Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:09 pm  

Purtill is a class act, what a difference having a coach with a rugby brain makes. Even though it seems the perfect timing for him to be the coach at Leigh, I'd leave everything as it is right now with regards contracts. When all matches in May are won, culminating with a big defeat of Toronto at the Bash, then a big reward is due.

And Catalans have played well once under McNamara, the 2017 MPG. Wouldn't it be nice to meet them once again this year in the MPG. For the ultimate response to what was a huge underachievement last year working with an inept coach. I'm sure DB is learning a lot this year.

Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:25 pm  

Centurino wrote:

Purtill is a class act, what a difference having a coach with a rugby brain makes. Even though it seems the perfect timing for him to be the coach at Leigh, I'd leave everything as it is right now with regards contracts. When all matches in May are won, culminating with a big defeat of Toronto at the Bash, then a big reward is due.

And Catalans have played well once under McNamara, the 2017 MPG. Wouldn't it be nice to meet them once again this year in the MPG. For the ultimate response to what was a huge underachievement last year working with an inept coach. I'm sure DB is learning a lot this year.

The start of the season has created a hell of a dilemma - we are not in a position to plan for anything at the moment, we have the ability to go the rest of the champ season unbeaten but a couple of off days and we're knackered

Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:36 pm  

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Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:40 pm  

ColD wrote:

The start of the season has created a hell of a dilemma - we are not in a position to plan for anything at the moment, we have the ability to go the rest of the champ season unbeaten but a couple of off days and we're knackered

You miserable owd cobbler.

[mish]

Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:25 pm  

I'm so glad the team seem to have turned a corner and are putting in some great wins. Onwards and upwards, I can see them going through the rest of the season unbeaten if they carry on playing like they are at the moment.

Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:46 pm  

Looking forward to Blackpool now .....

I do advise caution with claims of promotion etc as these things can come back to bite you on the booty & always remember 2015 Q8's !

All said & done, I do think that overall this is a better team & now that they play as a TEAM instead of a group of individuals & with KPs influence there is still an outside chance of a top 3 spot, failure to make top 4 is not an option.

Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:00 am  

One thing that I have noticed is that many of the players physically look trimmer and are certainly looking fitter and faster in their play. A sure sign of a team that is training well.
Happy motivated teams train well.

Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:48 am  

Cokey wrote:

You miserable owd cobbler.

Well I'm glad it's not my money we're playing with here- don't know how DB sleeps at night

Also, so refreshing to see 2 things:
1) a bit of open rugby, some cracking tries yesterday
2) scrambling defence when the opposition cut though, the last one especially was a 3 on 1 overlap - granted Dawson took the guys head to stop him but some real determination there

Re: Absolutely brilliant! : Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:05 am  

ColD wrote:

The start of the season has created a hell of a dilemma - we are not in a position to plan for anything at the moment, we have the ability to go the rest of the champ season unbeaten but a couple of off days and we're knackered

A dilemma, but I do think we need to strengthen. Cunningham's quote in the Bailey press release said he's still looking for new players to play down the middle, which makes sense when you look at what we have in reserve beyond yesterday's 17.

Yesterday's performance was as good as I've seen from Leigh for a long while. Got scrappy in parts in the second half, but that was after the game was gone. But if they keep that attitude in defence they'll give themselves a good chance over a tough run of games in May and June.