Close game so far.

24 - 0 to Fax

Come on lads, pull your selves together and play as a team. You can do it if you try.

24 -6

30 - 6


Leigh just have no fight, they should have took advantage tonight with you missing Black.

Somebody said recently that we are a one man team because we couldn't perform without Blacky

But like i said you are playing Leigh the Accrington Stanley of rugby league.

Half time here at The Shay. Fax still look wobbly in attack but Leigh are dire, just dire.. Hobson got taken off due to his addiction to penalties - he never learns. I don't like Friday night matches - not as many here - it lacks the Sunday vibe to be honest. Pitch is looking great - just watching out for Starbug with his hose

Leigh to get relegated

That would actually be a great shame

I know mate they got a great stadium and potential to do well.They usually take a decent away support when playing well.

What's the final score then?

48 16. In all honesty a terrible game. Leigh are so poor. We gifted them three tries. Things don't look good for leigh which is a shame as they are good club even if they do have hobson. But they are amateur... I can't see them recovering to stay up.

kn8b head the league would be worse off without a strong leigh if only for the away fans we bring( granted not at moment board messed up spent no money on recruiting)



congrats to fax undoubtedly best team in this league

Really hope leigh dont go down as i will miss our derby's, if they do then our derby will be oldham if they come up or against yourselfs, which isn't exaclty a derby

Leigh were awful tonight but I don't want them to go down.

They have a good following and I enjoy the games against them

I wish they would sort their discipline out as it really let's them down. Hobson needs no further mention, but Ian Mort stood out by stamping on Dave Larders back when he was already held down by 4 defenders on their line and he quickly followed that up by kickingout at Gleese after he touched down.
The red had a word with him but if he'd seen the first incident he should have been off.

Do you think Mort is p!$$ed off because he's chosen not to take a contract with Fax and he's regretting it

I used to rate him highly but after tonight's display I would not want him in the Fax squad.

What a fat waste of space!!! He gifted us field position a few times in the 1st half & we scored on the back of it. Same happened as soon as he came on in the 2nd half!

He really is stealing a wage from them!

A victory against a poor Leigh side but a haphazzard performance. Pro players should NOT miss kicks for touch - it's criminal ! I think we're going to struggle to finish top based on that performance tonight. Defence was sound but ball possession was dire. We give away too much cheap ball. I bet the completion rate didn't get above 50% in the second half. We'll have to be much cleverer in a fortnight against the Frenchies.

Andy Hobson? What is he all about? He's a penalty machine and he's so easy to wind up. Ryan MacDonald looks like Mother Theresa compared to him.

how he got away with the stamping incident is beyond me.
fax still way beyond top form.

Very subdued atmosphere but the players deserved that after last week. Play great, take the plaudits, play shiite, take the flak. Summary ... hobson and nanyn are a waste of space ... surely there's a kid in the Leigh juniors who could do better than that nobstik hobson, probably sums up rowleys coaching skills. Also noted ... after a great start ... the standard in NL has dipped, Barrow and Widnes look craap as do we .. the likes of leigh look appalling. But having said that I use the word "craap" in the loosest sense ... the players are trying their nackers off, for example the first half was a tremendous effort, but there's no confidence or zip at the mo. But keep plugging away lads, we luv yer!

Have you had a sherbert or two?

Ok, so Fax could have played better, but one or two things to think about...

1) The bookies handicap was 16 to Leigh, we won by 32.

2) We gifted 2 tries (let's not even talk about them!), which accounted for 12 of the 16 points (or 10 if one of TJ's is to be believed!).

3) We scored 48 points, having bombed a few good positions on the way.

4) Some of the tries were top class.

I think our expectations have risen considerably...

yes....

we didnt even hit 2nd gear 2nite! nowhere near....

ever dependable royston had a shocker, goddard did little. and govin was non existent... but we still won by a mile! nevr looked in doubt.

it was all about how many we could extend our points diff at the
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feel for leigh, they were terrible, helped along by andy....hell be 1st out wen millward comes in.

dunno bout these friday nights?!!

never been happier as a faxfan tho, beswick, black, glees, penky, miles and roberts(wat a hit by the way!!lol) all signed and more 2 come!

unbeaten till end of year?!!?!?!?!?!

Win in Toulouse now and that will do for me

, wasn't a great performance but we did score some good tries, especially Frankies

. Leighs defence was shocking at times they just don't look to be putting enough effort in, didn't take much to bust through them at all. Shame because the Leigh fans deserve much better than that hope they do stay up but Gateshead do look better than them no doubt, will Batley falter ?
Lets start putting presure on Barrow now by stringing the results together again.

That incident was plain bizzare. No idea what he was thinking.