Re: Leigh predictions : Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:34 pm  

You guys are saying you are maybe in your position in terms of ability. that maybe so at the moment.

you have a tough game this week though and so do we at Batley. then we play each other next week, lets just say the outcome that we won this week and next week against you and you lost this week and lost to us.

that would leave us 1 point behind or more depending on bonus points. with 2 games left, your 2 games are home and away against Fev our 2 games are against York and Hunslet, now i'm not saying they are easy beats by any means but you never know we could still sneak upto 3rd.

Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:13 am  

I fear Leigh may score 50 again.

Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:28 am  

Leigh by 6.

Widnes ahead in the first half, and Leigh to pull away and do enough in the 2nd half.

Think there will be a good following weather permitting. If so, I can see nothing other than a 5k+ crowd !!

Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:06 am  

Let's just hope the players don't take in the same attitude!

10 game unbeaten in the league and the fact is we have defeated EVERY team in our division bar Leigh during 2011... We more than owe them one!

Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:06 pm  

can't have you beating us in the last game for 3 years (unless we get you in the CC)

38-16 LEYTH

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Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:08 pm  

I do hope the charity shield doesn't effect the crowd though :/

Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:10 pm  

widnes 30
leigh 28

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Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:46 pm  

Widnes: 42 Leigh: SUCK MY BALLS

Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:39 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Fair point. Just a little taken aback as from the outside you seem a side bang in form, and the pressure is on us to keep chasing Fev.

It's probably right, that's what it looks like as we have had a run of wins and we've gone up a few places. However, it's the nature of those wins that leads to the realistic views on here. Closely fought, plucky victories against sides at the bottom end that Leigh and Fev regularly rack up decent scores against. OK, a win against Batley was a good result, but again, the nature of that game was that we were about 12 inches away from a draw. (Late penalty attempt from them fell short by about that amount after the ref had actually picked up the kicking tee and moved it back as the kicker was trying to steal a metre or so!).

Also factor in our rather pedestrian one up the middle style and you get a general feeling that we are a 3rd/4th place team. We win games by flashes from individuals, rather than being a well coached, drilled team. Some of our organisation when attacking is shambolic, other times we look like it's 1989 all over again.

Saying that, if we get a game this season where all our players put in performances they are capable of I think we could actually beat Leigh and Fev. Sadly, I've just never seen this happen since the first 60 mins of the Fev away game in the NRC group. It always seems that half the team have a nightmare and the other half pull stuff out to win the game - that will work against bottom half teams, but not the top ones. And it's not the same players week in week out, it's right across the team. Players look like world beaters one week then have a shocker the week after.

It's an odd season and will probably have a few twists and turns left in it yet.

Re: Leigh predictions : Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:50 pm  

The Unknown Chemic wrote:

It's probably right, that's what it looks like as we have had a run of wins and we've gone up a few places. However, it's the nature of those wins that leads to the realistic views on here. Closely fought, plucky victories against sides at the bottom end that Leigh and Fev regularly rack up decent scores against. OK, a win against Batley was a good result, but again, the nature of that game was that we were about 12 inches away from a draw. (Late penalty attempt from them fell short by about that amount after the ref had actually picked up the kicking tee and moved it back as the kicker was trying to steal a metre or so!).

Also factor in our rather pedestrian one up the middle style and you get a general feeling that we are a 3rd/4th place team. We win games by flashes from individuals, rather than being a well coached, drilled team. Some of our organisation when attacking is shambolic, other times we look like it's 1989 all over again.

Saying that, if we get a game this season where all our players put in performances they are capable of I think we could actually beat Leigh and Fev. Sadly, I've just never seen this happen since the first 60 mins of the Fev away game in the NRC group. It always seems that half the team have a nightmare and the other half pull stuff out to win the game - that will work against bottom half teams, but not the top ones. And it's not the same players week in week out, it's right across the team. Players look like world beaters one week then have a shocker the week after.

It's an odd season and will probably have a few twists and turns left in it yet.

Fantastic truthful post.