffs and he's doing a great job with the players and he has coached Ryan with Scotland so he'll know the strengths and weaknesses of all 3 and what's the best selection for the lads at his disposal

Arguably if Marsh, Thornley, McNally, Forsyth & Cox are scoring the bulk of our tries then the halfbacks are doing their job.

Don't know what the infatuation with try scoring halfbacks is, they are pivots not finishers, leave the finishing to the outside backs and let the 2 halves play in dinner suits picking off territory with kicks and good pass selection.

We now have 2 of the most effective centre's in the game.

I can just see it now :- Martyn Ridyard groin , or Josh Woods Head injury, could miss Leigh Centurions important fixture at Sheffield this coming Sunday.

I really hope not, but that's the risk that is worrying me.

Me too Al,that was my point.

But just in case that happens, throwing a lot of money at a very poor and ineffective half back is just plain nonsense for me.


I appreciate I have a minority view to people I respect. However I believe he will be a Leigh player very soon.

In my opinion, RB gives us a player with proven line breaking and try scoring ability, who most importantly can fit effectively into any position outside the pack (though he could operate at 9 at a push). Sounds useful to me for the rest of this season and next.

One things for sure as proven again tonight Riddy is not a FB, he’s needed in the halves

I wasn’t able to go to tonight’s game at St Helens , due to ill health,and listened to Radio Cumbria coverage on the BBC.
One of the Barrow commentators was Ade Gardner,who made the same comment about our halves more than half a dozen times, stating how are halves are not very creative, ie Woods only possesses a left peg kick, his words not mine, and how Ridyard offered very little due to age and lack of speed, again only his words,saying our most offensive player was lost when McNally went off.
My point being if injury happens we could be left wanting in our creative ideas, I have a feeling Derek is pushing for a challenge on Toronto’s SL aspirations this year,and to do this we need more bodies on board.
Can someone who went to the game inform us were Leigh that short of invention?Its hard to form an opinion when listening to a biased radio presenter.

On tonight’s performance the presenter wasn’t biased

Cheers Glow,thanks for your reply.

I think Leigh are more concerned about Sheffield game and will have been leaving juice in the tank for Sunday.

Re Brierley, I can't understand Harolds comments. He doesn't need to be directing play or be a tackling machine, Ryan is a fantastic support player and scores points for fun. Get him back asap. Be good to scupper Toronto's plans.

Well done again to all at Leigh. You are all doing a tremendous job.

Graham, this is what I’ve been saying from the start,again I’ve got a feeling it won’t be long before Ryan returns.Charlie knows.

Gregg pulled up in the act of scoring the first try last night and was taken off a bit later. Looked like a groin injury - should have been taken off straight away. Unlikely he will be fit for Sunday.

I'm not sure about our guys leaving anything in their tanks for Sunday - they had to strain every sinew in a very physical battle to beat Barrow last night.
We played into there hands with too much one up stuff - we can't blame the small Dewsbury pitch for that, but we can blame poor refereeing. Barrow were lying on for England and off side most of the game.

Riddy at full back was yet again a mistake after Gregg going off. It is a double negative - he isn’t quick enough at full back and we lose all his flair in attack.

I do hope Ryan is back - we need him at full back immediately if Gregg is unfit. Ryan was watching the game with our Directors in the stand.

Toronto trying to tout RB out to French clubs till end of season they really don’t want him coming to Leigh before then

The guy next to me said the same about off side, however I did point out that we were say 28 metres out and the although they weren’t quite back to the Ref he was stood almost on the 40, so they were around 10 metres away.

Some around me were going mad when we broke through from the KO made it to about their 30 threw the ball inside, a Barrow player running back picks it up and some are screaming offside, no he wasn’t correct call play on.

Last tackle Rudd drops the ball/miss kicks it a yard out, knock on, Ref says PTB on the 10 again same folk going mad, saying he should play it a yard out. No it’s the correct decision, would have been a scrum on the 10 but as it was the last tackle it’s a PTB on the 10.

There was one incident which I did feel the Ref got wrong but understand why he gave it, we got tackled their player was in between our players legs as he stood up, so he took a rather large stride over him to ensure a clean PTB with no interference, and the Ref penalised us for moving off the mark, the penalty could have gone the other way, but for me I would have just played on.

Our fans were very supportive to the Barrow lads for the effort they put in last night, and although Refs do make mistakes, they get far more right than they get wrong, and for me they should also be supported for their efforts.

As an aside I would hate to be in that stand every other Friday evening the setting sun was a right pain in the booty.

Heard he could be here before end of the week but ur normally spot on monty so we'll wait and see

They trying best to stall the inevitable pal

Now official. https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/blog/2019/06/2 ... he-season/

Now official. https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/blog/2019/06/2 ... he-season/

Love it when a plan of mine comes together

atomic seething in this heat

Stick with me Charlie

Excellent news in my humble opinion.
Have just read Ryan has to date scored 138 tries in 129 games for Leigh.
Anyone who thinks he won't be a big asset must be watching a different sport to me.
The important bit is that he is available for ALL our remaining games this season - including 1895 Cup and Championship play offs.
A big thank you to Derek and the Board.

Agreed and with McNally unlikely to play Sunday I'd play him at FB.