Toulouse were big, strong, well organised and fired up. We hung back in defence and gave them bags of time then couldn't cope with their size and power coming at us with pace. Toulouse also completely controlled the ruck speed and we didn't get a quick ptb all game. Very impressed with TO especially in the conditions.
Two tough games and we came up short. Still sitting in a good position. Before the season started the top 4 was the aim for me and that has not changed. Championship is really tough this season and one side is going to have to miss that top 4 (out of the current top 5)
Quote: tricky_dicky "The wheels have well and truly come off in the last 72 hours'"
Well ...wheels coming off is a bit of an over-reaction...but we certainly need a retune and some tinkering....We have played some great stuff up until Good Friday so its up to Wardy to remind the lads how good we can be and get them back on track..
If we had lost to Sheffield I would be concerned. But we lost to Toulouse who have a bigger budget than us, their squad has plenty os Aussies.
Us, we are blooding young players promoted from our Academy. Which has to be good for our club and the game.
76030_1540929970.jpgJESUS WEPT HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_76030.jpg
Quote: Bostwick "If we had lost to Sheffield I would be concerned. But we lost to Toulouse who have a bigger budget than us, their squad has plenty os Aussies.
Us, we are blooding young players promoted from our Academy. Which has to be good for our club and the game.'"
3 wins will sort out the jitters.....unless Ward has hit the Towell Wall.......
Quote: Call Me God "3 wins will sort out the jitters.....unless Ward has hit the Towell Wall.......'"
Confidence is a big issue. I know my team (Leigh) were completely lacking in it, for those first six games. One scrappy win in the mud of Batley (plus a new coach) was all it needed for the confidence to start to come back. We now have an opportunity (which we mustn't take for granted!) in our next three games (Rochdale H; Sheffield A; Barrow H) to exert more pressure on the top four.
Your next three games could be tricky, at Halifax, and Rochdale, and at home to Dewsbury, but I would suggest that just one victory, at Halifax, would set you back on the right track. A start of 6/6, averaging almost 50 points a game, would suggest that you were doing something right. We are aware, at Leigh, that we still have a mountain to climb to get into the top four especially when you consider we have to play you away, Toulouse away, Featherstone away, and Toronto away (if their stadium is ever ready!) and at Blackpool!
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HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. 
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