I expect you guys to win. Fev have had to play two weeks in a row against Super League sides as well as work and train part time throughout the week.

Fev will come out all guns blazing so we will need to keep our heads, keep our discipline, and play it tight for as long as it takes for them to start to tire. As g-balls points out, two weeks of SL teams will have taken it toll and we should have enough fitness and quality to take the game in the 2nd half.
Complete and stay disciplined and we win this one.

It' a must win game for both clubs.

I agree it's a must win game for Leigh, as every win we achieve takes us nearer the 10 points we need to get promoted and avoid the MPG ,but for Fev I can't see how it's a must win game , they probably won't win a game in the 8's and that's no disrespect to them, they are only playing for pride really,though I don't doubt they will throw everything at us early on,Leigh are a completely different Team this year and will weather the storm and win by around 12 -20 points.

Fev aren't out of this yet, if they beat all the Championship teams starting with us this Sunday they could make the MPG.

Don't forget, Charlie, that in the last four months Leigh have only beaten Fev by 6 points and, more recently, by 4.

Half way time-wise between the Salford and Fev games, the euphoria is, for me, being gradually replaced by nervousness. I can't help worrying that my (posted) relief at having Rovers to face rather than the Bulls might come back to stick its incisors in my posterior!

Glow , if my reckoning is right Fev have to play London and Batley away after us and I just can't see that happening, that's no disrespect to Fev,but although they will play with plenty of spirit and enthusiasm in the end our fitness and Class will see us through,in theory I agree Fev can make the MPG, but being realistic , there's more chance of my hair starting to grow back.

The pros of being fulltime will always outweigh the cons of being part time training wise.Intensity is a word often used come the middle 8's,and that's the hardest thing to create as a Championship team playing Championship football week in,week out.

As the intensity levels arn't there every game,artificial scenarios have to be put in place and Paul Cooke has masterminded the scenarios.That fella is making the difference for the 8's this time round for Leigh.

Whether Fev can match that intensity,we'll find out Sunday.

Im not a Stats Fan ,but Tickle apparently was one of Leigh's top yards makers for the Salford game,he may not be one of the stand out players like Matuia,or Hock but a workhorse guy who just gets on with the job,I have championed our pack all season, but now I feel our backs deserve praise ,I can't honestly see a weakness in our team now, Dawson and Brown have added a bit of speed and class , Tonga seems hopefully to have got over his injuries and Higson was deservedly MoM,I have to admit being wrong there to,as I thought Lee Smith should have replaced him .

I'm not sure what will happen now with Lee Smith,it's a puzzler,but Jukesy has a nice delemma when picking his 17, I think we are peaking at the right time this season and it's great being a Leyther.I can't wait for Sunday , I'm not worried either, Fev are workmanlike and an honest team, but I wouldn't think any of there team could get into this Leigh team,have faith.Charlie knows.

I stand duly corrected, Charles. Were he to prove a belter, I should be Tickled Lily the Pink! I think that I may always have had a problem with people by the name of Tickle, or at least the ones with at least one Y chromosome, as I fear one of my daughters falling for and marrying one. Her name is Tess!

I have no info on Smith but Higson was indeed really impressive. I work almost all Sundays and only see the later footage of most matches and therefore it was a revelation last Saturday.

Nozz ,as I said I'm not usually a Stats man but I do watch what work the forwards get through,some folk think all I talk is stupid rubbish, maybe they are right, but I can be serious when it's needed,at the moment this Leigh team really excites me sad I know , but true,I think we have come a long way in terms of progression since last season, when fans of Fax and Bradford made fun of us in the middle 8s, it won't happen this year.

We seem to have upped a gear or 2 from Derek, Jukesy, Cokey, down to the players,which is a good sign, it will be interesting on Sunday to see what the Leigh following is like, I'm hoping for a big turn out, can't wait.

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