As it happens, I lost count this evening

I would go and watch a Leyth v Wiggin game if Wiggin turned out 7 Platt Wazzers and the rest a mixture of scallys from Whelley Scholes n Pemberton !!!!!!!!!

For a first game I though the play was much better than last season considering we were aginst SL oposition. Personally I am looking forward to the new season. We will get better now we have a coach and I don't think we will be in the same position as least year.

Was talking to a muncher reserve player last Wednesday when picking up my lad from school..... he said that they are going to play about 6/7 first teamers and the rest will be made up from fringe/reserve team.
Only player he said was def playing is Deacon.

As for today.... we looked better when Ridyard moved to 6 and Jock was at 9. Hartley IMO should be a centre with Nanyn, Robbie was very good BUT Hill was outstanding as usual and M.O.M by a long way.

As been stated - how big are the Wire players.... Higham as bulked up beyond belief, think they will push top 4 this season.

We did -38-18, that was a mixed side that Wire put out that day from memory.

There were 15 internationals out there for Warrington today. Like all Warrington sides they will be entertaining this season, they'll score a good number of points but they'll concede too. I still think they are potentially top 6 SL though.

We took defeats like that in SL with FT players so there was no way it was a disgrace.

I think it will be interesting to see the type of side Wigan will put out but I think we are generally heading in the right direction although squad depth is a bit light.

the problem with what your saying is financially we need these games.these 3 games should have brought in 15/16thou supporters look at how many leigh supporters turned up tonight. bag of crap.

another game likr that you need. Hitouts like that prepare you for more than thr NRC.
If you could play to that intensity all year you'd be sorted.
But you wont.

Glad to see most Leigh fans seem to have taken a realistic view of what happened today. I would have liked to keep them to under 60, but at the end of the day its a friendly and it does not really matter. They put out a strong team and seemed to have played pretty well.

We know our weaknesses and they were exploited better than (hopefully) they will be all season in the Champ. This was our first game and as long as we see some signs of life (which we clearly have based on reports), we will be fine. We have to remember where we are starting from - a very low position.

What is more disappointing is the support from Leigh "fans", just over 2000 of them if Wire brought 1500 - especially when you consider its our first game under IM and so much optimism for the future. Of course those who stayed away predicting a snotting will be saying they were proved right. I feel a bit sorry for club management right now - they have done their bit, the folk of Leigh are not doing theirs - yet.

We have waited patiently for our first game. I suspect many went along looking forward to the new era with excitement. If they were like me all, that anticipation and excitement got sucked out within the first five minutes, 5 penalties against and 18-0 later. It did start to return after the much improved 2nd half though. Regardless of the strength of the Wire team, we still have a long way to go.

most of the warrington trys were on the right hand side hope

fully this will be addressed by IM

Some typical comments on here some of them do not surprise me others just wind me up.

3600 is not a bad crowd considering the time of year, people skint after Christmas and the fact that we charged full price,I can remember loads of friendlies at Hilton Park with 1500 or less on.

Warrington played a full strength team who were 18 up during which we had one set and dropped the ball during it.At least 3 other tries came from the bounce of the ball running their way,on another day they would not of scored and the final score would of not looked as bad.They are worlds apart from Leigh at present and to judge any Leigh player against them is mad.

Someone mentioned Parking,have they ever been to the Reebok, it takes 30-45 minutes to get off their,and you pay a £5 for that as well.I think the stewarding on the car park is Ok and If we do get a full stadium it will be as with every other ground in the World first come first served.

To the I'm not spending £14 to watch Wigan Reserves fine but don't then moan when we don't sign anyone, because some people put a lot more than £14 into the club .

We will not face a better team this year and definately not a tougher team,there were some big hard lads out there today and I thought the lads did not flinch once and thats a good sign for the games we will have in the Championship this season.

Well said Twitch.

We'll have to see what Saints have in store for us then.

depends what kind of team they turn up with.but even if its full strength i think your better equipped to cope with it than we were.

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Some people on here need a reality check! Anyone expecting the game to be competetive, with the side Warrington fielded, were deluding themselves. The main difference between Super League clubs and Championship teams is size! and Wire had size in abundance. Fifteen on their squad are highly paid internationals who are expected to perform to their best every game. The difference in Salaries would be interesting to know? Much of our team was the same as last year so I wasn't expecting a 'miracle' performance! Its easy to blame the Ref, so I will...... what a T@@ser! irrespective of the penalty decisions, how many pionts did Wire accumalate from kicks, with players regathering the ball when in front of the kicker and, forward passes too? It dosn't really matter in the great scheme of things however, it is frustrating to watch.
There were many plusses today though and, the Stadium looked magnificent! I know my Wire friends who visited the Stadium today, for the first time, were hugely impressed. Of course, its the Team and Rugby served up which is of major interest to us fans and, I thought we looked good at times, three of the four newcomers added very little today and, Ridyard and McConnell should be our 6 & 9 respectively. I thought Robbie Paul played extremely well particularly, when paired with Ridyard these two will more than hold their own playing behind what will be a good pack of forwards this season. No one should be dishearted from yesterday's performance as I'm sure better results are to come!

Summed up quite well there. We made it very easy for them in the first half, yes they were faster and bigger, but without the elementary mistakes and bounces of the ball going with them every time, they probably wouldn't have scored 60...or at least they would have to had to work harder to get to 60. The NRC will give us more of an idea I guess.

great post

Always the refs fault aye


Smith was good actually, not that it was a hard game to ref

How do you pronouce your name on your Avatar? I'm confused because, the pronuciation I have in mind fits perfectly!

Wigan play Warrington on the Wednesday after playing us so it'll definitely be a mostly reserve side.

BTW did anyone notice Andrew Johns there yesterday?

Wigan with 6/7 first teamers and the rest fringe will be a great game, and a much better team than Oldham will turn out so your logic is crazy.

Dont turn into another moaning Leyther, we are playing the owd enemy, we dont get to play them that often these days, make the most of it.