Re: Player Ins and Outs : Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:12 pm  

Pats plastic pitch wrote:

Any whispers on who Saints and Wire are dual Reg’ing with? Without deflecting the topic of conversation. Leigh aren’t with Saints this year.

I suspect no one? Given they have to field a reserve team every week next season?

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:23 pm  

Pats plastic pitch wrote:

Any whispers on who Saints and Wire are dual Reg’ing with? Without deflecting the topic of conversation. Leigh aren’t with Saints this year.

Saints gained absolutely nothing from that venture so I would be surprised if they went down that road again

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:25 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

I suspect no one? Given they have to field a reserve team every week next season?

I suspect that they would still like their 'fringe' players to get game-hardened in a competitive Championship, rather than playing against youngsters in the reserves. Leigh benefited (as did Saints) from having the likes of Bentley, Richardson, Aaron Smith, Ashworth, Batchelor, Costello, Eaves, Simm and Swift, turning out for them. Many of those guys ended up getting regular SL games with Saints, and may not have been quite so ready to step into SL, if they had been playing reserve rugby.

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:50 pm  

I’d say if we (Widnes) partnered with Saints or Warrington, we could have a squad competing near the top of the championship. That kind of game time I believe would be more beneficial than like previously mentioned, playing reserve grade

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:29 pm  

Steph Curry wrote:

Saints gained absolutely nothing from that venture so I would be surprised if they went down that road again

Ha ha.....do you have any idea how many Saints players played for their 1st team, who hadn't prior to impressing at Leigh. Obviously not !

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Thu Dec 19, 2019 7:33 am  

Latrell Mitchell's options are diminishing by the day. West's Tigers have made clear that they have no interest in tabling an offer to him again. Only Gold Coast and South Sydney are left.

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Thu Dec 19, 2019 10:24 am  

Isn’t he still under contract for 2020?

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Thu Dec 19, 2019 12:57 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Latrell Mitchell's options are diminishing by the day. West's Tigers have made clear that they have no interest in tabling an offer to him again. Only Gold Coast and South Sydney are left.

Proof that talent isn't enough on its own...he's been given bad advice and will now end up in Japanese or French Union if he's lucky, or Toronto if Argyle can figure out a way of getting him under the cap.

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Thu Dec 19, 2019 1:49 pm  

AXE2GRIND wrote:

Proof that talent isn't enough on its own...he's been given bad advice and will now end up in Japanese or French Union if he's lucky, or Toronto if Argyle can figure out a way of getting him under the cap.

and not racially abusing him

Re: Player Ins and Outs : Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:21 pm  

AXE2GRIND wrote:

Proof that talent isn't enough on its own...he's been given bad advice and will now end up in Japanese or French Union if he's lucky, or Toronto if Argyle can figure out a way of getting him under the cap.

Actually, will his current club assist in funding a deal for him to move elsewhere? (e.g. pay part of his salary?)