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| Quote ="Angelic Cynic"There I was minding my own business,like a good boy should,when I happened across the Batley forum and I thought I would see if their fans had calmed down yet after watching Leigh Centurions on Sunday.
I decided to plagiarise this:-
[iLeigh players have been cited 28 times this year.
All the other teams combined have had players cited 52 times.
24 of these 52 times have been against Leigh.
So if you remove the games V Leigh, all the other teams COMBINED are as dirty as Leigh with 28 referrals.[/i
It's not my question,and I haven't checked it,but I never thought the officials ever bothered looking in the direction of Leigh.I am surprised.
A few years ago Leigh Life showed a supporters meeting at the LSV and the previous board were in attendance.Trevor Barton and the solicitor who was the chairman.
The local MP turned up late.( This may have been the second meeting )
It was stated that Millward had been brought in as head coach with one of his aims being to reduce the players salary from the outgoings.
To the credit of Millward,a fans favourite during his time at Leigh but not so popular in Super League with Castleford,he developed to Super League standard both Chris Hill and Ellis, with Hill also representing his country.
While Millward had the financial constraints he was able to improve players whereas the next England head coach has been able to buy players straight from Super League clubs,the last 4 being Hock,Higham,Pala and Hopkins yet despite the next England head coach being in position seemingly longer than Millward the players at Leigh do not seem to be progressing as they were under the previous regime.
The question is - Have any players improved up to Super League/International standard or are they just at Leigh as they can pay more than some Super League clubs and they are just prepared to be like Super League fans and accept mediocrity in contrast to the NRL,or success relative to an apparently sub-standard competition?
Or,as an easier question - Has the next England head coach developed the players as much as he should bearing in mind how far they had progressed in the sport prior to arriving at Leigh?
Should I expect a decent display from Leigh,this time?'"
Quote Back in a short while to ask you Leigh fans a little question.You'll love it'"
And which question? Would you like answering!!
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| Quote ="Angelic Cynic"There I was minding my own business,like a good boy should,when I happened across the Batley forum and I thought I would see if their fans had calmed down yet after watching Leigh Centurions on Sunday.
I decided to plagiarise this:-
[iLeigh players have been cited 28 times this year.
All the other teams combined have had players cited 52 times.
24 of these 52 times have been against Leigh.
So if you remove the games V Leigh, all the other teams COMBINED are as dirty as Leigh with 28 referrals.[/i
It's not my question,and I haven't checked it,but I never thought the officials ever bothered looking in the direction of Leigh.I am surprised.
A few years ago Leigh Life showed a supporters meeting at the LSV and the previous board were in attendance.Trevor Barton and the solicitor who was the chairman.
The local MP turned up late.( This may have been the second meeting )
It was stated that Millward had been brought in as head coach with one of his aims being to reduce the players salary from the outgoings.
To the credit of Millward,a fans favourite during his time at Leigh but not so popular in Super League with Castleford,he developed to Super League standard both Chris Hill and Ellis, with Hill also representing his country.
While Millward had the financial constraints he was able to improve players whereas the next England head coach has been able to buy players straight from Super League clubs,the last 4 being Hock,Higham,Pala and Hopkins yet despite the next England head coach being in position seemingly longer than Millward the players at Leigh do not seem to be progressing as they were under the previous regime.
The question is - Have any players improved up to Super League/International standard or are they just at Leigh as they can pay more than some Super League clubs and they are just prepared to be like Super League fans and accept mediocrity in contrast to the NRL,or success relative to an apparently sub-standard competition?
Or,as an easier question - Has the next England head coach developed the players as much as he should bearing in mind how far they had progressed in the sport prior to arriving at Leigh?
Should I expect a decent display from Leigh,this time?'" I really think you need to see someone about your love of Leigh rugby team it's getting very serious now .i remember when you lot used to be a good team I didn't post here there and everywhere my love of Sheffield I just thought well done.
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| Quote ="old tony"i remember when you lot used to be a good team.'"
