Surely Wildie is a replacement for Higham when he is done at the end of the season. He’s a better 9 rather than 7.

Personally I enjoyed the game , both teams played very well, but Widnes seemed to want the win more.Ive heard all these half back theories,I’m a big Ryan B fan, but today his kicking was poor, not much yardage gained,obviously Riddy wasn’t fit.
For me McNally must stay at full back,I agree Riddy is coming to the end of his career, so is Mickey Higham,hopefully our 9s next season will be Hood and Wildie ,if Craven has signed try him with Ryan, and let Marsh go, no breaks, no runs , not a good games to tries ratio for a winger.
I think everyone will be gutted none more than Derek,but let’s move on,Widnes had some big lads in the pack, I like the lad Norman, the Adamsons have been good this season, but are they big enough?I have faith in JD and Derek,I do think some harsh decisions are needed if we want to move from top 5 contenders to realistic challengers for top spot.

OH Charlie, Charlie, Charlie .
Didn't see that one coming, Charlie didn't t know this one.

Sorry Cherry, I really got carried away here.You're right,Wildie will do just that. In't it funny how beer knocks yer daft? well it does in my case.

Good evening or morning, whichever it is over in the East,I did know it would be a hard close game, though I thought Leigh would win, however Widnes deserved to win so I have no qualms about the result.
As I said onwards and upwards now, our season isn’t over , we will learn from this game and regroup and come back.

Ian i said the same to you today,i said it would be a close game with a Leigh win.
I can now officially say that Cokey doesn't know.

Brierley let them off the hook with an ill judged and poorly executed kick through, early in the tackle count to gift them a seven tackle set. This was just after we’d gone 4-2 up and then forced a drop out the next set. Shortly afterwards he was falling for Craven’s step which led to the first try.

The last two games since the chequebook has been more prominent have been particularly poor. I hope that’s just coincidence. I don’t know if players are injured or not, but if Forsyth, Cox, Spencer, Brooks and A Thornley have been chucked out to the long grass in favour of some ‘names’ that we’ve signed then we really have learned nothing.

Halves were e.. to

We know how poor Owens is under the high ball yet, we repeatedly launched them either side of him !

Good post that Leythig, I agree with all of it. I think Forsyth was cup tied yesterday though. I have always said Brierley is not a good halfback, but we didn't have anybody else really.

Well Toby Adamson would be one of the first names I would be looking to sign up if we are looking for a mixture of PT & FT - for me he has been immense

And I like HRJ, will bite my tongue on Mr Brierley

Whilst I admit yesterday was not one of Ryan’s better games, I’m sure he would agree there,I think all the Team gave their all,it was obvious from the faces at the end,if as it has been rumoured we have signed Craven for next season then I think Ryan would benefit from such a playmaker.
As for a few of our forwards,I again looked at the Chapelhows, and Norman,their presence on field was very telling,I’m not saying the Adamsons or others haven’t done well this season, but along with Emmitt yesterday they seemed not as effective as the Widnes Pack.
Again could be an off day,I respect your opinion though.

I agree there Harold. The lad has done it before, and will no doubt do it again. We missed his kicking game yesterday, both from penalties and, crucially, near their line, where some appalling kicks cost us dearly.

Good morning Charlie, BFG was lucky enough to catch the game on the superb our league app but was surprised when he tuned in early in the first half to see that Leigh were not running away with the game as you had him believing they would. Your excitement at poundshop once again opening the cheque book to bring in "superstars" had BFG believing that he would see something special so for Widnes and their players having been told their contracts would be ripped up and still managing to outplay Leigh, the only team in the top 5 that actually gave a damn about the competition, had BFG wondering if he had the teams mixed up.

It all reminds BFG of this time when a young man opened a shop and told everyone in town that he sold the best things that anyone in town could buy and he would go up on the roof every morning and use his megaphone to tell the towns people exactly that. It turned out that this did not go down well with people from around the town and even people from out of town and although it was true that he did sell the best things in town people did not go in his shop so what the young man did was go out and buy even better things to sell from his shop until one day he ran out of money and had to stop paying the people who worked for him up until one day he had no option but to close the shop altogether. BFG heard that a year or so later the young lad tried opening another shop but exactly the same thing happened. It seems that some people will never learn.

Anyway I digress Charlie Im sure poundshop will learn from this and maybe have the competition as a pre season competition with only 2 teams to ensure a chance of silverware. Good luck for the rest of the season from all the BFG clan and I hope your owner keeps digging deep in preparation for having a real push after getting 2nd this season and hope the tap does not run dry before you have a real opportunity next year.

Good Morning to yer good self ,I’m sure after Faxes performance on Saturday you are buoyed with good feelings and rightly so , I didn’t see the game as I was at York Races, but well done to yer Club.
I don’t think I ever said I expected an easy game on the contrary,I knew it would be a hard game, with a Wembley appearance at stake, again I have no qualms about the result,the best team won.
It was nice to read your Story, like a Bible proverb,feeding of the 5,000 ,or Lazarus rising,Derek will bounce back more determined ,as will our great Club, still plenty to play for, hopefully a top 3spot,then the play offs,I’m looking forward to the run in,can’t wait.
Anyway good luck to Fax for the rest of the season, I know it will hard for Grixy to motivate Fax as you have nothing to play for , you won’t get relagated.Speak with you soon.

Hopefully Liam Forsyth will replace that small forward Sau in the centres next week v Swinton

Wouldn’t be surprised to see Forsyth replace Marsh- can’t see that pairing changing anytime soon

Well I reckon our forwards were on top yesterday, Douglas immense once again, Emmitt a different style but effective in what he does.
The pack ensured we had a lot of ball in there 20, the halfs couldn’t make the most of it

Anyone who watched it on TV know if Higson was hit late (to the head)whilst on the floor in the in goal area in the first half?
On live viewing it looked a poor tackle and expected a card but Thaler didn't pull the player in for a chat and just had a word with the captains and gave Leigh a Pen so mustn't have been as bad as it looked?

Wasn't too bad a game although inevitably 5 drives and a kick was more provalent than if we'd had a dry day.
Thought one bit of individual class deserved to win it for Widnes in a match that was nip and tuck.

Players gave it everything but came up short.

Douglas has been our stand out forward all season, Emmitt for me just seems run of the mill, as for us having a lot of ball the penalty count was 14- 7 in our favour.

We just got out muscled, that's all, lessons will be learned from coaches and players

Higson dropped on the loose ball over our line, making it 'dead'. Ah Van appeared to slide in with the knees, hitting Higson square in the head. However, the ref and two officials were much nearer than I was!

After speaking to the captains, Thaler had a word with Ah Van. No doubt the review panel will sort it all.

To put things in balance, I thought one or two of our guys seemed to get away with high shots - I hope they aren't sorted out by the review panel too!

McNally and Brierley were left prostrate on the ground following late shots , I don’t recall any Vikings suffering the same ?

I think the bottom line is we had the ‘tools’ on the pitch to have got a result however, they were overshadowed in creative and execution aspects of the game, for what it’s worth I personally thought we would struggle as we need squander far two many chances on a weekly basis, just has have done all season! Of course it’s disappointing and I feel for those have yet to see our Club at Wembley however keep the faith and your chance will come !

Watched it on TV and to be honest there was nothing in the challenge, the Widnes player went to complete the tackle which he was entitled to do and his arm went over the shoulder of the Leigh player which Im sure from some angles made it look a bad tackle. If anything the penalty was only given because of the players having handbags afterwards and the commentators seemed to agree. The one where Brierley went down, Pryce called him out for milking it, it was simply a push that at very worst was a fraction late, and the Leigh player milking it for the penalty.