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Quote: DemonUK "Why kill themselves tony. That was the first game in a run of 4 games in eighteen days. Job fortunately was mainly done within the first 40 minutes'"


I agree the job was done in the first half, but it is a very dangerous thing to let your intensity drop not only because it can lose you games. Players are more prone to be injured if they are not playing at full intensity, and it will allow an air of complacency to creep into the team.

If This did happen i would imagine Millward will be having a Word at training. He is too good a coach for that.

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Game was pretty much over by half time. Widnes gave us a brief scare with 2 tries but never really looked like winning at any point in the game. We knew we had a huge game on tuesday against 'Fev and think we may have had that in the back of our minds. Once Emmitt got his try it was just no risk rugby from us and mission accomplished.

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We seemed to switch off for the first 15 minutes or so and let you back into the game too easily. For me, the first half was one of our best halves of the season if not the best. I don't think it's coincidence that teams seem to have their 'worst' games against us. Our line speed is really good this year and we shut teams very well and we didn't allow the Widnes pack any room last night. One thing Widnes had the better of us was controlling the ruck, they piled 3 men in every time and it slowed us right down and at times we were getting killed by letting them up too early.

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Widnes got back into the game second half because we allowed them to play the ball a lot faster than first half once that happened they started to get us on the back foot..

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Peaks and troughs thats what RL is all about, we did enough I'll take a win like that every game thank you very much.

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I have seen all our games this season apart from Limoux.

The 3 that stand out for me are away at Fax and Toulouse and the NRC qualifier against Featherstone.

Should be good on Tuesday and I hope those with no internet access are aware of our fixture that evening.

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Can't believe TonyGee is claiming the moral victory. Leigh were vastly superior in defence and that is what is winning us games plus our halfbacks played in dinner jackets throughout that game while Webster and Thackeray by comparison rarely cracked our line. I thought Leigh were very unlucky not to have another three tries on the board. 46-16 would have been a fairer reflection of the game.

Lets face it, that Leigh pack steam-rollered right over the top of Widnes highly rated front row which included two "SL" forwards who were made to look very ordinary. The sheer pressure we were able to build on that Vikings defence saw them collapse like a deck of cards as they did against Wigan, as they did against Toulouse.

Our first half meant there was a bit of latitude and whilst Widnes can and do put points on teams quickly when Leigh re-established themselves, the Vikings again didn't look like getting through.

Roll on Tuesday night.

We can still play better but that first half was a complete half from Leigh - very impressive.

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Quote: DParky ".....We can still play better but that first half was a complete half from Leigh - very impressive.'"


I reckon we are yet to see the best from out team this season - I think someone is going to get an absolute pasting some time soon.......a Fev '04 style hammering!!! With any luck It'll be Widnes away!! icon_wink.gif

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Quote: DParky "Can't believe TonyGee is claiming the moral victory. Leigh were vastly superior in defence and that is what is winning us games plus our halfbacks played in dinner jackets throughout that game while Webster and Thackeray by comparison rarely cracked our line. I thought Leigh were very unlucky not to have another three tries on the board. 46-16 would have been a fairer reflection of the game.

Lets face it, that Leigh pack steam-rollered right over the top of Widnes highly rated front row which included two "SL" forwards who were made to look very ordinary. The sheer pressure we were able to build on that Vikings defence saw them collapse like a deck of cards as they did against Wigan, as they did against Toulouse.

Our first half meant there was a bit of latitude and whilst Widnes can and do put points on teams quickly when Leigh re-established themselves, the Vikings again didn't look like getting through.

Roll on Tuesday night.

We can still play better but that first half was a complete half from Leigh - very impressive.'"


Nothing highly rated about the widnes pack at the minute. Gannon is very much a trier (or is that tryer) and is good as part of a decent pack, but with Grady in the 2nd row, Jordan James who is completely off the pace propping and also Chris Gerrard at 13 - its an awful pack, truely awful. With the players we have we'd probably want to play Gannon, Smith, Pickersgill, Kavanagh, Allen and Doran. Insead we had Gannon, Netheton, James, Grady, Doran and Gerrard.

This dicussion about the Leigh performance is quite interesting. I mean Leigh looked great at times and we were awful. Apalling defending and littered with individual errors. But if we were that bad and Leigh that good, why wasn't the score a wider margin? I was absolutely gutted by the Widnes performance, but with 18 minutes left we were only 8 points down.

I liked Leigh's attacking style and I'm sure they put some decent scores on the board this season. I think the only worry for Leigh might be defence. I can remember breaks or half breaks by Ainscough, Webster, Thackeray, but don't think we actually finished any of those breaks off. I also remember Ford having a 2 man overlap about 10 yards out in the 1st half and yet he didn't pass it until he was on the deck and ref then ruled a forward pass. From the teams I've seen so far, Leigh are deservedly top but with a lot of improvement left in Widnes and obviuously the threat of Featherstone, Halifax and Barrow, I don't think anything has been decided as yet. Having said that, Widnes do have to find some form and fast if we are to not fall too far behind.

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Quote: vikings 4 ever "Nothing highly rated about the widnes pack at the minute. Gannon is very much a trier (or is that tryer) and is good as part of a decent pack, but with Grady in the 2nd row, Jordan James who is completely off the pace propping and also Chris Gerrard at 13 - its an awful pack, truely awful. With the players we have we'd probably want to play Gannon, Smith, Pickersgill, Kavanagh, Allen and Doran. Insead we had Gannon, Netheton, James, Grady, Doran and Gerrard.

This dicussion about the Leigh performance is quite interesting. I mean Leigh looked great at times and we were awful. Apalling defending and littered with individual errors. But if we were that bad and Leigh that good, why wasn't the score a wider margin? I was absolutely gutted by the Widnes performance, but with 18 minutes left we were only 8 points down.

I liked Leigh's attacking style and I'm sure they put some decent scores on the board this season. I think the only worry for Leigh might be defence. I can remember breaks or half breaks by Ainscough, Webster, Thackeray, but don't think we actually finished any of those breaks off. I also remember Ford having a 2 man overlap about 10 yards out in the 1st half and yet he didn't pass it until he was on the deck and ref then ruled a forward pass. From the teams I've seen so far, Leigh are deservedly top but with a lot of improvement left in Widnes and obviuously the threat of Featherstone, Halifax and Barrow, I don't think anything has been decided as yet. Having said that, Widnes do have to find some form and fast if we are to not fall too far behind.'"


I wouldn't worry too much about our defence, we are conceding under 13pts a game. If I were you I'd be more worried about a Widnes defence that ships nearly 25pts a game.

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Why analyze it. Just gloat and be happy. I am!!

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Quote: DemonUK "Every game we have won this season, the losing teams have had their worst game of the season according to their fans. Just like our worse game was against York, well actually other than Bradford that is the only one we have lost'"


We were worse against Hunslet and Featherstone.Thats for sure. icon_biggrin.gifRUMMER:

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Quote: The Mouth "We were worse against Hunslet and Featherstone.Thats for sure. Not sure if that's anything to boast about icon_lol.gif

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Quote: Leyther_Matt "Not sure if that's anything to boast about Just stating facts....... icon_biggrin.gifRUMMER: eusa_clap.gif eusa_clap.gif

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