Re: A neutrals perspective on Leigh : Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:54 pm  

Rowley did what was expected of him at a great club with good players - Leigh fan

Re: A neutrals perspective on Leigh : Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:41 pm  

Rowley played some of the best attacking entertaining rugby ive see at Leigh in over 20 years. He is responsible for putting circa 2000 extra bums on seats every week. He was the reason why Leigh fans traveled in great numbers to every single away game.
IMO What Rowley did was work out a style which played to the strengths of the players he had.
If Leigh had tried to trundle the ball up the middle of the field we would have lost a lot more games than we did due to the fact that our pack wasent big enough to play that way.
This year will be different due to the strengthening in the forwards and its a shame that he wont be working with the new recruits.
People talk like hes some young kid who needs to earn his stripes before being allowed to play with the big boys of super league well i coudnt disagree more. Dont be supprised if some SL chairman decides to give him a call in the coming weeks.

[Bullseye]

Re: A neutrals perspective on Leigh : Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:57 pm  

According to rumour HKR wanted him as Chester's assistant.

He could end up with the main job there before long if their season goes like their pre season has.

Re: A neutrals perspective on Leigh : Sat Feb 06, 2016 7:14 pm  

How do Bulls fans.

First thing to get crystal clear is this, Moockachacka or whatever he calls himself, only masquerades as a Leigh fan & has to go down as one of the biggest prize planks to have ever graced our pages.

Now, down to business.

I believe that Rowley is an excellent coach, certainly in the Championship anyway & could grow to be in SL given an opportunity.

The main issue for Leigh last season & to some degree in our 2 pre-season friendlies has been defence.
PR is undoubtedly a great attacking coach but falls a little short in defensive coaching, I don't think this will always be the case.

Many aspects conspired against Leigh in the 8's.
Firstly a lack of squad rotation & the subsequent tiredness & injuries being carried into the 8's.
Secondly a failure to kill off both games v KR & Wakefield, both of which Leigh 'should' have won 'relatively' comfortably. This is where a change of tactics would have paid dividends.
Lastly, coming top of the League & the subsequent fixtures did Leigh no favours, home advantage v the other Championship Clubs would possibly have seen us gain more points than v SL Clubs. Also in playing SL opposition first up & losing it dented confidence.

I don't claim to know exactly how PR could have coached Leigh through the 8's better, but I do know that Leigh's loss is another clubs gain.

Re: A neutrals perspective on Leigh : Sat Feb 06, 2016 7:54 pm  

I dont get the squad rotation thing. Part time Fax finished the season stronger than any other championship team with very little squad rotation. I think Leigh were just riding a wave and were not actually as good as their results suggested but confidence is massive. They will be a lot better this season though unless the infighting causes issues.

Re: A neutrals perspective on Leigh : Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:11 pm  

Think Paul Rowley had good coaching abilities and felt he had a lot of pressure to put up with which was not of his making. Hope he soon gets another coaching position as we can't afford to lose good English Coaches from our game. Whilst I want our team to progress back into SL I feel a strong Leigh team helps to promote Rugby League.