Leigh

First half was so very bad.
The Sio try was the bit of luck that we needed and Inu proved his worth in the 13 but his defence in the centre was poor.
Atkin made a huge difference,and full marks to Brown for demonstrating to us all that class is permanent.
Seb,Greenwood,Kear and Livett were stand out. I still think that we’ve yet to know Livett’s best position,but while we are short of outside backs,he looked good in the centre. Better,in fact,than either Kear or Costello had.
Leigh ran out of gas but,as against Widnes,we can only play what’s in front of us.
Hopefully the coach can show a bit of consistency with his team selection

Think Jamie Shaul is injured but if not could he be a loan option as Connor nailed on now at Hull @ FB.

Brown ran the game from start to finish. He's got his leg right so he can kick, lots of tackles and set up a number of tries.
Atkin came on when they were tired and added some zip round the ptb. Not as strong as Ackers but added value
What really surprises me is our defence; sat back on their heels and compared to us at the ptb Leigh looked dynamic.
Few odd decisions again.

Marshall said pre match that he wanted to tighten up both the defence and discipline... Well I think he got one out of two tonight.

First half was as poor as I've seen for a while. Attacking threat virtually non existant from both sides. Too many gaps in the back line and we got exploited twice.

Second half Leigh's legs had gone and we took advantage, but this will be the easiest run out we will get all year so we have to build on this.

Thought Brown, Livett and Atkin were stand out tonight. Questions over Patton at 9 for me. Just not sure what he gives us.

Anyway, onwards and upwards.

Just thought we looked better when Atkin came on

Atkin came on 44 mins when we were 6-8 down , organised the PTB , called the runners and plays which then allowed the forwards to dominate more - maybe Marshall played a blinder and put him on when Leigh were tiring

The extra space then gave the backs more room to play and then the tires came - for the first half we looked slow and out of ideas until we got the momentum

I said after the Catalans game that it was a resilience problem and not being able to defend a mistake. Yesterday, while we technically poor, we did show that resilience and determination to grind out a win after going behind which will give us confidence going forward. The rugby side of it will come in time. Yes, it will has been awful to watch so far but confidence breeds success and winning ugly like that could be just what we need for our mental attitude. We need to remember that we have a brand new team, brand new coaching staff implementing brand new ideas. Look at what Watto said about Huddersfield on Thursday:

"There's always a process to change things and you can't chase it. People lose their heads and start trying to chase and change things drastically, and it's not about that, it's about continuity. You've got to build it. It's baby steps really, a baby doesn't just get up and walk as soon as it's born, it has to build the foundations before being successful. It's the same in rugby, people think it's dead easy, that you can just buy players, put them in and you should automatically win. You can't, it takes time. It takes time for me to understand the players and know the players and you only truly know that when you're playing. Pre-season you have Covid at the moment so you have interruptions and go through things differently, but you only know when you start playing and that's how you figure out which players are the right players."

This is equally true for us.