Penky IMO started the season pretty average but he's getting into his stride now & has been looking excellent these past few games. Two players who were good last season was Beswick & Gardner but Bob keeps throwing suicidal passes & Gardner has been pretty poor all round. I see AJ's knee was being tested out last night the Easter fixtures with a short turn around are a good time to give Higson, Coyle, Nicholson & O'Donell a run out.

I think the return of Coyle will give us a big lift , and take some pressure off Riddy ,ive said before Nico should be given a chance and Higson hopefully will come back with something to prove to the fans , however it remains to be seen if they will be given the chance to do this , when someone comes in somebody has to make way , i would give Gardner a rest though .

Last season our 2 centre's couldn't be dropped due to lack of depth now with players coming back from injury we could afford to drop Gardner for his below par performances & bring AJ in. Being dropped would pish anyone of so hopefully he'll come back bigger & stronger when he's selected again.

Unless you were there you can't appreciate how difficult the conditions were. I can't remember being colder at a match with the wind chill etc. OK the superb pitch helped but we had no right to expect the quality of handling we got, especially from Barrow. Leigh's defence was suspect at times but both sides can take a lot out of that game. It looked good on TV too.

Perhaps it explains why the players looked Down in the first half. The partnership thing may not be welcomed by the players, looking at our current under 20/s they won't be happy stepping further back on the chance of playing in the first team !

With respect I doubt the players decided to have a bad first 30 minutes to protest against an agreement which has nothing to do with their win bonus.

There will always be folk who think ah well they have made their point' as our lads went on to score the next 42 points.

Perhaps Leigh team are trying to outdo the Pools handicappers by giving opponents a start -as with Doncaster, Dews bury and Barrow

No they would do that on purpose thats silly but it could have been on their minds, espeically the Leigh Lads in the squad.