Only 6 ex-Leigh players. It could have been a lot more.

And if I were a betting man I'd suggest 50% of them will score against us.

An eminently winnable game, an eminently losable game. For both teams it depends which team turns up and if its wet it really will be who plays the conditions better.

I'd be far more confident with Amone and Asiata in the side but what can you do?

The weather is supposed to be decent, and i think we will address our off day against Fev. Leigh by about 4 to 8 for me.

I'm going for Salford 16 Leigh 36

We win by 8
16-24.

Up and waiting for the Tv coverage to start here in sunny Vancouver. We have a very weakend 17 out today. I’m hoping the guys stepping in will take their chance to shine.
We will need to be on our game and very error free to win this one I believe.

30 mins in and the ref is killing us with pot calls for penalties and 6 agains. Most being shown to be very pedantic and one sided so far.

That said, 10 mins into the second half and WE are why we are behind with some basic weaknesses.
First contact tackles very weak.
Allowing of balls slipped out in the tackle constantly.
Slow defensive line speed.
No answer to a very fast defensive line speed from Salford (they look offside often but being allows to do it so why stop).
Those are just honest observations, but I’m not losing sight on how decimated the team is this week.

Last post. We have actually ended up getting robbed here. Ethan Ryan try a clear offside at the kick then a clear knock on. Even Barry Mac called it on the replays.
Also the previous Snead try was a clear forward pass from Snead directly before he gets the ball back. Scratch that 12 off and we win.
Poor ref, poor video ref, but honestly, a poor performance.
Onwards Leythers.

Never deserved to win that, poor discipline and ball retention and some absolutely shocking tackling - never get these 6 agains but we give an awful lot away

On the positive side moylan really starting to look the part, Hanley ensuring we have attacking options either side - bombed quite a lot in that second half but looked very sharp at times

We need to clean up our game. I know that the constant changes due to injury are not helping, but it is what it is.

Thought Salford played well but we were our own worst enemy. We will improve.

Not re watched the game fully , just the scores but it did seem a lot went against us but we seem to always give the ref a decision to make.
Looked very good in spells and very average for most part.
Missing a large chunk of the spine and Ricky being out was a blow even though Ed went well.
Will be a long few weeks till the troops are back and hopefully some extra back up is also on the way

On the bright side, we won 3 games in our first 8 fixtures last season. We've been doing it real tough so far, and i feel confident that things will turn around for the better once we get our key troops back. I think the challenge cup won't be coming home this time but, we can certainly focus on a grand finish towards the end of the season which i think is achievable.

The 4 out of our next 5 would be tough with a full compliment, just hope that we can keep our heads up which I’m sure Lam will instill with the group.

KR away in the cup is a free hit and something is telling me we will come away with the W