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| Have Leigh ever played a cup final this early in the season before?
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| Quote ="Pie_Eyter"Have Leigh ever played a cup final this early in the season before?'"
Don't think so....
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| Quote ="Pie_Eyter"Have Leigh ever played a cup final this early in the season before?'"
[url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/rugby-league/new-signings-help-leigh-see-off-wigan-in-pre-season-friendly_sto5063258/story.shtmlMassive day in Leigh history[/url
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| Sound. Give Leigh a spanking. Good way to warm up for the season ahead
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| Bearing in mind that re-arranged midweek fixtures are still a big possibility, and as well as missing players through COVID at some point, it would serve us well to have as many players as possible ready to step up. I'd be tempted to give Hanley (or Halsall, not both) and Kilner a run in this one to give them some experience and get an idea whether they will be ready to step up against better opposition. I know it's a risk but better than throwing them getting their second games at short notice against a top team.
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| Agree with you there grimmy especially regarding Kilner who's flying under the radar a little bit,because although he's still young for a prop he's missed a fair bit of time out with injuries which has probably helped in a way by letting his body develop more naturally. He certainly stood up to bully boy L M S when he played against saints and didn't look out of place I think he's one who can really kick in this season
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| Quote ="Grimmy"Bearing in mind that re-arranged midweek fixtures are still a big possibility, and as well as missing players through COVID at some point, it would serve us well to have as many players as possible ready to step up. I'd be tempted to give Hanley (or Halsall, not both) and Kilner a run in this one to give them some experience and get an idea whether they will be ready to step up against better opposition. I know it's a risk but better than throwing them getting their second games at short notice against a top team.'"
I’d give Kilner a run, he turned up well v Saints IMO. Hanley I’d be tempted to send him out on loan for a season, he has loads of promise but isn’t quite there yet. I don’t think throwing him in, even against Leigh, would do him any good
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| Quote ="100% Warrior"I’d give Kilner a run, he turned up well v Saints IMO. Hanley I’d be tempted to send him out on loan for a season, he has loads of promise but isn’t quite there yet. I don’t think throwing him in, even against Leigh, would do him any good'"
You could be right. Hanley looked well out of his depth v Saints. I do think we need someone ready to step in early in the season though for if Manfredi or Bibby were to get injured/track and traced.
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| Am I missing something here? Surely R1 we play strongest team possible from players who are 100% fit...there’s more than a few who love a good moan on here when we don’t turn up against the lesser teams when we’ve rested a few (particularly under Wane). Potential banana skin if we don’t go full strength here.
Another thing with naming a weaker squad for me is that it only ever gives bigger motivation to the oppo & belief that they can come away with a result. I’d rather Leigh be looking at this one daunted at the prospect of getting a proper belting.
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| Quote ="ralvag"Am I missing something here? Surely R1 we play strongest team possible from players who are 100% fit...there’s more than a few who love a good moan on here when we don’t turn up against the lesser teams when we’ve rested a few (particularly under Wane). Potential banana skin if we don’t go full strength here.
Another thing with naming a weaker squad for me is that it only ever gives bigger motivation to the oppo & belief that they can come away with a result. I’d rather Leigh be looking at this one daunted at the prospect of getting a proper belting.'"
I agree it's a risk and probably won't happen. I'm just thinking of the bigger picture in terms of having players ready when called upon, particularly with the likelihood of players being missing through track and trace, and having extra midweek fixtures. Playing our strongest side every week is what led to Jack Murphy getting his second ever game at short notice in a play off against Leeds, which played a big part in us losing that day.
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| Quote ="ralvag"Am I missing something here? Surely R1 we play strongest team possible from players who are 100% fit...there’s more than a few who love a good moan on here when we don’t turn up against the lesser teams when we’ve rested a few (particularly under Wane). Potential banana skin if we don’t go full strength here.
Another thing with naming a weaker squad for me is that it only ever gives bigger motivation to the oppo & belief that they can come away with a result. I’d rather Leigh be looking at this one daunted at the prospect of getting a proper belting.'"
Spot-on mate. Points on the board count.
