Can't think of a dissapointing player today!! Crooks was good so was Stewart!!! You know the big thing??? SPEED we have gone from having none from having 4/5 flyers... Hampshire was class at full back has too play there.. Clare could catch lightning, feel sorry for them young Wigan lads at the end wane should of got some experience on in that second half... All in all quality and bring on the season

Not a bad report saying you where not going paying £20.

Well Tony my old mate some of us are proper fans...

I was very impressed with Hood and Hampshires pace when they linked up. Some great passing and never looked tired.

Couldn't agree more atomic. The team were awesome today, competition for places is immense.

I was more than impressed without getting carried away today.
The whole squad 'turned up' with positive performances throughout.
After taking about 20 minutes to acclimatise to the pace of SL, this was a very encouraging performance. Our guys looked very very fit, went the full 80 and still looked fresh. We have more pace across the squad than we have seen for years. We have real quality in the crucial hooking position even without Mickey Higham today.
We also have SL quality to add to the mix in Ridyard and Weston.
This performance should give our guys confidence that we can hack it in SL. For sure we have some tough early fixtures but we also have enough experience in the squad not to be pressing any panic buttons if results don't go in favour at the start.
The only negatives were injuries to McNally (ankle) and Higson (ribs). Let's hope they recover quickly and we get some luck in terms of our squad staying reasonably healthy.

Pelisier, he is some player and he injects some pace in the ruck area thats for sure. His breaks could have done with some support at times

I thought however that young Ben Reynolds was outstanding from start to finish and whilst he is young, with areas to improve, his potential is enormous. A class act.

Ben Reynolds MOM for me.

Good post Harold, you're right there about pelissier. he made a difference when he came on.

BTW - How do you think Acton went today.

Firstly but [i'Not'[/i most importantly, I thought Wane showed a huge lack of respect today in the team he fielded 2nd half.
Ok, of course he has to test his fringe players & give them game time to assess them but, that 2nd stanza Wigan team were a shadow of that in the first half. Had they run a team closer to their 1st choice 17 then I wager the game would have been much tougher, possibly with a different result & possibly more beneficial to Leigh Centurions in terms of gauging where the team need to be at.

Despite all of the above I was delighted with the 80 minute application from the squad.

Stand outs for me were, INPO -

Cory, Crooks, Reynolds, Hood, Hampshire, Hock & Acton.

The whole team did look lots fitter (I did spot Cory blowing a bit but considering his efforts not surprising), however having so much control of the game 2nd half it isn't as testing as Vs a full strength SL team.

Good to get confidence in the squad prior to the opener against Cas, & [i50 - 10[/i Vs any Wigan side is not to be sniffed at.

Early signs are positive that we have the firepower to compete in SL 2017.

What a job Jukes has deciding who to leave out! In previous years the weaker links in the squad stood out but this lot today looked like they could all do a job.......eight or nine strangers blending in is great..missed Fui though

Yes he does , we have the size and the experience and hopefully the pace , moulding them together into a competitive SL team is the job , just a pity Mr Wane decided to take the pi55 with his 2 nd half team as we could have used another 40 minutes of testing opposition

It's one thing putting kids ( small ones at that ) out against part time players after 40 minutes to tire them out , but against experienced full timers it's just not on

Wane didn't do his players or his fans any favours by leaving his youngsters exposed to a team in full flow in the second half. Neither did he do Leigh's coaching staff any favours by taking off his halfbacks who were causing problems with their kicking game.

Reynolds was outstanding today and Pélissier is an excellent addition in the hooking department.

he knew he was going to get beat so he put the kids on to give him the perfect excuse.

Yes, He did very well against the youngsters, but to be fair you can only play what is in front of you. I recall just one 'niggle' that he got involved in needlessly when I was urging him to walk away.

I am also urging him to succeed this season. I am fully supportive of Mr Acton in that respect as it is in all our interests for him to do so. Keep up the good work young man.

Early Days but we showed some good signs, we looked very fit, all the new boys looked good especially L’Hooker, Rocky, Crookes, and Clare. Of the ‘old’ guard Reynolds, Hood and Paterson were the stand outs for me.

I think we struggled initially with pace of the game and our in play kicking wasn’t great as they were quick to close the kickers down but when they got up to speed and the kickers took a further step back, we took control, the second half was spoiled by Wanes team selection, but makes for a good day here at work.



The plus side is as we were walking up through Leigh, we bumped into my cousin and her husband to our surprise they were going to the game, I’ve never known them to go before, they’re planning to attend most home games this season. Also as we were stood in the queue to get in, another couple, friends of ours were in the queue, he usually attends about one game a year, he’s a keen cyclist and the change in fixture days means he’s planning to attend more games and was proud to show off his first new home shirt, don’t think she’d been since the last time we were in SL.

Also good to see more signs/sponsorship at LSV.

Yes Glow,I found the Hollands sign to be quite amusing.

Thought actions temperament was very good yesterday couple of times Sutton went looking for him as last man in, things like that will lead anyone to have a do back not just Acton, all forwards looked good yesterday and we have our best too come back yet in Weston, though green and hoppy made a massive difference when they came on they were hitting there fronts and giving pellisier quick ball

Given Leigh are not in the same position as Wigan academically.Do you think Jukesy would have gone the same way if roles where changed?

Me too.

Me 3.

I don't.

You never do,

are you going to wear the Pinstripe Suit at the Dewsbury game?

Interesting choice of phrase, Atomic, Wigginers have meat & tater for brains.
BUT Leythe had to see the new lads go. First full contact match since so many of them arrived. Wane had a look at his lads. Different scenario. We picked up two injuries that we didn't need with a squad way smaller than the Pahs'.

Just been chatting with Salford Skeletor who told me that they picked up four injuries against 'Fax.

Needs must for the have-nots. Yes it might have been different if the shoe was on the other foot.

Working as ever on Sundays but, despite all the above, Bongser did enjoy the scoreline.

PS: Regarding Leythe's tweet about ordering extra pies, did they order enough humble?