Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:08 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

For his sake, I hope the move works out.

I expect he will enjoy the games against Featherstone.

Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:10 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

Can't hep but feel sad for the way Rangi's career has gone since he left Cas.
With hindsight he made a bad decision joining Salford (although his bank balance might say otherwise!). His time there has coincided with extremely bad management and a coach out of his depth.
For a player of Rangi's ability to end up in the lower leagues before his turns 30 is such as shame.
For his sake, I hope the move works out.
I can't imagine it will be long before he is asking to leave to return to SL. However, if he is happy playing in a mostly part-time league running around amateurs then he might stay

Why? He hasn't really been a victim of circumstance. It's not as if signing for Leigh was his only option.

Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:19 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Don't be daft, they won't be anywhere near.

Chase will be over 100K, left Cas to a payrise at Salford, won't have taken a paycut to sign for Leigh, same with Hansen. Patterson will be close to 100k, so maybe nearer 400k, that's still 40% of the cap on 4 players.

Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:54 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Why? He hasn't really been a victim of circumstance. It's not as if signing for Leigh was his only option.

I'm not sure about that one.
Which SL club do you think could or would offer him a contract? Most have either got two halves, are close to the SL cap or have filled their quota of non-fed players.
And that's without taking into account the risk of bringing in a perceived trouble causer.

Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 8:59 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

I'm not sure about that one.
Which SL club do you think could or would offer him a contract? Most have either got two halves, are close to the SL cap or have filled their quota of non-fed players.
And that's without taking into account the risk of bringing in a perceived trouble causer.

Salford?

Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:21 pm  

Rangi has been touting himself around SL clubs since June. No takers
Hansen has allegedly taken a pay cut to go to Leigh - but that's according to his dad who won't be the least biased of commenters
Patterson (also allegedly) tried to stay at Salford once Leigh weren't promoted
Maitua has said he doesn't want to play SL so dropping back down makes sense

I hope signing Salford's cast off misfits works out for Leigh but not sure going into 2016 with 3 of our most disruptive players who started 2015 with us is going to go much better

Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:10 pm  

Sounds a recipe for disaster! Championship referee's will be busy with the cards with Chase, Hock & Patterson!

Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:08 pm  

It appears Leigh just want to revel in the troublemakers reputation they have.

Re: Leigh : Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:46 pm  

UllFC wrote:

Sounds a recipe for disaster! Championship referee's will be busy with the cards with Chase, Hock & Patterson!

championship referees are selective about who they issue cards to...they are very influenced by "home" crowds.

Re: Leigh : Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:04 am  

The Changing Man wrote:

championship referees are selective about who they issue cards to...they are very influenced by "home" crowds.

Really? Any proof of that, or just a good "story"?