Distance is irrelevant with technology Jagger lad,i have heard even you Yaaarkies have stopped using pigeons and have embraced it!



Enjoy your day at the Shay,it will be the radio for me!

I'd be very surprised if Brierley is not #1 today. Seems the obvious replacement for Greg 'today' while keeping the natural playmakers Ridyard and Chase at 6 & 7. His defence is obviously in question (reference middle 8's) but here is the opportunity to toughen up. Think how Neil Turley used to play...

Micky Higham said in an interview the other week last year was the 1st time he played at Mount Pleasant and he was shocked at just how much of a slope the pitch was on. Thinking maybe t best to throw Weston straight onto that Batley pitch from kick off, bit of a difference from Melbourne, let the initial fire go out of the game first.



Pownall started his career at Full Back and has covered there quite well when we've needed him to in the past. So far as I'm aware Brierley has never played Full Back.

I think Ryan has played the odd game at full back - perhaps against an amateur team in the Challenge Cup. His attacking style would potentially be similar to McNally's in that position - i.e. a bit more room for him.

Oops, wonder what good old degsi thinks

Bloody Leigh let me down with my accumulator today, but not to worry. I have gladly lost a fiver haha

What happened to going unbeaten in first 23 games

Maybe your fans statement should of been

"Leigh to go unbeaten in the first half of the first game of the season"

Haha brilliant

Hate to say it, this result was predicted. But is that a joke... Chase (the best halfback in the division) at fullback? and boy did Batley's strategy to pepper him work! With Jukes at the helm we could be in for a very long season and DB may start to get twitchy with his investment.

Oh dear.

Well at least there's the point for ending up only a couple behind, oh hang on a minute!

Rowley out ! Is what he thinks. Oh, I see.

Chase at fullback when he can't catch. Really?

Still think the all conquering mercenary's are going to get you into SL?
Losing to another part time outfit part of the master plan?

Chase at fullback!!!! He's the best standoff in the Championship and most of SL and he's played at fullback!!! Surely that can't be true. Who on earth put Chase at fullback? Didn't PR pass on the message he was signed as a standoff?

Paul Rowley resigning 10 days before start of season. It's better than Dad's Army. Don't Panic!!!

We should be putting 40 past Batley if we are aiming for SL. It just isn't good enough.

I wasn't there today but by all accounts, Chase at FB ? a monumental brain fart of a decision, you either go with Pownall or put Lee Smith straight in & keep Rangi at 6 or just don't play him.

Not sure what happened, maybe the travelling Leigh faithful can provide the answers.

Was it the disruption of PR walking out ? The mindset of the team being down ? Or just a shoddy display ?

Batley have recruited very well this year and will shock a few teams

They shouldn't shock any full time teams though, should they?

Rangi Chase is magic?

I am quite sure Batley have recruited well and they are always our bogey team, especially on that sloping pitch but we should be winning handsomely with the players in the Leigh lineup and training full-time. I am still bemused by Chase at fullback? He's an outstanding halfback in SL, let lone the Championship, and he's playing at fullback!!! Who on earth made that decision and why??? I am gobsmacked.

I assume fat boy meant going unbeaten next year when you are in SL then?

no he meant against you lot

Yeah one in every five games he might pull something out the bag..

Brilliant comeback!

I take it you are not counting the middle 8s from last season when it mattered, thought not. Well done, keep it up