Re: result of the leigh fight, : Wed May 20, 2015 2:44 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

Leigh have just officially announced the signing of Mickey Higham from Warrington he will more than likely play for us against Fev at Blackpool on Sunday.

Salary cap, you're having a laugh. That's what the Leigh fans were singing a couple of years ago wasn't it Charlie?

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Wed May 20, 2015 3:48 pm  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

Salary cap, you're having a laugh. That's what the Leigh fans were singing a couple of years ago wasn't it Charlie?

Pete, Salary Cap,Flat Cap, Bowler !they will all be on show this week end I'm not really into the Finances of RL clubs so I won't comment , but I'm looking forward to seeing Mickey H play in a Leigh shirt.UP THE FAX.

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Wed May 20, 2015 5:54 pm  

Tony Smiths comments dont surprise me ! here is a player who looks for money and length of contract over loyalty! Happened with Halifax after he had signed and then reneged and signed for Millward at St Helens

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Wed May 20, 2015 5:58 pm  

Can't blame Higham. He's nearly finished so if Barn Pot Degsy wants to chuck cash at him you can't blame the lad. But £50,000 transfer fee for a 36 year old???? Mental.

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Wed May 20, 2015 6:15 pm  

He is 34 mate and the fittest 34 you could meet,he regularly wins the wrestling comps all SL clubs have in training and owns one of these crazy gyms where you lift tractor tyres and train until you drop
£50K seems a lot though and I will be amazed if that not drip fed over the length of his contract, rumour is he was willing to buy himself out of his contract, guess we wll never know the true commercials of the deal.

Lets hope he is as over the hill as Moi Moi like most other club fans were saying.

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Wed May 20, 2015 6:48 pm  

Twitch wrote:

He is 34 mate and the fittest 34 you could meet,he regularly wins the wrestling comps all SL clubs have in training and owns one of these crazy gyms where you lift tractor tyres and train until you drop
£50K seems a lot though and I will be amazed if that not drip fed over the length of his contract, rumour is he was willing to buy himself out of his contract, guess we wll never know the true commercials of the deal.

Lets hope he is as over the hill as Moi Moi like most other club fans were saying.

Blimey I hope your love affair isn't unrequited.
Incidentally a lot of Rugby players own gyms, a lot of Rugby players are personal trainers, so, I'm not sure why your "friend" stands out.

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Wed May 20, 2015 8:13 pm  

Twitch wrote:

He is 34 mate and the fittest 34 you could meet,he regularly wins the wrestling comps all SL clubs have in training and owns one of these crazy gyms where you lift tractor tyres and train until you drop
£50K seems a lot though and I will be amazed if that not drip fed over the length of his contract, rumour is he was willing to buy himself out of his contract, guess we wll never know the true commercials of the deal.

Lets hope he is as over the hill as Moi Moi like most other club fans were saying.

35 in September. Nice top up at Leigh as they have the money.

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Wed May 20, 2015 9:54 pm  

Blimey I hope your love affair isn't unrequited.
Incidentally a lot of Rugby players own gyms, a lot of Rugby players are personal trainers, so, I'm not sure why your "friend" stands out.


Very funny mate its not hard to see why most of the best comedians come from the west side of the Pennines.

I dont really know Mickey but do know lots of players who trained with him over his career and all say he is a beast in the gym and my point obviously lost on you was he might be 34 but his fitness level is of someone much younger.

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Thu May 21, 2015 7:01 am  

Just my opinion.
Mickey has still plenty to offer, probably another year after this or even two.
He adds real go forward as an individual and will fit straight in with the Leigh team set up.
50K is a fair chunk of money but they haven't just bought in a number nine, he has a lot of respect in the game and adds quality and leadership.
How much have we spent on players who stayed for a similar time period but were not really up to the job.
All in all I can't see any real negatives in this move.

Re: result of the leigh fight, : Thu May 21, 2015 9:28 am  

chazzerboy wrote:

Tony Smiths comments dont surprise me ! here is a player who looks for money and length of contract over loyalty! Happened with Halifax after he had signed and then reneged and signed for Millward at St Helens

Its a very short career and at his age you cant blame him one little bit for going after the money.