Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:11 pm  

Firstly if Gale does arrive it will not be as a stop gap
Secondly arnt Leigh paying SL wages now, yes they will have to release some but I'm prity sure most of what they expected to be in the SL aquad are on 2 year contracts.
Replacing could be a problem but they will spend and spend big.

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:22 pm  

lampyboy wrote:

Firstly if Gale does arrive it will not be as a stop gap
Secondly arnt Leigh paying SL wages now, yes they will have to release some but I'm prity sure most of what they expected to be in the SL aquad are on 2 year contracts.
Replacing could be a problem but they will spend and spend big.

Of course they will spend big, they have no choice. Everyone else doesn't just have SL players they have a SL team and there is a huge difference. It's not just about money and I reckon you are savvy enough to know that. We are not rich but we do have a structure and we are battle hardened and we are just adding to our team whilst generally only letting go of players who were ready to call time. We are regenerating, whilst any newly promoted club will always be building pretty much from scratch. People say they have SL players and some are but a season having it all your own way against part time opposition is hardly a true guide.

There is a saying that success is a poor teacher and it's been pretty easy for Leigh to find success in the Championship. Be a whole different ball game next year, that's not to say they won't do well, but it's far from certain..

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Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:41 pm  

alegend wrote:

Miller is a prime example off that Pop Tart

Exactly.

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:35 pm  

Not concerned about being late to the party, mainly because of the world Cup.
Trinity generally do OK in the transfer market but next year's a whole different ball game.
Some big characters need to be replaced and I'm a little concerned.
Who and when will be a major challenge.
I'm sure WP will relish it

Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:39 pm  

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Re: Late to the party : Tue Sep 06, 2022 10:14 pm  

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Re: Late to the party : Wed Sep 07, 2022 4:38 am  

alegend wrote:

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

Injuries are part and parcel of the game , we could blow our budget on a world class half only for an ACL to curtail his season in the first minutes of his first game, so I’m sure Willie will. Be cautious to say the least on signings, and that takes time . In my post I was on about how Agar recruited so I thought when replying you were on about his signings. Imo Gale is one of the better players that is being banded about ,best of a poor bunch may I add

Re: Late to the party : Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:57 am  

We are trying to bring in Shaul so the thinking behind Gale could be to run with Lino,Gale and Jowitt and Shaul/Jowitt.Like a lot of comments my preference would be for a younger up and coming player from NRL for HB if possible, but easier said than done.Definitely no Lawrence,Bristoe or Williams!

Re: Late to the party : Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:10 pm  

FOREVERTRIN wrote:

We are trying to bring in Shaul so the thinking behind Gale could be to run with Lino,Gale and Jowitt and Shaul/Jowitt.Like a lot of comments my preference would be for a younger up and coming player from NRL for HB if possible, but easier said than done. Definitely no Lawrence ,Bristoe or Williams!

You say no to the likes of Williams, Briscoe and Lawrence, but realistically we can't sign 9/10 superstars, nor can we afford to.

Unfortunately we won't attract the highest calibre of players either.

All the above have experience which is what we will need.

Re: Late to the party : Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:45 pm  

Wildcat1975 wrote:

You say no to the likes of Williams, Briscoe and Lawrence, but realistically we can't sign 9/10 superstars, nor can we afford to.

Unfortunately we won't attract the highest calibre of players either.

All the above have experience which is what we will need.

Briscoe has been shocking for quite some time now. His brother is better and is championship level.