Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 10:53 am  

Recruit now or later?
Tough decision....
Don't see the rush to sign players tbh.....
Its a marathon not a sprint......

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:03 am  

Hope it's just paper talk re Bristoe.He was a decent player years ago but watched him against Cas and he has very little to offer these days and hasn't done for quite a while and i'm surprised Leeds didn't offload him years ago.At this moment in time Evans looks twice the player IMO.Hope we've learned from the Lineham debacle which still has 2 years to run.

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:20 am  

While I agree patience is a good thing we will have to accept more than likely that Leigh will come in wanting to spend full cap or close an having to shed some players will certainly be in the market for similar to us.

We just need to sign the right players but if there’s any wheeling and dealing to be done we may get some surprise good deals.

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:35 am  

Trojan Horse wrote:

While I agree patience is a good thing we will have to accept more than likely that Leigh will come in wanting to spend full cap or close an having to shed some players will certainly be in the market for similar to us.

We just need to sign the right players but if there’s any wheeling and dealing to be done we may get some surprise good deals.

Yes, you surmise well there.
Problem being is that as you say Leigh will probably spend close to or the full cap, so they will be in a better position than us anyway with the ability to pay higher wages.
I do think we will get some opportunity to still sign good players who have been released from other clubs (Will Maher springs to mind from HKR) or possibly pick them up on loan deals.

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:43 am  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

Yes, you surmise well there.
Problem being is that as you say Leigh will probably spend close to or the full cap, so they will be in a better position than us anyway with the ability to pay higher wages.
I do think we will get some opportunity to still sign good players who have been released from other clubs or possibly pick them up on loan deals.

I agree to a point, but.....

Leigh currently pay Championship money to all but there overseas players, many of whom are not that good. Added to that two of there overseas players will have to go to meet the quota.

Leigh as a promoted club will also have to pay over the odds, especially for British players to replace the ones who simply aren't good enough.

So yes they will be in there for loads of players because they need loads of players. We don't. We only need about 6-8, of which 3 are quota players. We can afford to start the season short then catch up, Leigh have to start engines running with a fully rebuilt squad and they will have no idea what their SL squads make up will actually function like at SL level.

FWIW I think Leigh will start off like a house on fire and then after about five games the real team will surface and who knows what that will be like - history is not on there side if previous forays are anything to go by.

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 2:04 pm  

vastman wrote:

I agree to a point, but.....

Leigh currently pay Championship money to all but there overseas players, many of whom are not that good. Added to that two of there overseas players will have to go to meet the quota.

Leigh as a promoted club will also have to pay over the odds, especially for British players to replace the ones who simply aren't good enough.

So yes they will be in there for loads of players because they need loads of players. We don't. We only need about 6-8, of which 3 are quota players. We can afford to start the season short then catch up, Leigh have to start engines running with a fully rebuilt squad and they will have no idea what their SL squads make up will actually function like at SL level.

FWIW I think Leigh will start off like a house on fire and then after about five games the real team will surface and who knows what that will be like - history is not on there side if previous forays are anything to go by.

I think you are becoming a bit delusional Beaumont can afford SL wages and have already secured players of SL standard. We have no money they do so why would they have to pay over the odds but we don’t are we talking the same calibre of players.
I know you like to stand full square behind certain parts of the club but I think you are getting a bit too over excited in your defence so much so it is clouding your judgement.
If it is true that the competition will be split into two leagues of 10 teams we cannot afford to start slowly or we could be too far adrift before they put the funds to bring in our usual end of season signings.

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:01 pm  

Kettykat wrote:

Hardly call , Ali, Collis , Ayton ,Tim smith , past it players ,in fact I’d go so far as to say they are some of the best signings we’ve ever made ,. The main point he was alluding to was you can pick up some right quality if your patient, and just like him at that time we have no choice either just as he didn’t all those years before , but it doesn’t mean we’re getting everyone’s dregs .

Not on about great players of the past was just on about the last 3 years of Chesters panic buying , We do not want to start that again The Gale one is the one that worry me most .Just look at Brough after he got injured We can not afford to have players injured in key positions

[PopTart]

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:07 pm  

There is no doubt Gale is a good player.
But at his age and previous injury he is only a stop gap.

If he remained fit he would be a great stop gap but we have to look for younger players who can take us forward, whether as an understudy to develop with Gale, or a young but established player who can stay to rebuild the team.

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:52 pm  

Miller is a prime example off that Pop Tart

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:02 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

I think you are becoming a bit delusional Beaumont can afford SL wages and have already secured players of SL standard. We have no money they do so why would they have to pay over the odds but we don’t are we talking the same calibre of players.
I know you like to stand full square behind certain parts of the club but I think you are getting a bit too over excited in your defence so much so it is clouding your judgement.
If it is true that the competition will be split into two leagues of 10 teams we cannot afford to start slowly or we could be too far adrift before they put the funds to bring in our usual end of season signings.

If you say so pimp, frankly it wouldn't matter what anyone said, your default setting like so many Trinity fans is always to assume the grass is greener - it isn't - and you clearly don't know what you're on about, because as ever you assume we are all stupid and you don't do your research - and thus make a fool of yourself.

You do realise from what I can see is that Beaumonts net wealth is around 7 million pounds! He sells sun decks for christ sake, he's hardly Bill Gates, get a grip will you. The blokes been great for Leigh and he certainly stumps up for them but Ken Davy could buy him out with the spare change he keeps in a jar by his fridge. This is why Leighs previous efforts have failed, your new hero just didn't quite have enough. In truth I doubt his personal cash ready wealth is a lot higher than Michael Carter.

So I'm delusional am I