Oooh, I really hope you're not underestimating us!
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| Is there any radio coverage - preferably in yorkshire but english will do?
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| Quote ="westridingeagle"Is there any radio coverage - preferably in yorkshire but english will do?'"
Typical..You'll have fun with Joe Wood,says it has hes sees it.
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| Good luck to the Eagles. I will have to follow it on Twitter as we shall be in Spain.
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| Quote ="Grey Beard"Good luck to the Eagles. I will have to follow it on Twitter as we shall be in Spain.'"
Who's playing in Spain, Grey Beard ?
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| Exquisite timing by Mr Powell and his Castleford players,last night,to remind us all that the top side can be beaten by one lower in the league and that the whole can be greater than the sum of their parts.
We have the same referee for this game at Leigh as we had at our last victorious away game - Mr Kear found cause for complaint - and the same referee as we had when we lost earlier against Leigh.
I don't expect Leigh to speed up the GLDO's then,but hope we get a fair few.
Ball security must be paramount,and markers at the PTB and defence will require full concentration.
Confident of victory - before the requirement for a last minute drop goal - and with us being allocated the south stand I reckon we may be the first away supporters to see Leigh Centurions lose from that very vantage point.
Despite me following the sound advice of Gazza - ''I never predict and I never will'' I go for an Eagles victory with the number of points not known till the teams are announced.
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| Quote ="DannytheEagle"
Good luck to Ben Musolino who starts for Doncaster tonight at Featherstone.'"
Nice reminder to our players that it will be beneficial to get a better result at the LSV than Featherstone do when they arrive to resume their war in a couple of weeks.
Every minute matters.
First game at the LSV for 5 weeks for Leigh and a 'home' debut for Higham.
Be nice to subdue their crowd before we demonstrate our ability.
#Jointhejourney.
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| Leigh Centurions squad - McNally, Higson, Haggerty, Kay, Brierley, Moimoi, Beswick, Armstrong, Hopkins, Wilkes, Spencer, Pownall, Higham, Hock, Ridyard, Goulden, Dixon, Worthington, Emmitt
No Sam Barlow!
Sheffield Eagles squad - Togagae, Turner, Yere, Smeaton, Worrincy, Aston, Briggs, Thorpe, Carlile, Stringer, Knowles, Davies, Taulapapa, Petersen, Walker, Straughier, Tonks, Langley, Battye
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| Quite surprised by the name of James Davey missing while considering Higham and Beswick but will not be surprised that the experts have a cunning plan.
Need to protect the half backs and that looks like a victorious Sheffield Eagles squad to me.
I prefer Langley at prop;should that come about.
I do hope this becomes an 'I was there' occasion.
#Jointhejourney
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| Quote ="Angelic Cynic"Quite surprised by the name of James Davey missing while considering Higham and Beswick but will not be surprised that the experts have a cunning plan. '"
I'm going for Petersen at interchange hooker.
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Sheffield Eagles must beware a Leigh backlash - www.thestar.co.uk/sport/other-sp ... witterfeed
A few surprises in the selection says Tubbs. My team would be....
1. Quentin Laulu-Togagae
2. Scott Turner
3. Menzie Yere
4. Sam Smeaton
5. Rob Worrincy
6. Kyle Briggs
7. Cory Aston
8. Steve Thorpe
9. Keal Carlile
10. Mitch Stringer
11. Michael Knowles
12. Duane Straugheir
13. Misi Taulapapa
14. Dave Petersen
15. John Davies
16. Tony Tonks
17. Pat Walker
Eddie Battye and Jamie Langley miss out from the 19 man squad. Battye was set to have a rest against Batley but Tonks failed his fitness test so he had to play. Would rather have him fresh for future matches. Would have had Langers at loose forward on any other day but Misi had his best game this season last Saturday so he gets the nod from me.
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A few surprises in the selection says Tubbs. My team would be....
