I wouldn't worry too much tbh.

I think your backs are pretty good especially at wing and centres. You are lacking props.

Your team has pace but today Fax's handling was shocking.

I would like to know what have you done to Worrincy in the closed season. Thats not the same bloke. Where have his galloping runs gone. He looked like a man demoralised. Surely a few dropped balls has not got to him. There will be nothing wrong with the Fax team this year and as everyone says it really was just a pre season game where no one really wants to get injured. But you need the big wing man bouncing again and you really do need some grunt up front. All the best Fax. Oh and one more thing. Thanks for Bob, he's going to be a star this season.

Not a lot that Handforth could do when playing behind a dominated pack, I think it was just a case of getting the kicks away and any field position gained was a bit of a bonus, especially as you had quite a poor completion rate throughout (as did we at times, in fairness).

Think you're definitely short of a forward or two, I really don't see Aizue having the same impact this season given the reduction in interchanges, particularly as last season he seemed to be having shorter and shorter stints on the field.

Fax 'bombed' a few tries today. Not too many 'great tries' today, it's not like we were awesome, but still scored 44 points - a comfortable win for Leigh.....but it was only a friendly.

Thackray the one trick pony has no kicking game and is not very creative, as we noticed when played for Widnes. Too many dropped balls and no forward power to make hard yards.

Interestingly enough, Fax did get " Are you Widnes in disguise? " today

I'm endeavouring not to show any bias here, but from what I've seen in previous seasons and on his last few performances as a Batley player, I reckon Fax would have been better keeping hold of Black as opposed to signing Thackeray. Black seems to have retained a fair bit of his pace in what are now advancing years, and is pretty good as a creative force - something that Thackeray has never shown. In our friendlies against Keighley and Huddersfield its been interesting to see him getting extremely vocally involved in organising our attack - and to good effect - an area in which I feared we might lack something given Handforth's departure.

So, we're concluding the success/failure of players already and we've not kicked off yet.

Your assessment of Black needs to come at the end of the season (give a chance for his injuries to bed in) not after a couple of meaningless friendlies. There's some right tuppence 'appeny pundits on here.

wouldnt read too much into that effort yesterday. Karl will not stand for that, and they will get flogged in training this week. back to basics me thinks, catching and tackling!

they need to improve by 500% or else Hudds will be a cricket score. early days though.

Could n't make it yesterday but just read the little report in Courier, does n't sound good but it is still pre-season and we have a number of players out injured so hopefully things will improve. Does sound like our defence out wide is struggling though and last week it was sieve like when Salford moved the ball through hands.

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