I agree that the turning point was the sendings off, but I think a factor arising from them came because we lost a forward, Leigh lost a back. Coming just before the last quarter of a hard-fought (in more ways than one) match, it meant that our forwards had more work to do, got more tired and weren't able to give the half backs as much room to create. That combined with yet more poor ball control allowed Leigh to build an in-the-end deserved victory.

One of my three non-regular companions commented as we came in that he thought posts were supposed to be parallel. I also thought that refreshment bars usually stocked up before a match so they didn't run out of everything. Perhaps the Shay ought to pull their socks up if they host another final - it's becoming a niceish ground otherwise.

Is that a lame excuse for defeat?

I cant remember them closing up but i did see the bloke messing around with them then again i'd had alot to drink



No idea what the problem was though nobody mentioned it around me

Turned the game, definitely.

After watching the game yesterday on Premier Sports , I would call Ste Maden a "Queen ", or even Higgins a "Pawn ", more like a PRAWN



Charlie told you the Leigh forwards were FAR superior to the seagulls ,and we just UNPLUGGED THE JUKEBOX



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Good to meet you peawapp.

Pretty much as everyone else has said, turning point was the sending off, Leigh managed much better than 12 than we did. Also Q's brainfart not to pass the ball on a 3 man overlap which would have given us a 14 point lead.

Two really disappointing defeats, still pretty gutted. Just hope a very good season with a lot of tremendous work isn't beginning to unravel.