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I can understand that the weather is out of everyone's control, but it seems unfortunate at best to be forfeiting matches. One suggested reason is for a break before play-off games, which seems a little cynical if true. The logistics of getting teenagers up country in midweek might also be an issue. But given the club's SL status, is this really good enough?

This isn't true. This is a problem with replaying the game though unless the season is extended. That's being decided tonight.

Phil Caplan, Media Manager for the Gillette National Youth League has just told me: "We are well aware with the fixture backlog caused by the worst winter for 20 years. This is a meeting of the management committee of the NYL tonight to discuss the options open to us."

The logisitics of getting kids up north mid-week is an issue and the game needs to be played on a weekend.

I was at Treorchy ready for the match Sunday.

Crusaders U-18's wanted it, the ref wanted it on, for some reason Leigh Miners didn't. There was rumour it was due to the injuries picked up the Thursday previously in the derby game but still weird considering the distance traveled. Then again if the games get wavered as it looks they might a team wins the league without playing it's main rivals which is no way to win it in my opinion.

I think the question should be more one of what happened to Leigh Miners Rangers?

They could have another 3/4 injured and still beat your lads

You are not thier main rivals , that would be Cumbria

How do you know this Mystic Starbug? Believe me when I say the Miners lot did not fancy it Sunday.

As for Cumbria being the main rivals, in terms of league position yes, but not in terms of percentage of games won and lost.

That would appear to have/will change

Even if we lost home and away to Leigh Miners we would probably be on the same points as Cumbria if not more.

If the wins are given to you it is a joke.

MINERS WERE WITHOUT 1 PLAYER FOR THE GAME LAST WEEKEND, HAS FOR NOT WANTING TO PLAY WHY WOULD WE TRAVEL ALL THAT WAY TO WANT A GAME TO BE CALLED OFF? WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT TRAVELLING WEDNESDAY?

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL YOUTH WEBSITE LAST WEEKEND COUNTS HAS A DRAW, AND YOUR FAILURE TO TURN UP MID WEEK RESULTS IN A 18-0 WIN FOR LEIGH MINERS.

SO LEIGH MINERS ARE MINOR PREMIERS!!!

Crucru i to made the journey to Treorchy. It seemed to me Leigh Miners were more than happy for the game to be called off.

Oh well, Still the play offs.

WHY WOULD WE BE HAPPY TRAVELLING ALL THAT WAY TO HAVE A GAME CALLED OFF?

WERE MINOR PREMIERS NOW SO NO WORRIES

MIGHT MEET U IN THE PLAYOFFS IF YOU TURN UP!

Shame that the Miners ' perfect ' record for the year has been lost via committe rather than on the pitch

see you in the playoffs!

If the pitch was deemed playable by the ref,surely it is irrelevant what the teams want??
I thought it was simply down to the official to decide whether the game went ahead?

Unfortunatley probably not

Apparently now you will be travelling up to Leigh to play Miners but will not travel up to play Leigh East

This will most likely cost Leigh East a play off spot

Bloody discraceful

If you cannot make the fixtures , dont bloody enter the competition

It's all according how you look at it.

The 0-0 result is more than Leigh East would have got, in my opinion, had the game been played having lost the away game 28-10.

At the moment East are playing very well , thye have had an absolute terrible season with injuries and suspensions , at the moment they have a full squad to pick from and have been giving all the top teams very difficult times

As you know down in Wales we lost 2 players in the 1 st five minutes and were already a player short

Not the point , East have not called a single match off all season but are now going to be denied the chance to make the play offs

I would take Easts to beat anybody except maybe the Miners at the moment , and we made things very difficult for them the other week

All this comes back to the picking of 6/7 players from Celtic earlier in the season for the GB team and yet only one from the 2 Leigh teams

If your face suits you get what you want , discraceful

And what have we got exactly?

A draw for a home game that was called off, a defeat which was drawn up by the magic calculator for the miners away game and a draw with you lot which would have meant an 18 point improvement on how you did down here.

I think it is plain to see we have hardly done well out of this.

Wait there a minute, it isn't me who is talking crap here.

If you would have beaten us 150-0 up at Leigh East you would have one more point than you currently have. Surely it is down to you losing the other 6 games, including one against us, that gives you headache you lot currently have. I say we would have been on point better off after our game against you, you think you could have gained a point.

Surely losses at places like Saddleworth and home and away to Featherstone Lions are more of a reason you are in the position you are in. Correct me if I'm wrong here but you're currently in the top six anyway?

But it is now out of our hands if we stay there because of other clubs problems

Looking at it another way East Leeds have to win both of their games to go above you lot being 2 points ahead of them with superior points difference.

If they do that the point you would have got from beating us, which I don't think you would have anyway, would mean nothing.

I would wager a guess the point you would have got will not come into it either way. The only way it would have any bearing is if East Leeds won a game and drew one. I can't see that happening.

www.sportfocus.com/webpro/rfl_le ... /index.cfm Puts your therory out, as according to the table East Leeds have 3 games left, we now have one instead of 3, how can they let them play their 3 and not us, when we havent called a single game off in this comp? The game between you and the Miners means nothing as Miners have a far superior GD and therefore cant be caught. You could however have come down and played us instead.

www.sportfocus.com/webpro/rfl_le ... /index.cfm Puts your therory out, as according to the table East Leeds have 3 games left, we now have one instead of 3, how can they let them play their 3 and not us, when we havent called a single game off in this comp? The game between you and the Miners means nothing as Miners have a far superior GD and therefore cant be caught. You could however have come down and played us instead.

Well we've played you at home so how have you got to play 2 less than East Leeds.

Once again you have a point from our game when you could have had a maximum of two. In the grand scheme of things it doesn't make a lot of difference.

yes it does we had chance of 6 points and the way were playing, I think we would have got them, and now we can get 4 max.

How can you get a max of 4 if you have one already?