Asiata is a massive part of our improved attack.  Gives time and space to the half backs. I'd never really watched him that closely at leigh but he is a great player.

On another note, I do w9nder about sezers potential hamstring issue.  We definitely saw less of him running with the ball on Friday than we usually see.  Hopefully we can manage him through

Briscoe's try last Friday epitomised Asiata's contribution to our vastly improved attacking options this year. He commits defenders in the middle, making them unsure of where Asiata is going to direct the attack, this in turn creates time and space out wide for the halves to exploit. 


For how many years have we had to watch Fc attacks painfully, and slowly, go nowhere because no one in the middle was capable of creating the extra man overlap. Asiata's part in Briscoe's try was classic 13 play, showing how doing the rugby basics at high pace can have such an effect in creating attacking options.


Sezer has been getting a lot of plaudits from all quarters for his role in re-energising Fc on the pitch, and rightly so, but the foundation of his impact is built on his partnership with Asiata which clicked almost instantly from game one. I too thought he was a decent promising signing when it was announced, but I hadn't fully appreciated just how good he is nor what he can bring to a team. In less than half a dozen games he has become the fulcrum around which the entire team revolves. 


His quality and work rate has been outstanding so far this year. If he can maintain this level of performance, we will continue to have an excellent, and totally unexpected year. He really has become pivotal to our continued fortune. I'm enjoying watching a proper rugby player wearing the Fc shirt having such an impact on games. Long may this continue.    

For all the slating and Micky taking we were on the end of for giving Asiata a big contract he's proving to be worth every penny and making a lot of people look stupid especially Leigh and Rovers fans.

The guy could barely walk when he left the field on Friday. It would be nice to have a game where we're comfortable at 60 minutes and give him a breahther

Unfortunately, Fc don't do 'comfortable'
Even the recent wins at Cas and Warrington were accompanied by a certain amount of nervous uncertainty with ten to go. We never seem to cruise to victory no matter who the opposition are!


I swear blind that watching Fc for all of these years has aged me prematurely! I'm certain following this club has probably knocked a good fifteen years off my life-span!!!

Building a home with every aminety?the extension looks like leftover from MKM?you only have 2 sides with decent stands?the oone you run out from is weird as a great big building takes up the other side and then you have the burger van?Easty knows how to polish the proverbial 

It will cost a min of £10-15m to extend the east stand properly, build a new west stand and do something at the south end. With no council support any more it doesn't seem likely that will be achievable. I heard that all the club will get out of developing the land around the stadium is a new training ground. Doesn't sound much whe  there ws all this talk of huge income streams for years to come. I wonder where that will all go?

Also, for the first time, we currently have owners who are wealthier than the football club we share the stadium with.  Interesting to see how that pans out

Cust 3 points and a fine so deemed not that bad. Shouldn't even have been sent off according to that. Rapana 2 x 1 point offences so would miss the wigan game anyway I think even if he's not injured

So not the attempted murder Rovers fans would have us believe.

The more I think about it the more ridiculous it is.  Cust was going for the ball the same as morgue. If he'd caught the ball and still hit morgue in the same way but grounded the ball it would have been a try and no further action. I doubt there was even half a second between morgue getting the ball and cust hitting him. No one can react in that time. 


The game seriously needs to look at the rules around this where it's a genuine contest for the ball, not a defnece/attack situation

Absolutely nothing from the disciplinary about JWH throwing a punch, as expected

especially following relegation