1 - Too conservative. WTF is that all about ?

2 - Yere's tackle on Donlan was a bad one. Absolutley crunching hit but followed through to spear him. Should have been red carded.

3 - Why did we not make it an easy 8-8 when we had clear momentum ? Really poor decision. We was not playing well enough to score at that time, and wiping out the deficit would have given us renewed momentum.

4 - Leigh caught completely cold for the quickfire 2 tries. Fast asleep, the lot of them.

5 - Ridyard and Ellis very poor again.

But - Still a great season and good luck to Sheffield. Quite obvious the Quartet of Henderson, Yere, Pappa and Tongaae were the ones to watch. The team tonight could not handle them !

Really hoping for a backer, but I really fear the worse. The team in the last 5 weeks is completely different to the team pre NR cup.

Really sad day for the club and the ones leaving

Out enthused in 2 semi finals? Bad man management, very bad man management and team spirit. Lets just colour out for the season, let whoever wants to go go and just pray we have a team this time next year. But the team this past month and a half has been shocking. Tonight has been the first time in excess of 12 months that I've not made the final hooter.

The Watcher as always is looking on the bright side, at least he has saved £16 not having to buy a GF ticket.

the main turning point in our season was our coach who so called loves the club confirmed he was going to castleford a week before the start of the playoffs. The guy couldn't even be d to go on the sideline during the game. Dukes has been doing his job for him the last 4 weeks but i bet he hasn't been picking up millwards wage. No club next year now in my eyes. Who would want to take up a club who cant go anywhere for at least 3 years?

Agree with that! The wife kept telling me all season millward only came back to find a job in S/L and tonight i had to agree!

Why as it all gone wrong with a team that's been outstanding all season? This tonight
was a shocker, and whatever plan they had, if they had one didn't exist.At least the box is ticked
and we can do a widnes for the next 3 years.It seems all the good work has been in vein
when leigh should have been winning tonight. ( GUTTED LEYTHER )






At least basil's bank balance is sorted.

WELL what about this performance tonight? What about the fans
who keep being asked repeatedly to support the club? for what eh for what? Well i,ll tell you what,to feed sooper dooper league.with good players we nurture to move on and what are we going to hear time after time? we've ticked a box we've ticked a box,well i,ll tell you when we,ll get in super league NEVER.

so what do you expect him to do- stay with a club with no backer- get real.

he has coached us to only 4 defeats all season,

But to announce it a week before the play offs is wrong.... do you agree?

I believe our coach had a watertight contract and could only leave with our permision.Being paraded in a Cas scarf was another stupid move by the club, do the deal and announce it after the season or at least stop him being dressed in Cas colours for the cameras. I cant recall Rhino in a Fax shirt whilst Batley were in the comp.

We have so much to look forward to next year the big money for our level paid to Basil, Bibey, Paul, Hill, Higson, Maden, Duffy will not be hanging around our necks, yes we are still stuck with PR's contract but I understand some £200k was tied up with these and we can fill the gaps at less than 50% of the cost imho.

We will have a club next year but we now need to be open, really open with the fans because it will be the fans who ensure survival as I understand the white knight is no more.

We can run a very competitive team next year, the revenue gap can be overcome but we need action now.

agreed, but still no excuse for our team being out enthused tonight

Time to chill for some

Bad management, it's a miracle we won the NR cup mainly due to amazing man management. You have a group of players who have to forget about winning bonuses. Would you be happy going to work tomorrow not getting what you earned.

Unfortunately our season got derailed when AT business went under, since then Ian and the players have been amazing.

Too many injured players trying to keep us going today with no real go forward.

I feel Ridy and Ellis form dipped when Robbie returned.

All things said amazing season with us winning the best competition. It's evident we aren't really taking these play offs seriously ever since they mean nothing!!!!

Certainly did Widnes no harm not getting to a GF, I'm off to load up the national lottery website I could be the new owner tomorrow night!!

He may have only lost 4 games but two of them were the most important! we needed money for next season from the G/F. and i still say he let us down AGAIN!

Rhino is a man with principles and even though our fans were asking for the name of the new coach he refused to be named till after Batley left the Comp` .Also Rhino would not be wearing a Fev shirt as he`s signed for Fax and we are very glad to have him.


Sorry you lost tonight I thought it was going to be your year .

I've watched Leigh on & off for nearly 60 years. In that time the club has limped from one crisis to another. Quite often they have collapsed just before the end of the season. Coaches have walked out and Chairmen have left at short notice.
This present crisis is possibly the worst I've witnessed and I fear for the clubs future. Whether a new chairman & coach are found is anybody's guess. However it appears that with only 1800 fans prepared to attend then the public of Leigh do not care if the club exists or not.
A sad day for Leigh RLFC.

It was did you not go to the cup final?

Yes I did , I just thought you would do the double.

Dont be concerned Pal, do something about it when asked.

They've squandered my entrance money for 60 years. I've done plenty for this club.

Learn from the past, you've had 60 years of fun for your entrance money, this is the Leyth roller coaster buy your ticket and grip the seat

The whole sport is in danger, as a comparison Leigh got roughly 75% of their average crowd tonight how does that stack up against Wigan and Leeds last week. No doubt sky will tell us the game is much stronger than pre SL. take a look at 1994, half a dozen comps to win, competitive international game played in front of big crowds. Meanwhile in 2011 2 comps to win and the rest......

total crap tonite were was milward when we were 8 6 down he should ave been on the touchline runnin the show were was he at full time to waik round with the team nowere and why because he hasnt give a toss since he became cas coach what kind of idiot has his picture taken with a cas scarf on 1 week before the play offs start shows were his mind was sorry blame him totally for the last few games

post of the night.... didnt even see him come over to clap the fans although i may be mistaken

I've had enough of Leigh RLFC! Moved home to Lincolnshire a few years ago and now am a Sheffield Eagles season ticket holder. So in a strange way it was a good night after all.

The news of Millward wasn't the start of this it was Arthurs departure that was the begining. Also if we had not put the news about him going to Cas they were going to the next day. They had the right hump with us over it. Anyone with any knowledge of team sport could see that we were winning and playing average rugby compared to how we were at the begining of the season. The zip went just after Arthur going and it didn't really return. We were beaten by a poor side tonight and I'm gutted. I couldn't clap the lads off tonight I was that gutted and it's the second time this season. The first was last thursday. Maybe I have got the same problem as the team. Lets all have a good rest and a re group.
I know I am, I'm sure I am. I'm Leyther till I die.

The most dissapointing thing for me had i been a Leigh fan was the fact they seemed to out enthuse you and wanted it more, that would of really piisssd me off and that is down to the coach for me.