What a great win it was last night but Rowley was wrong to take penky off.
the team was playing well everything flowing and in command ten suddenly it changed
the momentum was lost the team seemed less organised and it was because penky left the field
and was replaced when there was no need for it.

Rowley seemed to get it right to me.

Maybe the game plan was Penky run around like a mad man for 25 mins get us in front and then I'm sending Big bad Bob on to steady the ship

That may be your opinion but the final result justifies Rowleys decision.

Glow you are nearly spot on it's been happening all season and with the results who can argue?

Classy player....Is that you Penky....???

Winning a major final by 36-12 is not indicative of the coach messing things up!

Bless...what a 'pointless' topic.

GLOW pretty much summed up my reading of the game.. Put as much early pressure on as we can and get ahead, rest Penky for as long as needs be and let Bob beef up the defense.

penky was taken off ,leigh were not as dominant,why take a player if he is playing well and making the team tick,you don't do it and it proved my point bad decision,it let them back into the game.penkyhimself wonders why he was taken off.

thats probably why he isnt the coach

its more probably why they don't get on

They really don't like each other do they? That's why he signed a full time contract for next season so they can spend more time together!

That's rubbish totally

I would suggest you watch the game again and see what effect bringing Bob on in the first half has.
Bob on at 23rd minute. Leigh score 2 mins later, architect is Bob Beswick after going blind to initiate the break, then going blind from the base of the scrum to send Armstrong over.
Rovers then get a try from a kick and you'd expect a surge of momentum to come.
Beswick tackles everything that moves (as does every Leigh player by the way) and the tide is stemmed.
Leigh appear to score again but are denied by the width of a blade of grass and the video ref.
Leigh continue to push and Fev give away the penalty for a 20-6 lead at half time.
In my opinion bringing bob on continued a dominant half for Leigh and set us in a strong enough points position to withstand what was always going to be a difficult period in the earlier minutes of the second half as a good side came at us with a do or die cup final effort. Two tries with Penky on, and two tries (all be it one not given) and a penalty with Bob on.
Second half more of the same but we gave away (or are hit with) a series of 6 penalties to help Rovers start strong. Even then we had good breaks and had another try disallowed. Fev reply with a superb try from Sharp but Leigh then soak up everything Fev have left with the help of Bob Beswicks tireless defense. Bob actually makes the first 3 tackles in a row from Fevs next possession.
It's tight and physical and a fresh Penky comes on to run at a now tired Fev who have given everything but not had enough to get past the solid defense of Leigh, led by Bob. Leigh score a brilliant try from Higson immediately. Penky is only on for 5-6 minutes before he is carded with 11 mins left. A tired Bob Beswick comes on and sets up Sam Barlow with a brilliant little pump dummy from the base of the play the ball that draws in two and gives Sam a one on one that he dances through. We then go on and dominate the rest of the match,score two more tries and one penalty with him back on, and finish in style.
Points wise we score three tries each with Bob and Penky on but we edge it with Bob on, with two penalty kicks.
As said already, PR has done this all season and coaches must have a hell of a time preparing their team to play the two very different but equally unstoppable styles that will come at them in the same game. PR got it dead right for me starting Penky, but also got it equally right with the timing of his interchanges between him and Bob. The points scored with each on and the final score would support my opinion I think.
Each to their own opinion but for me Bob was one of our best players. Penky also played a blinder though


And PR got it bang on all ways round

wow you should be a reporter,and as for all the negative comments ive had why don't you start talking to the player/s you might find out the truth

I watched the game and supported my argument with game facts and stats.
We all are entitled to our opinions, I just like to support mine.

I base mine on leigh being less effected when penky is not on the field [that's also a fact

That is your perception of the game and on the day watching it live I may have agreed with you, but the actually game video and points balance doesn't support that.
For me PR got it dead right.

for me he didn't,it let them back in the game when leigh were in control
good win well deserved but wrong decision

I don't need to talk to any of the players to understand that they wouldn't want to come off especially playing well in a final.

If I was Penky I'd be happy with the two medals I've won this year, and keep doing as my coaches say.

Classy Player types Leigh, not us/we, but (from it's previous posts) seems to like Leigh East, Penky & Brian Bowman......proper confused !!!!

It's the off season, more confusion expected

aye Glow....you are reet !

I said leigh and not us for all the none lethers who may have viewed this post

Edit to make sense.

Was wondering when the first negative posts would appear I will order the coconut


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Anyway why argue with anyone enjoy the trophies we have won (masterminded by a coach who makes wrong decisions

) and all the games again on Leigh Centurions TV