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|  Well said JENKY, would agree with all of that with the possible exception of players feeling comfortable in their position, Higson should have been an easy choice for winger but Pownall has kept him out. Possibly should have been a bit more rotation but only Paul & the players can know how much is needed. |
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| Quote ="JENKY"First up what a season.
We have played the best RL I have ever seen whilst watching Leigh and literally every game has provided some entertainment with only Salford in the league a 'gonna' with 15mins to go.
Some of the RL played has been top draw and our fans will remember this season for a very long time.
However we fell short and to learn and improve from that I feel the club needs to act now and use the head start to looking for the future and improvement.
There is nothing PR has done that I would have done differently, the tag every minutes matters has actually applied to every Leigh game with perhaps the exception of the very last one away at Widnes.
Hindsight is irrelevant abut it can also help us learn and for me some key lessons can be taken from this season and applied to next years campaign.
THE 8'S :
Not a club issue but the RFL need to look at the transfer deadline day (needs moving forward), the whole live package (if you turn up at a game and you can't see what the video ref is looking at it takes away from the live action and attracts you more to stay at home - live screens at all games is what SKY should be told to do), the fixtures (I've no idea how it worked but no-one should get 3 SL teams on the spin and the lowest placed teams in SL and the Championship should be away from home for the final fixtures, a better structure needs looking at to get those fixtures evenly balanced with priority to Top 2 in the Championship and 8th / 9th in SL), TV Money (this cannot be divided by the SL clubs at the start of the season anymore as the TV games will always involve Championship clubs now).
OFF FIELD :
We need a press officer who manages every contact from the club to the press, in business you hear talk about not giving 1 and 2% advantages to your competitor and I think sometimes our comments (maybe misquoted) handed some easy motivational chatter in the dressing room to the opposition giving an extra 1 or 2% incentive - that has to stop with immediate effect otherwise it will cost us, at the very least it pumps up the opposition fans who then sing twice as loud which gives the team they follow that extra shove when they are out on there feet.
I like passionate people and often complain about the blandness of the UK and its 'you can't say that' culture, DB is a very passionate bloke and you do get what you read on the tin,.
I can't think of any other clubs Board members who are happy to hand around trophies to the fans within 10mins of the club winning them but that's what DB does and he's a fantastic person, his enthusiasm and passion though needs to be kept to board rooms - you don't want to stunt it as it can be infectious but equally any interview done needs to be kept now down to a very minimum with interviews from Leigh Centurions left solely to the players and Coach.
In terms of those interviews again I'd apply strict protocol as if what players, coaches or Leigh officials say help the opposition then it needs curtailing, there's one thing to be open and honest but if it helps your downfall it becomes self inflicting - maybe the quotes to the press come through a designated press official with PR just conducting pre and post match interviews, Lets not forget this season has seen Leigh covered more than at any other time in the clubs history so in terms of media everyone at the club is new to it and had to learn as they go along - lets learn though now and be a bit more 'in house'
THE SQUAD :
If you look at our key players in key positions a lot have looked busted and to be honest there hasn't been a break in the week to week since February so no doubt we have some very tired bodies after a real tough season with 7 games v long term SL teams thrown in amongst the usual tough Championship games.
For me we have simply ran out of steam in the last 15 minutes of games at the business end, if you look at the player of the season in Gaskell you may argue that the voting for this years Championship player of the season is similar to what you see in the Eurovision song contest but you would miss a valid point, Gaskell has missed a lot of games (from no fault of his own) so he has had more rest but equally Bradford have been forced to use the squad players far more than Leigh which has given the squad players more experience and also the team less reliance on the 'main man'.
Leigh have mainly gone for the same line up week in week out which aside from tiring the keys players out (maybe not physically but mentally)but it also means they pretty much know they are guaranteed a spot so haven't sat in the stand thinking to themselves 'blimey my replacement has played a blinder I better but an extra 2% in next time I play', equally as the injuries have arrived in the 8's we have struggled to cope whilst in the season we may have risked a game but the long term benefit could be a fresher team at the business end of the season with squad players also knowing they might get a game rather than constantly playing in the reserves or on loan.
Pre season training needs to be key with fixtures selected of relevance rather than money spinning as get pre season better and it may help come the end of the season ,you frequently hear successful sports teams stating pre season helped them get over the line - we need to speak to other sports clubs who have been successful of that and adopt it.
