How many high shots is this ref gonna let go?

Agreed. Lots of high shots and slowing down at the play the ball, but this scoreline has nothing to do with the ref I’m afraid.

The score line hasn’t anything to do with the ref, I agree, but from a neutrals point of view there are too many high shots. I know I haven’t much room to talk after our embarrassment the other night, but i’m Struggling to understand Leighs insistence on keep going short side late in the count. Just turning the ball over without creating any pressure.

And yet another waste down the short side! I’m frustrated watching it as a neutral so what Leigh fans must think I dont know

I'm only following Mark Taylor's twitter and that's disappointing enough. Hopefully we cam gel a bit better and pull it together as the season progresses. It's pretty much a new squad so, I suppose some time is required.

The short side works when numbers are right. Unfortunately we seem to be doing it as a matter of course and then not even dinking a kick to force the repeat set. To easy to defend when used too often.

Thanks for the explanation VL. I would hope we had the capacity to deviate from approaches when they are clearly not effective.

The numbers haven’t been right once to go there. It’s just seemed like they’ve thought ‘it’s the last within the 10, we go short side on this tackle’ instead of playing whats in front of them. Too scripted

Sums it up well.

Ah well, we lost our first game at Batley in our promotion season [the eternal optimist shuffles off to uncork the white rioja]. At least I didn't get cold witnessing it, I suppose. I await the autopsy.

Jukesy didn't seem to offer much from what I saw bad coach imho

Ok, it's the first game out and we will improve. (at least I sincerely hope we will!)

Having witnessed that, and much as it pains me to say it, we were comprehensively out-thought, out-coached, out-muscled, out-paced (have we nobody who can match Cory for pace?!) and out-played.

Yes, I know it's a one-off, (so far) but can anyone honestly say (on that performance) that we have a single player to match Kay, Brierley, Dixon, or even (and especially) Bob Beswick? Beswick is still an outstanding player, who plays the ref brilliantly and still an outstanding motivator.

Yes, there must (surely) be lots of improvement in us - but then again, there could also be improvement in Toronto!

On a sadder note, I hope and pray that those involved in the appalling traffic accident on St Helens Road, have survived, and that they can recover quickly. Thoughts are with them and their nearest and dearest, right now.

Hi Caslad. Yes, you spotted, we all spotted it, buy worryingly, none of those playing and coaching seemed to have spotted it! Completely new squad, but same old problems with indiscipline, choosing the wrong options and a total failure to exert any pressure whatsoever, on the final tackle.

I can't believe your coach selected Dawson and Owens ahead of Ilias Bergal.

Well put Alan.
I have been seething since paying to watch that today and you seemed to have summed up my thoughts pretty well with far more restraint than I could do.
Very unhappy with that showing today, the players and coaching staff now need to work damn hard and realise that today has to be a one off blip not to be repeated, can live with outplayed but can't accept out enthused.