1. Quentin Laulu-Togagae
2. Scott Turner
3. Menzie Yere
4. Sam Smeaton
5. Rob Worrincy
6. Kyle Briggs
7. Cory Aston
8. Steve Thorpe
9. Keal Carlile
10. Mitch Stringer
11. Michael Knowles
12. Duane Straugheir
13. Misi Taulapapa
14. Dave Petersen
15. John Davies
16. Tony Tonks
17. Pat Walker
Eddie Battye and Jamie Langley miss out from the 19 man squad. Battye was set to have a rest against Batley but Tonks failed his fitness test so he had to play. Would rather have him fresh for future matches. Would have had Langers at loose forward on any other day but Misi had his best game this season last Saturday so he gets the nod from me.
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| Whichever set of players can concentrate for 80 minutes and who can re-focus after each and every flare up for me.
Leigh scoring 3 tries in the 10 minutes they had a one player disadvantage,at Batley,is sufficient information that Leigh unsettle the opposition by the same tactic.
It will be as mentally challenging as physically challenging.
Gonna be good,though.
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| One ticket please ,let the music play,I wanna dance the night away.
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| Quote ="Angelic Cynic"Whichever set of players can concentrate for 80 minutes and who can re-focus after each and every flare up for me.
Leigh scoring 3 tries in the 10 minutes they had a one player disadvantage,at Batley,is sufficient information that Leigh unsettle the opposition by the same tactic.
It will be as mentally challenging as physically challenging.
Gonna be good,though.
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I also think we've got to remember that this game doesn't make or break our 2015. Still quite a few important games to be played leading up to the Super 8's.
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| Quote ="DannytheEagle"I also think we've got to remember that this game doesn't make or break our 2015. Still quite a few important games to be played leading up to the Super 8's.'"
Absolutely.
Just their unbroken home record to lose.
Oh,and not letting any side do the double over us.
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| Quote ="Angelic Cynic"Whichever set of players can concentrate for 80 minutes and who can re-focus after each and every flare up for me.
Leigh scoring 3 tries in the 10 minutes they had a one player disadvantage,at Batley,is sufficient information that Leigh unsettle the opposition by the same tactic.
It will be as mentally challenging as physically challenging.
Gonna be good,though.
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You must be due a game plan change then!
Quote “We were a little bit disappointed that they beat us at home because we had a real dig at them,” Aston recalls. “I’ve said to the players if we turn up there with the attitude we showed against Whitehaven then we will get beat by 50.”'"
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| Quote ="atomic"You must be due a game plan change then!'"
Don't worry about your minnow opposition's game plan. You've got bigger fish to fry like the 2015 Challenge Cup Final along with world domination!
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| Betting Update
The Bookies have leigh as 1/7 favs and the eagles 5/1 to win the handicap is 16 Points (I am slightly surprised as i thought it might be around the 20 mark) I dont share the forum optimism Leigh need to win more than we do they should have a big crowd being the first home game for 5 weeks I would much rather win in the middle 8's than today
The rest of the days championship matches Bradford (32 point favs) and London (24 point favs) should win their matches,interesting match up at Dewsbury who are playing Halifax should be close a draw would be good there should be another close game at Whitehaven who are playing Batley
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| just got back from the match without a doubt Sheffield turned out to be yet another dirty Yorkshire team ,I'm surprised because I thought they had more about them than that ,one bloke sent off early for deliberately kicking a Leigh player took McNally out two or three times before finally laying Him out completely, in which looked very serious for Gregg, the ex thug Senior spent more time on the field than some of the Sheffield players, what's Astons excuse going to be for this performance ,when McNally was receiving attention for a very long time Senior found time to laugh and joke with the player who had done the dirty deed, really I've always had time for your team and wished them well but after today all respect has gone and I hope you don't reach the top four
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| Our game ended after 3minutes with astons sending off I hope for his sake that he still does not live at home i guess his dad would not be in the best of moods tonight !!! Sending Offs are so crucial in Rugby League you knew that we had no chance of winning I guess a 40 point beating is not too bad considering although our points difference cushion has now gone
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