Agree about the mistakes - knock-ons etc, bad day at the office in that respect.

Penalties I wouldn't be too harsh, Keighley milked everything in the tackle and the ref listened. Only thing I'd say is that generally we don't seem to be quick enough to adapt to a game and a ref like we should when we see what we're being picked up on and what we're getting away with. If we know we're getting penalised for something, stop doing it! And like Cross Hills Cougar says - no plan B when things are going wrong. Hopefully as the team gels we'll be able to work on that.

But fair play to Keighley - March had them doing all the right things to break our play up, and they all put a massive effort in, kept in our faces and very nearly pulled it off - took a big effort from our lads in the last 10 to snatch it.

Too close for comfort but a great game of rugby.

Charlie thought the best team lost yesterday , no doubt the Cougars played very well , but we still should have won with comfort , I think we started to believe our own press reports , Higson scored 2 good tries from Ryan Bs passes and should have had 2 more , Ryan please look where you are passing to , Higgy is not 10ft tall

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Still a wins a win , 3 points is all that matters , roll on Friday night , the travelling fans were good to see , lets hope we put this game behind us and kick on for the rest of the Season , good to Maurice mixing with ordinary fans .Frank B reported as unwell



is this man ever well ?

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Charlie that's what I am and it's where I watch my team from, with family and friends.

If you need to move to a "Plan B" midway through a game you have a problem. I always believe that you should stick to your game plan and if you have done your homework during the week it will work. It's when clubs start panicking and looking for a (usually nonexistent) backup plan that things go wrong.

Seemed to me our plan B yesterday was to throw out daft passes' give even dafter penalties away' knock on and miss tackles.

It was a funny old day at keighley we were all making bets in the car going down how many leigh were going to score and we all said it would be over the magic 52. Well what a surprise we got, but in a funny sort of way I enjoyed it the adrenalin was pumping and the nerves where kicking in, now that's what rugby is all about

Not sure about the best team loosing, think we were evenly matched and the score line fair. Keighley were very good they had the perfect game plan against us, they'll pull off a few big wins and cause one or two upsets at Cougar Park this year. Our trouble was that we dropped far too much ball, don't know if it was because we were trying to force things but you can't loose the ball so much against anyone. Still at least now we've played against a tactical attacking team instead of just teams that want to try to try to run through our huge pack and will learn a lot from it and be ready for the next challenge and the next team that plays like that.

Fair point, although I'd rather we didn't turn over so much possession against the likes of Featherstone, Sheffield or Halifax!

In case anyone missed it on another thread the full game iks now on LC TV.

At least we got the 3 points , we will learn from it , well played to who made the decision to go for a try !!!

Indeed.

On LCTV Paul Rowley is not happy with the young linesman who disallowed a Leigh try whilst on the far opposite side. Rowley also thought it a very harsh call so all things considered I feel we just about edged it over the 80 mins.

Plenty food for thought though.

If I ever find myself stuck in the trenches, I sincerely hope it is not with you

I bet he was plenty happy with the same touch judge who, in the second half was on the main stand side, and intervened to get Leigh the penalty, that led to Adam Higson's last gasp try! They reckon that decisions tend to even out and our coach has always said that you should take the officials out of the equation - in other words, ensure your destiny is in your own hands. I would have thought Sunday's victory could have been more emphatic, had we not constantly turned over the ball, to a team that made good use of the bonus possession.

I am sure He was delighted with the latter decision Alan.

Young Rowley only referred to the former on LCTV.

I agree entirely with you.

Keighley's coach was disinclined to talk about the match officials - mind you, he is serving a four match ban for 'questioning the integrity of the match officials', in an earlier game!

Touch Judges don't and can't disallow tries, they can advise the ref who may or may not act on the advice. We don't have linesmen in RL.

Thank You Sir, and now amended accordingly. Major slip up's so I appreciate you taking the time and effort to point both out to me.

You're welcome.

Not a pop at you Harold but this is a pet hate of mine - using soccerball terminology when referring to RL.

We have penalties, not "free kicks" (a free kick in RL is the tap restart after a penalty kick to touch), we have touch judges, not "linesmen".

You even hear these things being broadcast over the radio, sometimes on TV and it bugs the hell out of me. Joe Wood on Leigh Life radio is a serial offender with his "free kicks". Kevin Ashcroft used to do it when he was guest commentator on Radio Manchester. I bet no rugby union commentator ever makes these mistakes.

Think I might start a campaign for the correct use of terminology in RL.

Is 'linesman' soccer terminology now, or have they been re-christened 'assistant referees'?

It's the latter

Doesn't matter either way to me, in our game they're touch judges

Agreed on that Pat!

I have heard them called much worse things than that!



Actually, if you're shouting at the official it seems much easier and satisfying to yell "LINESMAN" than "TOUCH JUDGE", although I wouldn't of course know that from personal experience.

Yes I also hate it.

I think we are all being brain washed if I am honest. I am already talking about [ilinesmen[/i. However The day I start referring to our away [ijumper[/i or Paul Rowley's HT team talk in the [isheds[/i is the day you can finally consign me to the knackers yard. I will have given up.