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Not sure I agree witht he cheap yardage but I respect your view. As supporters we have differing views, and just because we disagree with the ref, and see decisions differently, it does not mean they were wrong decisions. As for Littler, I just felt he never seemed settled throughout the match that's all.
Going back to Gardner bombing a certain try, well ofcourse if he hadn't it might have been different, but the fact is he did. We can all go back to what ifs and nearly's!

I think what ultimately made the difference today was not Mr Stokes, but the fact that we have several squad members coming back after lay-offs, namely Walmesley and Scott, and so were fresh, whereas you undoubtedly have serious injury worries which might take their toll.

Littler was sinbinned for quite a blatant "chicken wing" tackle, he nearly wrenched Walmsley's shoulder out of the socket. Watch the DVD back if you've any doubt.

Ask a neutral fan. There were a good few there from Fev Fav Wakey and I saw one with a Leeds shirt on.

We lost because of 3 bad errors in the last 15 minutes' not because of the ref.

Won't mention the pass to Gardner which was ruled forward or his knock on with the line open.

Btw just 2 incidents not a go at Gardner. The lost ball in the tackle which put them 10 up and then the last two tries.

Not good enough on the day. Sh1t happens.

We were poor Today make no mistake but two crucial mistakes just took the game away with us.

The knock on at the back of the scrum in the first half that led to a Batley try just left us that little to much to do IMO.

Gardner dropping the ball with the try line begging at 26: 20 just summed the day up.

What is obvious to me is that we played all the game with effectively only one creative player in Riddy. As much as I admire young Brierely's support play he is unable (yet) to stamp any authourity on the game as all good 7's should be able to.

McNally is a 7 by trade. Move him there. Let Ryan link up at full back where his pace could be devastating.

And finally, only a clown could blame that defeat on the referee.

Littler was banned for a nasty and uncalled for 'chicken wing' tackle on Walmsley. If its referred to the disciplinary panel then he'll be facing a few games on the sidelines.

the ref was not good but we were not at our best, so its wasnt the ref s fault, he was very picky on some things though and seemed to ignore offside altogether. I hope its not him Thursday however.

We were guilty of that on a good few occasions. I was stood towards the bottom of the slope for the last 10 minutes of the first half and we were offside on virtually every tackle. In fact, it probably contributed to so many tries being conceded in that spell because the lack of a proper line meant there was gaps all over the place.

was "that" pass forrad matt??? I was stood at the top end!

We had 8 players missing from our squad. Goulden, Taylor, Spencer, Nash, Laithwaite, Duffy, Pownall and Maden. They had 4 giants in their forwards who absolutely battered us. They are dark horses for Grand Final at end of season in my opinion.

Can't stand that ref. He was just smirking when he walked off at half time. How he awarded that last try in first half is beyond me when one of our players was taken out. Anyway our mistakes contributed to the loss again as with the Fev game. Still think Leigh have done extremely well with such a paper thin squad and no money.

it constantly annoys me when people just blame the ref for any defeat we may suffer, i did not see the ref wonder offisde, or knock on or do bad tackles at any stage of the game, i did see however players from leigh doing this, the crux of the matter is we even playing poorly could of won that game quite easily if it had not been for basic errors, i am sure our boys know they let themselves aswell as us down, and no excuses about injuries, apart from robson our 14 the rest could and have played previously for us, as i said this is rowleys biggest and toughest challenge as a coach, lets see how we as a club respond on thursday night, and of course i shall be at por to cheer our boys on.

I don't think that particular horse is that dark to be honest WYSIWYG!


His 'smirk' as you describe it was probably in response to the 2-3 Leigh fans who took it upon themselves to let him know the depth of their feelings at half time! To be honest, it made us smirk too!!!



As a neutral I believe he had an ok game. His missed some (let go, call it what you will), and pulled some - both way. There was an element of obstruction to Leigh's 2nd try I thought could have been pulled back but he let it go to the angst of some Batley fans - c'est la vie. At the end the score reflected the game - not the ref!!

Good post WOLRAB.

wind thi neck in WYSIWIG and stop looking for the confrontation for a minute and read my post again!

You called em "dark horses"! I say they are not that dark - e.g. greater favs for the top two than most people are giving them credit for!

Arrogant my botty! If you want a reference ask the Leigh fans who know me!

I really wouldn't give a toss if you bet on us or not - BUT - why won't we meet them in the play offs??