We probably would be....having already signed Addy, Scruton and Clark for next years SL..., food for thought when we are been asked to pay SL money to watch pretty far from SL rugby.

I know optimism is the buzz but the club really do not seem to have learned anything at all. Its just carry on as before and hopefully nobody will notice we are playing Rochdale , Oldham and Swinton...

Unless there is a massive sea change, years of struggle await should we be even able to get back up.

And lets not mention the academy decision...Pearson certainly ran rings round us on that one...

I agree with this, if only the lesson that the owner shouldn't predict an unbeaten season until at least waiting to see if they manage to win the first game

Yeah but in 2015 Leigh were all about the attack. It served them well until stiffer opposition came around, and then they completely folded. *Completely*.

2016 it was a similar theory on the back of a defensive structure and they structured the season, deliberately, around peaking at the 8s. And it came off *completely*

There are different routes to the same goal.

Good luck to both sides this year!

That's right,and that's why there are lesson's to be learnt,as 2016 opposed to 2015 was evident.

We didn't ' fold ' as such , just crucial decisions and bounces of the ball slowly eroded our confidence , last season everything just seemed to go our way

I was much more confident going into the 8s in 2015 than last year

I don't believe you can manufacture ' peaking ' , we did however have a much fitter as in less players carrying injuries and fatigue last year , we recruited several players who had spent the season on the fringes at their previous clubs , so we were fresh going into the 8 s

Best of luck this year , expect to be playing you in the 8s , but hope not to