In terms of signings we need a proper future and signing older players works if you have inexperienced players who are hungry and have that youthful care free attitude working and learning alongside them, whilst rumours of big name signings keep fans happy we need a long term plan in place to ensure the production line of local talent doesn't get fed up and sign elsewhere - we need to have a clear line with amateur player to professional at Leigh that involves a player being able to get on the field and play for the first team and views it as 'in his hands' and a realistic option.
Moimoi worked as off the field as well as on it it sent a key message out, Hock was a gamble and with Barlow missing huge parts of the big game proved important, Higham was to give us a push for the 8's and for me now needs to be brought in and more involved off field as his playing hours reduce next year.
Next year will be just as tough as Sheffield will go fulltime and Halifax should have a bigger player production line to name just two advantages of the 8's after one season, we need to learn and adapt to add to what has been a really enjoyable season this year to make next years even better.'"
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| Quote ="charlie caroli"Wow Jenky, can you not sleep at the moment?
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| I'm not one for empathising...You take the money you do your job.
Quote If you look at our key players in key positions a lot have looked busted and to be honest there hasn't been a break in the week to week since February'" |
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| Quote ="oggy123"As iggy said we have brought all these other fans on here giving us stick after 2 or 3 of our posters were on other boards giving it large every week! I was always confident we would go up but never cocky or arrogant! As for going forward let's keep the spine of the team! Ridyard McNally higham hock! If we can let's add some real quality in the pack! I'd be looking at Calahane from fax! We have Weston coming already! Don't think Acton spencer aspinwall can cut it so we are still short of a prop! We need to cut down the size of the squad too! Don't think Reynolds is good enough either but stick with him 1 more year!'"
Quote As iggy said we have brought all these other fans on here giving us stick after 2 or 3 of our posters were on other boards giving it large every week!'"
I guess you didn't have the balls to post then!....
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| Quote ="atomic"I guess you didn't have the balls to post then!....
Very easy to sit back and see whats posted,before you comment isn't it!......And have you seen Weston play yet?'"
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With a plan B, Leigh will get promoted.
Over to you Paul mi owd lad!
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| Quote ="Cokey"Ian you make me laugh at times.
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| Quote ="Iggy79"Does it take balls to be a keyboard warrior atomic?'"
Only if you have the balls to push the keys when it counts...Iggy. |
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| Quote ="JENKY"
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Bradford had all 4 super league teams after each other Wakefield, Salford, Widnes, Hull KR. |
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| Quote ="Tipster Ste"It was a "good win" in the context of the 8's. Performance wise I thought you were quite poor.
You will need to improve 10 fold in your next 2 games'"
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| Quote ="redeverready"At least we have 2 games left.'"
Can't argue with that, well done, just do us a favor please and get a ruddy decent ground   |
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| Quote ="charlie caroli"Derek , I'm not knocking Jenky, it was a good post, but I bet it took some time typing that out.I will wait to see what Iggy and Oggy think,they are my heroes.
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| Quote ="atomic"Only if you have the balls to push the keys when it counts...Iggy.'"
Are you kidding?? It's not about having balls or being brave, it's arrogance that makes you post some of the garbage you have. It's a minority of fans that have given the majority a bad name with arrogant posts on this and other forums.
If you think it's brave to anonymously type garbage on the Internet, then we have very different definitions of the word.
That's my last word on the subject, I've got better things to do with my life. And my balls clearly aren't as big as yours |
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| Quote ="Iggy79"Are you kidding?? It's not about having balls or being brave, it's arrogance that makes you post some of the garbage you have. It's a minority of fans that have given the majority a bad name with arrogant posts on this and other forums.
If you think it's brave to anonymously type garbage on the Internet, then we have very different definitions of the word.
That's my last word on the subject, I've got better things to do with my life. And my balls clearly aren't as big as yours'"
Look everyone is entitled to their own opinions,you either agree or don't..You have the choice to post or not to post.You don't have the right to bad name anyone.Because you post and you may know the person you speaking too still makes you anonymous to the people who don't know you.
This a forums,not a social media site,whats said sticks whether you like it or not. Arrogance is one thing but confidence is another..  |
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Atomic it doesn't take balls too look like a as you have all yeah winding people up and spouting your rubbish! I've forgot more about rugby than you babe ever known!
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Come back when you've found your dummy..
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Jesus! I feel sorry for the rest of the knowledgable fans having too read the tripe you come out with
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| Quote ="atomic"Come back when you've found your dummy..'"
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Well said JENKY, would agree with all of that with the possible exception of players feeling comfortable in their position, Higson should have been an easy choice for winger but Pownall has kept him out. Possibly should have been a bit more rotation but only Paul & the players can know how much is needed.
