The NRC final was poor, but it had zero interest from the club supporters with a challenge cup quarter final the week after

Quote DannytheEagle="DannytheEagle"Match highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QGsaTux1Ao Post-match Tubbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fknsOTKs9sc'" I've got to watch his post match stuff, as I saw the back end of it being filmed, and he was giving an honest opinion about the officials....

Quote DannytheEagle="DannytheEagle"Match highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QGsaTux1Ao Post-match Tubbs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fknsOTKs9sc'" I've got to watch his post match stuff, as I saw the back end of it being filmed, and he was giving an honest opinion about the officials....

What ? A cup final which we at least looked to have a very good chance of winning as opposed to a quarter final which we had a very good chance of losing ?

Please - don't embarrass the club with implausible excuses.

Charlie always thought he was the one who always talked Rubbish , but reading this load of tripe make me realise I now have a challenger ,this poster would make a great CLOWN ,and would be most welcome at the Tower Circus ,I repeat a load of owd tripe.Charlie knows.

Just viewed Moaning Marks Aston's after match comments ,my God that bloke can moan for Great Britain ,He's deffo worse than Karl Harrison, moan, moan, bloody well moan, give it a rest will you, Leigh slowed the game down, the ref was rubbish, and so on and so on, Emmits try wasn't a try , never mentioned the fact that Sheffield scored two tries while Leigh were down to twelve men , never mentioned the fact that the penalty count was something like 11 to 5 in favour of Sheffield, I as the question are Mark Aston and Angelic cynic one and the same Man.

Before the match we said that whatever the result, which we thought could go either way, the way we performed would probably define how we would get on for the rest of the season. So at the end we were disappointed, but felt the performance has set a platform for a real good go at a top four finish. Two tries from silly mistakes and one that shouldn't have been given shows how close we came, and the penalty count shows we are starting to sort out our discipline - though with the lack of consistency from that referee perhaps that's saying too much.

That said it's clear why Leigh are riding high at the moment, and we could learn from how they do it. Their half backs boss the game very well - they know how to frustrate the opposition and hold on to a lead, and there is quality throughout the team, pity some of it comes from Sam Barlow!

Let's have some fun against Hull (pity I can't be there), then keep improving against Halifax and Bradford.

And whose fault was that ?



Just curious, like.

Imagine what he would have said had Leigh used Mr Cobb again....... £250 fine at least.

I don't have much of a problem with Aston's comments to be honest, can understand his frustration. That said, the Emmitt try was one where he needed his touch judges to help him because he was unsighted. And with the slowing the play at drop outs (assume he's referring to the second half ones, as Platt's was a genuine injury which ultimately cost us a try), sadly, it's one of those things that ideally no team should do, but every team does do. Especially when it's the 6th or 7th drop out!

There'll be a few decisions that Rowley could point to as well. Including one suspect forward pass leading to a try. Ultimately though, it wasn't a refereeing decision that made the difference, it was a stupid last tackle play at 22-18 that opened the door for Leigh.

Nor was he helped by the over-exuberant celebration of the Leigh players pretending that the try had been legitimately scored,or the actions of the Leigh players as Michael Knowles began to start to explain,in vain,what had occurred.