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.

I bet they're fancying their chances against Hull though. Come to think of it, Bradford and 'Fax must be fancying their chances too at the moment

You can play entertaining rugby, without being reckless, or lacking composure when you're in a good position. I think when people refer to "dumb rugby", it's not saying we should play 5 drives and a kick, but more play to match situation. Haven't seen the video yet, but watching game live it felt like they were paying a lot of attention to defending out wide which meant Kay & Armstrong rarely got any space so passing needed to be perfect to come off. Meanwhile the forwards were punching holes and marching forward in every tackle.

Once we complete a few sets on the trot, we get on top of teams and give the backs the space to throw it about. Fev away was a great example.

They are! Fans seem very buoyant and are looking forward to it.

I'll still go with Hull though.

Leythig i get what your saying and agree, Sheffield did their homework on us and stifled our attack from the flanks which you don't find out until you try it. I just watched the highlights on LCTV and i think our trys were mostly closer to the sticks than in previous games. I also feel we are confident of still being fresher towards the end of the game than the opposition are , but all things being equal that shouldn't be the case against SL opposition so deffo could go down to the wire, it should be a stormer of a game .