It had everything poor ref, poor discipline at times from Leigh Rochdale where aloud to move up very quick snuffling out any chance that Leigh could move the ball out that daft ref needs to get to specsavers the forward passes thrown out from Dale where crazy how on earth he could,nt seen them when everyone else could beggars belief.
Both sides played at times some great rugby with defence paramount Ryan Brieleys try was outa the top draw pure pace terrific well Fev next round and to be honest Leigh will have to move up several gears to beat Fev in my opinion not bad tho playing poor and still winning

One problem with playing poor and winning is that deficiencies get forgotten.....until you get an absolute tonking. Everyone we have played up to now has been in the bottom half of the table. If we can win 3 of Fax Fev Dews and Sheffield then its time to believe the hype.

at 18-0 up, and 28-10 we should have won easy. But (asides from lots of mistakes/penalties) credit to Rochdale, don't know when they're beat.

Forward passes in the build up to all tries apart from the kick-off try

We HAVE to improve big time to stand any chance of beating Fax next week , granted the Hairnets slung a few forward passes out today , but some of our defending was woeful ,Ryans try was top class and I thought Higgy ran hard ,as did Spenner , Emmit and Wilkes , Penky made more yards than Bob B ,but at 18-0 up and coasting to scrape a result is not the way to go into next weeks game .

We have some very hard games coming up , I just hope we can learn and progress , a good following of Leythers as usual .

I think we had our fair share of forward passes but ours weren't right in front of the officials. What I really don't like, and it is creeping into our game more and more, is feigning a penalty or blow. The Rochdale No9 should (a) ashamed of himself and (b) be taken into the disciplinary board. The yellow for Littler was a joke. The player through himself on the floor when the idiot wasn't looking. I think that that is our cup run over after what I have seen again today and 4th spot is the best we can hope for playing like that. Like my school report used to say. Needs to knuckle down and try harder if his results are going to improve. Before you say "results?", we haven't played anyone of any stature yet.

Stop switching off when we get a couple of tries ahead and we'll be reet. Glad to get the win but I'm sure Rowley will be flogging them in training for the amount of daft errors, soft penalties and sheer lapses in concentration.

There is no 'hype' coming from the dressing room or coaches, all other 'hype' should be disregarded.


Back to retirement with this guise

You cant fool a fool Freddie ,Charlie knows .

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Hope acton is ok, anyone know anything?

Andy won't be happy being disregarded

Even I saw the elbow Acton took from 70 yards away. Players are getting away with lifting the elbow of the ball carrying arm, making it look like they are defending the ball. Jamie's technique needs to be looked at but if the officials give so much protection to attacking players then why can't the defenders get the same. The way the laws of this game have evolved make the ruck as unsightly as contested scrums. The ambiguity of the decisions makes a mockery of the sport. Go on Facebook and there is a site with clips of old games and the play the ball is much quicker and cleaner. Maybe a reason why the crowds are dropping.
Rant over.

I always say good defence wins games.

Well that is now four games in a row when our defence hasn't been.

It needs sorting.

I do think Rochdale have a decent pack though and although I didn't like the elbow on Acton that Fijian lad who did it would be a great addition to our squad.

These games are following an alarmingly similar pattern - build up a seemingly comfortable lead and end up hanging on desperately for a win. One thing's for sure, if we let 'Fax, Fev or Sheffield back into the game, we may not be able to hang on!

Whenever the opposition kicks the ball, a state of mass panic seems to set in. It's alright saying that other sides aren't making many line breaks against us, and that most of their tries come from kicks, but kicks are a legitimate tactic - and one that is paying off alarmingly against us. To concede a try direct from the opponents' kick off is absolutely unforgivable.

A couple of times we where attacking near to the line and the player with ball in hand kicked very poor decision every time should have passed to the supporting player/s?.We are defo missing Matt Gardner this season

I said the same last week thinking it would happen and make us sharper this week


The positive is we are still unbeaten and its shaping up to be one of the best starts we have had for a few years

Still only played one other team from the top seven though - Batley.

Let's hope we can tighten up for the big games to come.

Well that bug in the camp might have cleared off by next week.

Maybe we should get a few loans from Starship Troopers

last season had some sort of valid explanation for our performance, no money, just managing to get a team together, paying off old debts ect.
At the start of this season it was all debts paid, a new board, signing quality players, all the hype about how we are going to go forward into super league.
The board have been excellent it what they have done, but here is the but, PR in my opinion really hasn't got a clue, why would you send quality players out on loan and then start saying we have a sickness bug in the camp that's what a squad is for when things like this happen, bringing Hoppy in is ok but it isn't long term planning is it, it seems a bit panicky to me.
There are no excuses this time, with the structure and the players we have, it has to come down to to the way they are being coached.
We are struggling against teams like North Wales, Keighley, Rochdale, no disrespect to them but the squad we have we should be beating them comfortably.
We will get stuffed against better teams which will happen.
The majority of people wont agree with what im saying, but this is my opinion about PR and always has been.
Performances like this will not put bums on seats which is whats its all about isn't it.