Tonight's game felt like a friendly but without the massive switcheroo of players at half time. Thankfully I missed the first 30 minutes as I was working.

And lost by a massive 2 points. We should have won, but we didn't so never mind.

You played really well and if you had taken your chances you would have won.

Hastings is a must selection next week.

We desperately need a prop to both gain the hard yards and lead our young forwards however, there does not appear to be the funds available to recruit what is needed. We also need to get some pace in our backline, French, Gildart and Marshall can't get back quick enough for me.

On the plus side, we seem a very fit team. Given that most of our guys have only played half a friendly match we were still capable of wearing Leigh down.

I think we watched different games Smith had a shocker.

Agreed I thought he has very poor.

Anonymous for most of the match.

Our last tackle options and guidance round the pitch were shocking.

He stepped up in the last 15 with his kicking game which maybe caught the eye but for the first 65 mins thought he was very poor.

I guess in his defence though he wasn’t given any kind of platform by his forwards to build on so that would have made it a tough night for anyone playing in the halves.

As much as you should have been walloped you also should have won but you ran out of steam and ideas. And with halves such as Mellor and Wallace you’re not going to win many, if any, SL games this year. I make absolutely no apologies for that cold hard truth either. You have a team that is nowhere near SL quality but still better than Championship quality. I think you’re in for a real tough season and I don’t take any pleasure in saying that either.

Must’ve done, I watched the one where he got man of the match

Thought he was brilliant second half, especially in the last twenty minutes managing the game and closing it out.

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I didn’t think he was poor but he wasn’t good. He was better than most of our other playing staff who were nothing shy of p155 poor.

I’m glad we got the win but this needs improvement, and quickly. It’s all very reminiscent of 2020 and 2019 - won but need to be better.

The whole team were pathetic for the first half hour or so. After that I thought Smith played very well. Night and day to his Salford performance IMO and he clearly did something right if he’s walking away with a man of the match award (and I know Sky love a youngster). To read people saying he had a shocker is plain wrong for me. I thought he showed a glimpse of the game manager we can expect in the future.

Without doubt in my opinion he got MOTM for his last 20 where he did step up and take control.

Don’t get me wrong I’m not writing him off but he was missing in action for the first 60, and when he did get involved made some poor plays.

In his defence he was on the back foot for most of that first hour and Leigh targeted him in defence sending their big lads at him which probably affected him when we had the ball.

The whole side were missing in action for most of the game in fairness to him. I’m not bagging Tommy Leuluai in general but if we’re talking about a half missing in action (with the ball) in that game then he’d take that award. I just thought for a young half to take control like that in a side that had been beaten up through the middle was excellent. My overall view is probably clouded by that last twenty minutes and I think that comes from the fact we’ve been so poor in managing close games at times from the halfback position these last few seasons. I’m guilty in a positive sense for bigging him up as being brilliant throughout the game but we have this weird ‘feast or famine’ attitude with youngsters as fans and he certainly wasn’t very poor or shocking either.

Does a mean post match interview as well