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| Quote ="Cherry toffee"Agree with you there grimmy especially regarding Kilner who's flying under the radar a little bit,because although he's still young for a prop he's missed a fair bit of time out with injuries which has probably helped in a way by letting his body develop more naturally. He certainly stood up to bully boy L M S when he played against saints and didn't look out of place I think he's one who can really kick in this season'"
Ben is a big unit and with a full pre-season I expect him to start pushing for a place in the team.
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| We should be picking our best side for at the very least the first 6-8 weeks of the season. We need to set a tone and the players will be coming off the longest pre season for many years, so they should be really fresh and in good shape. Natural chances will come for the likes of Kilner when injuries and suspensions hit and then eventually players will need the odd rest.
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| Quote ="NickyKiss"We should be picking our best side for at the very least the first 6-8 weeks of the season. We need to set a tone and the players will be coming off the longest pre season for many years, so they should be really fresh and in good shape. Natural chances will come for the likes of Kilner when injuries and suspensions hit and then eventually players will need the odd rest.'"
Agreed. Strongest side for the first few weeks. Get the new partnerships working, set a marker down and then look to bring players in when we have the points on the board.
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| Leigh might beat us. They’ve shocked us before so we must play our strongest team.
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| Quote ="Salty"Leigh might beat us. They’ve shocked us before so we must play our strongest team.'"
Didn't they murder us last time we played ? One of those inexplicably awful performances we'd chuck in every year under Wane.
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| Quote ="apollosghost"Didn't they murder us last time we played ? One of those inexplicably awful performances we'd chuck in every year under Wane.'"
we had plenty of injuries that day, was gillys first game back and he only played the first half
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| Quote ="Pieman"we had plenty of injuries that day, was gillys first game back and he only played the first half'"
And a stronger Leigh team than what they have this year. I'm not saying we should play the reserves, but we should still win this by over 30 even if we give one or two less experienced lads a game.
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| Quote ="Pieman"we had plenty of injuries that day, was gillys first game back and he only played the first half'"
Mentioned this on the VT when they were getting excited at putting 50 on us. Our side that day was:
Tierney (3rd choice)
Davies (5th choice)
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We have sent better sides for the friendly.
We were stronger at the start of the season but still missing several names and beat them 25-0.
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| Quote ="Grimmy"And a stronger Leigh team than what they have this year. I'm not saying we should play the reserves, but we should still win this by over 30 even if we give one or two less experienced lads a game.'"
I agree and to be honest I expect Leigh to be well beaten in most of their games this year. They were hamstrung from the start, not getting all the SL money, only being told late on they were in SL. They’re on an ultra back foot before they even start and in my mind they’ll do well to pick up 2 wins, luckily they haven’t gone and splashed the cash. I’d imagine they’ve had the foresight to know that unless something extraordinary happens they’ll be Championship again in 2022. The teams NOT selected for promotion are rather ironically better off and in a far better position to mount a relegation survival bid when one is promoted.
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| Quote ="Egg Chasing"Mentioned this on the VT when they were getting excited at putting 50 on us. Our side that day was:
Tierney (3rd choice)
Davies (5th choice)
Burgess (winger)
Gildart (went off injured)
Marshall (4th choice)
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Frank
Micky
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Isa (was behind Joel, Faz and Bateman then)
Wells (5th choice SR?)
Joel
Navarette
Tautai
Liam Forsyth (Bruce was a better centre)
Ganson (3rd choice hooker)
We have sent better sides for the friendly.
We were stronger at the start of the season but still missing several names and beat them 25-0.'"
yeah, still beat them on aggregate for the season
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| Quote ="Grimmy"And a stronger Leigh team than what they have this year. I'm not saying we should play the reserves, but we should still win this by over 30 even if we give one or two less experienced lads a game.'"
At the risk of sounding boring again
Play our Best team and Win - End of
We can worry about bringing players in further down the line when the teams is more settled, we have wins on the board and more experienced players need a week off.
DO NOT underestimate ANY Team
1st game of the season is NOT the time to be taking nay chances
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| The number of games where our first 17 is available will be limited as they always are.
Play them v Leigh and try to get the two points as best we can.
Leigh will give it everything and we need to be aware of that and prepared to deal with it. The best 17 is one way to prepare,
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| I would not be surprised to see Leigh go out all guns blazing for this first one. We have come a cropper before. We really need to see our strongest combinations before we start to make changes. With the distortion of loop fixtures and Saints getting to play away games at home we will need all the wins that we can get.
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