Quote: valvehunter "After watching a replay of the game from Saturday, in the manner how Leigh lost how much will that effect Leigh mentally ?
Within the first half Leigh lost the possession 8 times, that's 8 sets not completed. However, as we seen with less than 20 mins to go Leigh squashed a comfy lead.
in addition to this, with less than 5 mins to go Hutchinson decided to make an attacking kick, to which the Toronto winger caught ran 70 metres & put Leigh under pressure immediately & won the game from there !
Why didn't Leigh suffocate the game & Hutchinson kick the ball in the back of the stand ? Get the scrum, slow the game right down to Leigh's level not Toronto's & get themselves reset. I'm not Wayne Bennett but what is going inside Hutchinson's head at all ?
The other issue I witnessed was how easy Leigh's forwards were dominated in contact. They didn't make many wins in contact & was more or less put on their backs very easily. Overall, how much will this effect Leigh mentally ?'"
Don’t think it will make much of a difference really. They proved they were more than good enough to beat the mighty WP and as you correctly point out a few more mature decisions would have seen us hold onto the lead.
I’m probably most concerned with the effect it will have on the WP. More often than not in sport you see form dip more after an emotional win than a narrow loss, and let’s face it we need them to win all their remaining games (bar one)
