Yes I would need a bit more time to jell as a team!.

We got the two points.Can't argue with that.

leaking 24 pts in 4MINS is very very worrying.Points difference could bite us on the arriface.

Speaking to Burns before the game , he's injured and doubt we will see him again tbh . Play like that against Salford next week and we will get nailed . Acton needs to be more professional in future and stop kicking chairs about when he's brought off the field. Week in week out we look clueless when Higham goes off . If we are to be super league we need to play for the 80 mins every week .

Didn't we score our last couple of tries after higham had gone off?



I do think we need to have the second hooker on much earlier so higham can play out the last 15-20 mins though. Would even start higham on the bench. Giving hood, Hopkins and Spencer the extra responsibility against fax worked well

I got falling-over drunk last night. Thought I may as well as I was pretty sure that my heart was about to explode anyway. A whole season nearly thrown away in 480 seconds. I'd just told my little lady not to count her chickens yet, when she was suddenly able to number a dozen headless ones. Wtf? I thought Leigh had been much better in recent times in closing out games. Let's hope that, with two points on the board, the nerves will settle down (on the pitch that is - mine are shredded). Salford was always going to be an acid test but now it looms ever more large. Think man in dark apparel toting a large scythe!

Well it's a win



But improvements in both attack and defence needed if we're to get a decent shot at the MPG let alone auto promotion



I recall us making only 1 offload in the 1 st half , and that was when we scored , we need to combine a more structured game but include elements of our attack from last year if we are to trouble any SL clubs

Congratulations to London for an exhilarating 10 mins of Rugby League that made us look like a run of the mill mid table Championship side. It finally made people realise that we are not as good as we like to think we are.



If anyone thought for a moment we were going to stoll through and beat Salford next week then thank you Ian Henderson and your team for a rude awakening at a vital moment. Thank God for 2 points and thank God we didn't open our 8s campaign last night against a SL team.. (Harry Shudders at the sheer thought)



Look that 17 need mixes up, some of them players are not good enough. What Tickle offers over Spenner, I am not convinced. Hopkins need to be brought in, Hock was dead on his feet although it didnt help the forwards losing Moi Moi early on granted.



Acton was only on 2 mins and 2 mins later he concedes 2 penalties ! One for not getting to his feet to play the ball, next for a needless high shot. Giving London momentum and terretorial advantage. He was also lucky in the next set. Penalty machine and Salford will lap him up.



Lee Smith got to come back in at FB, he is solid and a reliable last line of defence who equally links in superbly in attack.



Mitch Brown (Excellent debut btw) for me would better utilised on the wing , instead of Higson. That will enable big Willie Tonga to come in at centre to partner Brown on the flank. The size of them two alone would send shivers on the opposition edges.



Played one , won one with a busy week ahead at the office now. Plenty work to do.

Unfortunately I don't think it would be feasible to play Spencer against the club he's signed up for. Think he'll have a role to play as the play offs go on.



I think there seemed to be a reluctance to bring Reynolds on which is a problem when we're already an interchange down. Higham has to be spelled in the first half so he can be on the pitch for the last quarter. I'd bring hood back in. Need an established 9. It's a big ask of Reynolds to play there in the 8s.



Agree Hopkins needs to replace Acton.

Hock made two ridiculous offloads in the first half, both of which coughed up possession to London.

Always been my opinion there's no such thing as a bad offload , just poor support play Alan , 90% of the time the team that offloads the most wins



I'll bow to your different viewing aspect as to wether it was bad judgement by Gareth or lack of awareness by his teammates



One of my favourite players was John Cookson , the Salford team were raving about how difficult he was to handle after the 1 st half of our 1 st LSV match , but he was consistently let down by Paul Rowley who basically refused to give him the ball when he came on the pitch

I hope that comment doesn't come back to bite you on the bum.

Both bad judgement, in my opinion, as they went straight to ground. London, on the other hand, got several good offloads away.



Do you remember Marc Leafa Steve? Statistically, one of the top half dozen offloaders in SL 2005. What the stats didn't tell, was which team he offloaded them to!

This is what points difference means

Actual Scores

62 6 56

58 18 40

34 12 22

34 30 4

30 34 -4

12 34 -22

18 58 -40

6 62 -56





Taking off Leigh's madness at the end

62 6 56

58 18 40

32 6 26

34 12 22

12 34 -22

6 32 -26

18 58 -40

6 62 -56

Maths not a strong point eh mate?

it's the typing not the maths.

TBH - I don't see the point in harping on about it,It's done, and we got the 2 pts in the end.

I think the coaching staff will now try and put the wrongs of yesterday right,and move on to the next game.

Are you sure?



Despite the edit, you still can't subtract 6 from 62!

Of course I can, I have just done so.

My first live game for 22 years really enjoyed it. Need to learn from the poor last 10 mins - Salford will be a great test

Might be my last for 22 years after that late implosion. Think I might do tele agin Salford because I don't think LSV will let me bring my sofa on a single ticket. I can see myself hiding behind said furnishing if the viewing gets to ghoulish. Perhaps if to other forum lads would like to join me in buying two tickets each we could all peek out from behind said three-seater when things sound a bit calmer?



I hope for something on Saturday but I really fear that, what should have been a Super 8 club but for indiscretions in prior times, will tonk us. Hiding in the attic for the Leeds away game.



Go Leythe though!

Thought they did a great tackling stint to get to 34- 8 but I guess our relatively old (experienced ) forwards ran out of steam

They ran out of focus,not steam.

Hope so - Jukes can work on focus - old legs harder!

Owd heads will always outweigh the legs.