Thought you lost it in the pack today. The conditions probably favoured Batley in that Leigh have a few players carrying some pounds and Batley were able to get off the mark quickly and hammer in to them given that there was little chance to pass the ball because of the conditions.

Wilkes should be a good signing for you and Barlow could be to some extent if he does play but I still feel your pack will not be as strong as Sheffield, Fev and Fax`s but there will obviously be more signings from all those teams although I expect Fax`s pack to keep pretty much the same and would take our pack over any in the league(hooker apart) we just need some half backs.

End of the day though I guess Leigh`s season is a bit like ours last season in that the fans were moaning like mad come the end of the season but there are two trophies at stake in this league and you won one of them. You will have done one better than all but 1 of Sheffield/Fax/Fev(Batley wont trouble Fev).

I take it you only read the bottom bit of my post rather than all of it

Well we scored 3 tries to one and lost.

We all know why don't we ?

Players kept getting in front of Riddy when he had the ball. Kes seemed to me to be on one leg following a knock in the first half.

When at the end of the game our lads went into their usual huddle two of them seemed to be arguing with each other why I wonder ?

Fev v Batley I honestly think it will be very one sided however on the plus side us diehards will save a few bob next week.

Just seen the Leigh result, commiserations to Leigh.

Would have liked to see you win it but not a bad season with the added bonus of some silverware.

See you next season.

Well guys and gals, season's over but its not been a bad one. (NR Cup the main plus point)
In the end, some of our rookies are still too raw - tho I bet they've learned a lot. More worrying, some of the old brigade are looking OTT. Must remember that today conditions were fow and game ran for over 80 mins. I reckon the only players we have who are genuine Championship Leader's class are McNally, Riddy, Penky and Tommy G. Hope recruitment for next season goes well. Look forward to your posts to keep me going till 2014

McNally???????????? Class,I have now given up the will to live

Do we still decide which way we are going to play before kick off (used to be a toss of the coin on the pitch in't owd days) ?
Noticing the severe wind and rain battering it down from the South (which our players battled against for 40mins, in the second half the storm subsided significantly !) was wondering if we won the toss (if indeed it still happens) if we'd have been better playing towards our fans in the North stand in the first half and using the elements to our advantage ?

The toss is done 30mins before ko in the tunnel

I guess that means that if fax get to the final nor will you bother fev either then ?....I recall a few weeks ago batley allowing you to snatch an undeserved victory by letting n two tries in the last 3 minutes ? you talk rubbish.....you got Sheffield when they were busted or you would have been probably out by now too.....

Frustrating, nothing to add really that hasn't been said. But for all the moaning we get on here, what an exciting game we have eh? See you all next year.

Gutted just gutted again

I dont think we will bother Fev no. For me Sheffield are the best team in the league and I agree we hit them at the right time but thats how it goes, IMO Leigh wouldnt have won the NRC if Sheffield didnt play London the week before. Its swings and round abouts, we beat Batley when maybe we should have lost but we also drew with them when we should have won. Rough with the smooth and try not to be so bitter I say, that must be hard living in the shadow of their more illustrious neighbours though.

Edit: Its a bit different playing Fev in a neutral venue rather than PO Road, and we dont have a bad record against them in big games.