Pathetic show at Rochdale

Quote: Harry Stottle "I'm a bit to dyed in the wool to do that Budgie, first game I attended at Hilton Park was in 1959, and I have been going ever since, along the way I have seen many more downs than up's but still keep obtaining my season ticket and getting along to more away games than I miss. Leigh RLFC has given me immeasurable pleasure it has also had me sinking to the depths of despair but I wouldn't change any of it.
Now back to yesterday, I as everyone else who cares anything at all about the club back in Oct/Nov last year, I would have took anything just to put a team on the field, what the club has done has been a joy to behold from grouping a load of local lads and being ably assisted by Saints (albeit if I was asked I would never have had the DR system for any club in the first place) and what we have acheived is totally beyond expectations and we have got ourselves into a position were we may very well make the rest of the Rugby League sit up and notice, BUT in order to acheive that we have to use each game as a learning curve, and in my opinion we have learned a lot from yesterday, sorry but I am not taking the complacency approach and making excuses or saying"well played Leigh". For 30 mins what we did was exactly as we should have done to the bottom placed team, what transpired for the next 50 was quite simply not good enough, we needed to keep up that effort, momentum and superiority and not lose it on the scoreboard by 18 - 10 to I say again the bottom placed club in the league, and those who are employed to guide the team around the field were the bigges culprits of that lack lustre 50mins.
The fans can make any excuse they wish, but it is simply not good enough for professional player's. In the games to come they will have to keep up the effort for the full 80 just as good and successful teams do each and every game, athletes who run marathons dont train by running mile races, it is all about conditioning, and that is to condition yourself to play at your 100% effort for your team mates and yourself for how many minutes you are on the field, anything less will win you nothing.
We are actually blessed with one player who typifies all that I have said and he is in my opinion our stand out player this season being Luke Douglas, watch him closely he never gives anything up, he not only drives the ball in he is the forward willing to chase back and never stop, it is all about mindset and attitude, he was brought up with it and has carried it on at Saints or for Scotland and most certainly at Leigh when he may have considerd he has earned himself a rest, his absence was most notable yesterday, and if his teammates displayed the same attitude that he displays, they would not have los the last 50 mins of the game yesterday in the manner they did.
Attitude must be the primary concern for John Duffy, he had to kick a door down last week v Swinton at half time to get his point across, it was evident they took that on board for the first half hour yesterday, then fell back to the first half display of the previous week, perhaps he kicked another door down after the game yesterday, if not he should have done..
As I stated earlier I have seen more downs than ups over the years being a Leigh fan and I have seen some bad teams in the Cherry and White, this team is not one of those, I would not criticise them if I thought they were, if they beleigh've in themselves and play for 80 mins who knows what they can acheive, perhaps John Duffy?'"

Harry. Who is full time/ part time in this current squad? Douglas can afford to go at it 80 mins it’s his main income. Let’s just share a thought for the lads who don’t have that luxury and done the business all season.

One of the most committed seasons I have seen. We take the points we go again.

Well played Leigh..