Just in and on first viewing some 50/50's seemed to be well coached / won by Batley.
Having said that one team wanted it more and that was Batley - We could (and should) have still won the game as we had more than enough opportunities but instead we proved we cannot handle play off RL.
Rowley himself needs to take things from these games and learn as for me Kear outcoached him with a team that didn't have as much to offer (with all due respect to a hard working fully committed Batley team).

The off season needs to see the club looked at properly on & off field for us to move forward we need to know why we underachieve (is 4th place acceptable and if so are our current ambitions of SL too optimistic considering how far we have to come to catch up with the others in this league).

A few queries though from today for those that had the advantage of TV.......
- 1st Batley try : was it offside or not as 1st looking seemed to show the winger in front.
- The Leigh try disallowed for obstruction , was it as for me it looked like either player could have been penalised for taking each other out !

I think McNally is fine at fullback.
The bombs yesterday was put up by a very good player who can really kick a ball , the way they spun and swirled left McNally with no chance.
In terms of Govin I do think he's now looking towards the latter stages of his career and is getting no younger - Leigh needs some youth and whilst Govin without doubt offers something if he keeps himself clean and focussed its probably a bit unfair to expect too much of a guy who has been missing match fitness for a very long time (even before his ban he seemed to be injured a lot).
If Ryan was unfit yesterday then it was a gamble that backfired for Rowley as the opposition seemingly knew one strong hit would render him pretty much a passenger.
I'm sure a good pre season and a chance to get all the knocks and niggles put to one side for once and for all will see Brierly become a stand out player in this division.
Riddy had a poor game yesterday by his own standards but lets not forget the entire team more or less underperformed and Riddy was easily targeted once Brierly was out the game - maybe our pack of cards was limited and in Kear Batley had a coach who is exceptional tactically and brilliant at reading a game.
Penky gives us options and can change the direction of the game but his late appearance may mean the coach has other preferred options or maybe doesn't think he's got the engine to play large chunks of the game, it could of course be he was also carrying knocks !
In terms of moving Pownall I'd leave him as he is as he's developing into a decent winger who comes inside to help out to take the ball in when the forwards need a breather - for me once he starts to bulk a bit more (but not too much - a proper RL winger should be in a team for speed in my opinion) I think he'll be a 'name' in our team that others mention.

Do we need cover in the backs ?
As yesterday clearly showed our Plan B is easily sussed out or flawed when the better coached / bigger teams arrive and at times this season we've been very predictable (although at times we have shown really good flair, a bit Jekyl and Hyde) so for me it would be a priority.
I haven't seen anything of our youth team to see if any are showing signs of coming through the ranks to warrant a run in Pre season or the occasional bench spot next year (or indeed if they actually belong to us or Wigan - presume next season all the players in the teams representing Leigh will have Leigh as the parent club and not another club) I'm also certain though that every other club is looking for a quality back so we're hardly on our own there !

We have Pownall,Gardner,Litter & Gardner so why don't we need cover in a season where we can earn half a million for finishing in the top 2? Govin is 28 so hardly passed it if he carries on with where he left off he'll play a big part our 2014 season IMHO.

I'm agreeing we need cover - in fact its something I'd prefer us to look at ! !
In terms of Govin I think he's still a bit of a gamble and whilst its great if it comes off I'd rather us have a bit more security as its a long time since he's really done anything and like I said I think the expectations need keeping in check as to what he may or not be able to do after such a long time away from playing RL at Championship level

Well I always thought Gov was a good player and if at 28 years old he can't get match fit I would be astonished.

You should see how I move 1 minute before it's my round.

But not in the right direction, from what I'm hearing!