Re: Leigh it is : Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:40 am  

jonh wrote:

Control Ipape we will be comfortable.

Easier said than done the way he’s playing at the moment.

He misses a lot of tackles but is good with the ball in hand.

Re: Leigh it is : Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:43 am  

I'm glad he's okay but Charnley will be a massive loss for Leigh. Worth at least a try in any match.

Hit Hanley hard early on and he will go quiet too.

Re: Leigh it is : Sun Sep 29, 2024 12:09 pm  

Zig wrote:

He misses a lot of tackles but is good with the ball in hand.

He used to….he’s really improved regards that this season particularly as the season goes on.

On current form he on my opinion is the best player in SL going into the finals series.

Re: Leigh it is : Sun Sep 29, 2024 2:45 pm  

jonh wrote:

He used to….he’s really improved regards that this season particularly as the season goes on.

On current form he on my opinion is the best player in SL going into the finals series.

He missed 9 tackles on Friday.

Re: Leigh it is : Sun Sep 29, 2024 3:17 pm  

Harry should be practicing his spiral bombs because Moylan doesn't want to know anything about catching a kick that's dropping from any kind of height

Re: Leigh it is : Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:19 pm  

Jai Field and Kaide Ellis being shown in the stands at Old Trafford on Sky to advertise Saturday's game was definitely not something I was expecting.

Re: Leigh it is : Sun Sep 29, 2024 7:50 pm  

Zig wrote:

He missed 9 tackles on Friday.

They're always a bit misleading the missed tackle stats for me. If it was a guy sitting in the line, waiting for attackers to run at him, like a halfback would usually do, then that would be worrying but guys like Micky Mac and Morgan Knowles miss loads and it's because they're trying to get off their line and put shots on. I'd imagine most of the Ipape misses were because of that and had very little baring on Leigh then completing the tackle.

Plenty of other targets for Wigan though. Get traffic going at Lam and O'Brien and chase hard on Moylan and get him thinking about things. He doesn't look fully fit to me and is nervous taking kicks and running the ball in.

Re: Leigh it is : Sun Sep 29, 2024 8:26 pm  

Weather could be a big factor over the next couple of weeks. We've been a bit fortunate in the semis and finals of the CC and SL over the last 12 months with dry weather perfect for Field, French, Wardle etc. Obviously the CC semi last year didn't go so well in torrential rain though I'm sure its something Peet will have learned from.

Re: Leigh it is : Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:52 am  

Forecast for Friday is dry, as is Thursday and Saturday, so reasonably confident that torrential rain wont be an issue.

Re: Leigh it is : Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:54 am  

apollosghost wrote:

Harry should be practicing his spiral bombs because Moylan doesn't want to know anything about catching a kick that's dropping from any kind of height

This,
and we should be targetting their right side of Mcintosh and Hanley, which is definitely their weakest point, both in attack and defence

I know they may need to juggle the backs a bit so Hanley probably goes other wing, with Hardaker into centre, which probably improves their defensive setup but that then leaves both wings and FB weak in defence and under the high ball