I think the time is right to start getting away from the "we should win" ethos. And start with, it's up to others to beat us now.

I expect nothing but a ruthless scoring display from that squad and a big message out too SL..

Atomic there's nowt wrong with the We should win View ,I nearly always think this way ,it's the We will win view that can be disappointing I always expect a hard game no matter who we play and tomorrow will be no different.

I agree, Ian.



Saying we [ishould [/iwin still says we're confident whilst also giving the Bulls the respect they deserve. Or any opponent for that matter...

Good afternoon Ant ,hope you are well.?It was nice to have a chat with you on Sunday,I'm improving each day and will be at Odsal tomorrow cheering the lads on,am I confident?Of course I am but as you say I respect the Bulls as a very good team.

Pleased you will be there Charlie I hope you smash them

Pleased to here that you will be there Charlie I hope you smash them

Thank you Mick ,I hope to see you again this season in the middle 8s.Good luck tomorrow.

Glad to see you're on the mend, Ian. I am well thanks. It's always good to put a face to a name.



We'll be at Bradford tomorrow, all being well.

According to Bradford ticket sales for the match already exceed 7500.

Go on, They're never going to bring 7000 to the game.

Surely that includes tickets sold by Leigh. A lot pay on the day so could be over 8000 then. We've been getting 5000 plus fairly regularly so a nice bit extra in the coffers.

Great, A bigger crowd the better to show the rfl the game is really alive and kicking in the championship. Might be different next year when we're in Superleague tho.

It would be great to see 8,000 + on at Odsal & even better if I was going to be there.
Unfortunately I am currently struck down by Man Flu & we also have the 4 year old to consider, I don't think a packed terrace at Odsal is the place for her.

This game was the one I most looked forward to attending after the opening round fixture at home, so to say I am disappointed is somewhat of an understatement.

Relying on all the boys & girls of Leigh, Atherton & close neighbours to lift the *roof* off the place *if there was one* & sing loud & proud.

Come on Leigh & Leyther fans.

Well I thought Bradford was the best team today. So I will take a draw.

......and they have their first choice halves out....worrying? Couldn't make it so did we perform to our best or a bit off key?

we drew....didn't get spanked !

Off key D.

Either way we will now win the League at the LSV (on Wednesday night hopefully)!!

So. What is Barlow's problem? Doesn't he realise that if you go into the tackle in 'aggressive' manner you shouldn't be surprised if the same manner is returned.

Lowes said he had no problem with it. "Its rugby league, get on with it".

9181 at Odsal today...

So were we well represented on the terrace ?
Lowes said they hadn't seen an away following like it this season.

A big rap must go to Mark Taylor this year for his endeavours in keeping any who can't make a match bang up to speed on Twitter with his regular & fast match updates. I would have been lost without him today.

Even following M.T's tweets I found it nail biting, especially with the D.G attempt late on & the reported running the ball when a DG was on.

Interested to here the views of those who travelled today on how Leigh played.

Entertaining game and a much better advertisement for the game than last time at LSV. I think a draw was probably a fair result, both sides had spells of dominance although I can't help feel with a bit more composure and leadership (that Gaskell/Mullaney would have brought) and a stronger kicking game we would have won. Addy will look back on the daft pass he threw for the interception when he could of scored himself and kick himself.

Still it was good game of RL and I think a half decent ref helped make it the spectacle it was. Good support from the Leigh fans as well.

Good following from Leigh today.

We gifted Bradford 18 points imo but the draw turned out to be the right result in my opinion (again).

Re the ref he was the same for both sides.

Not sure if it's possible, but we need to make at least one new signing before the 8's if we are to have a chance in my opinion. Any of the 4 SL teams would have murdered us today. Too many mistakes, too many penalties conceded, and letting them get the ball out in the tackle.
Must do better!

Was very little intensity today. Felt like a training session and we turned over the ball cheaply all game. We were so sloppy every time we went ahead we threw away any momentum almost immediately with an error or a penalty.

2nd half I don't think Bradford made an error (apart from the intercept) for the first 37 minutes and I don't think we received a single penalty in whole of the 2nd half either. Everything was sticking for Bradford and our repeated knock ons and penalties meant they dominated the territory and possession.

So with all that in mind we did well to overturn an 8 point half time deficit and could have stolen the 2 points with a better drop goal attempt.

We are now effectively in 'pre-season' for the middle 8's and that's how we seemed to play. 36 - 36 says it all. Hopefully we get that sort of error strewn performance out of the way before the big games start.

Poor performance, decent enough result.

Hock and especially Higham were fantastic.