Says imo....

With regards the 'dumb rugby' issue, we've done it quite a lot this season. It's as if we expect to score off every set, which is great to watch on one of those days where everything goes to hand and you end up putting 50-odd on London, 60 on Whitehaven. The thing that frustrates me at times is our lack of game management. It was probably most evident against Bradford this year. We always have at least four players on the pitch at one time, who is able to kick very well. Riddy, Brierley, McNally and pink/Beswick. Against the better opposition, should we make a good start, why don't we then proceed to use the kicking game for spells to frustrate and wear down the opponents? May not be as exciting to watch, but if this side can master this particular aspect of the game, there wouldn't be many situations it couldn't adapt to IMO.

Agree.

We can get away with that in this league, but we won't so much if we manage to take the step up to SL.

Of course there are times when we should be looking to secure field position or kill the game but in the main we should be looking to score off almost every set.

The alternative is what 5 drives and a kick, Salford or any SL teams would love that just 5 tackles to make each set, we need to be asking them to work a lot harder than that in defence.

For me seeing a team that's always off loading and supporting, actually makes defences hold off which in turn then creates the space, and makes you more likely to win the second phase ball anyway, I for one hope we throw caution to the wind on Saturday, play with a hot potato and run around like two year olds.

Charlie missed the last 2 tries due to a call of nature but I've just seen the highlights on Eagles TV and must admit Emmitt try doesn't look as though he grounds the ball,what do you Leythers think?

I have watched the Eagles a lot via the internet and I'm pretty sure they put on their best performance, esp' considering what they were up against. Their fans were happy with their team's performance, too, because I spoke to a couple after the game.

If Leigh didn't have such a good defence then Sheffield could well have won yesterday I reckon.

We won't beat Salford playing percentages, we need to be daring from the off and run them ragged

This.

Every time you don't take a chance you miss an opportunity.

Well, we'll see at the weekend.

If we play like we did against Sheffield then we'll not beat Salford.

Sheffield are nowhere near even bottom 4 SL level, but they nearly beat us.

It works both ways ant,Salford could turn up and have a stinker on the day.

We can hope.

In fact, I [ido[/i hope. lol

Bob Hope.

I find this thread quite amusing (in a good way). Not that long ago Rowls was being slated for allegedly "having no ideas and playing boring 5 drives and a kick one out rugby" which personally i thought was a bit harsh considering we only just managed to get a team together and you could see that the priority was structure and defence (well thats what i thought). The post that sticks in my mind the most on this thread is Reffy " Every time you don't take a chance you miss an opportunity" . Personally i feel our noticeable game style which i think we have shown for almost 12 months now was best displayed in last years CC game at Leeds. Now if we play like that against Salford we will be in the best possible position to win the game. Adding to that the team spirit and fan power should negate the difference between leagues.