Its just that after the play-off game there was lots of press of impending doom and appealing to the heavens for help. Now theres a squad full of good players and everything looks rosy.

Thats full credit to the fundraisers on a job very well done.

We do have a good squad but that is because us and Swinton are the only two Championship clubs west of the Pennines.

Regarding our survival' in the main it is down to the club borrowing money from the rfl and cutting down on costs not least wages for players and the fact that we have a small squad.

Fans have helped too of course.

For me Sheff and Leigh will be very close game wise this season , imlooking forward to a good game on Sunday .

For the financial difficulties Leigh had, the "begging buckets" for want of a better term that were out in the close season internationals (England and England Knights) that is one hell of a squad they've compiled.

I just hope that, for the supporter's sake, the new model is more sustainable than the old one.

We're all hoping for the same and thankfully this year's budget seems a lot less flawed now the sugardaddy element has been removed. 1,800 break even, 2,000 to pay most of the debt off, 2,200 average possibly achievable and would mean we're debt free by the end of the season. Our squad size is much smaller and obviously players realise their Championship options are ever reducing on our side of the Pennines.

Truly unbelievable comeback! Don't think anyone in the ground expected us to win that at 22-0 with 25 mins left, to be fair though we never stopped going and played excellently the last 20 minutes. The drop goal from Brambani was incredible, second time he's done it for us after his effort against Featherstone a few years ago.

We should qualify for the quarter finals now, for a change!!

No bankrupcy - not even administration (hence no points deduction/relegation/etc)....just a tremendous effort by all concerned!!

Hopefully today's 2nd half was just a blip......and well done for sticking at it - a lot of teams would have folded at 22-0 going into the final quarter!!

I was there for the fev game too both fantastic results though todays not a great game - what was the score in the fev match - different direction of kick I think?

Match report is online by the way: www.sheffieldeagles.com/index.ph ... Itemid=502

Match report is online by the way: www.sheffieldeagles.com/index.ph ... Itemid=502

Wow - some comeback.

Excellent comeback and the ideal time to take the lead for the only time in the match! We've done just that to others, ('Fax in the NRC Final last year) so we have to take it when it comes our way.

Here's looking forward to (at least) two more exciting games this season - but hopefully not in the play-offs!

That was quite a game, and what a finish. Dom did that a few years ago to Featherstone at DVS in almost the same place. Awesome stuff.

But lets not skirt the fact that for 60 minutes we were very poor. Its very early days and the team are finding out their strengths and weaknesses, some were obvoius to see yesterday. Lots of penalties as well which is unusual. Q's confidence under the high ball looks low, but he only needs to catch a couple and he'll be back to his old self in no time, he was great going forward mind.

Honourable mention to the Leigh fan who sat two rows from the back and complained and swore about the lack of view, go and sit nearer the front, or better still, dont bother coming.

Two from two, we might yet make the knockout phase....

Too much one up stuff. Tubby may argue that it eventually wore Leigh out and they were shot in the last 10 minutes but the Eagles looked much better when they actually ran lines and supported the ball carrier.

Depends what you mean by "lots". Final count was about 8-7 I think. Pretty standard.



Factor in the sun - it was a nightmare looking into it in the first half.

Menzie's tackling technique continues to be a concerm. He'll spend most of this season watching from the stands if he isn't a little more careful.