Re: James Ford : Sat May 20, 2023 12:02 pm  

Personally think Ben will be given a new contract at Leigh. He has stepped up a gear this season, displaced Joe Mellor to everyone's surprise (see squad numbers) and furthermore is our only proven goal kicker since the departure of Kris Inu. He is still in Lam Jnr's shadow (though it would take someone like Croft not to be) but when Leigh have three half backs on the park at the same time, their understanding and the fluidity of their roles is a joy to behold - for Leythers.

Re: James Ford : Sat May 20, 2023 12:23 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

I can’t remember people slagging him off, he only played 6 games and from memory he didn’t start all of them.
If there was criticism I think it was about why we signed him if we weren’t going to give him a fair go

He was 25 and had already played well over a hundred pro games so I’m not sure he needed a softly softly approach to getting into the team. He was just never given a chance to establish himself which lead fans to question why we’d signed him at all when at the time we were badly needing strength in other areas of the team.

Re: James Ford : Sat May 20, 2023 12:38 pm  

We've Gale, Lino and Morgan Smith for the halves next year. Can't see us stretching to four.

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Re: James Ford : Sat May 20, 2023 1:15 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

We've Gale, Lino and Morgan Smith for the halves next year. Can't see us stretching to four.

Smith wouldn't have a contract if relegated. That's why they are renegotiating dual league contracts for some.

Re: James Ford : Sat May 20, 2023 5:59 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Smith wouldn't have a contract if relegated. That's why they are renegotiating dual league contracts for some.

No, but I reckon he'd be one of the more realistic retentions and he's proven at Championship level.

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Re: James Ford : Sat May 20, 2023 6:06 pm  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

No, but I reckon he'd be one of the more realistic retention
S and he's proven at Championship level.

Indeed

Re: James Ford : Mon May 22, 2023 6:33 am  

Willzay wrote:

If anything a lot of people were noticing how he and Hampshire were playing well together. But as soon as Brough and Miller were “fit” again…

That's how I remember it....

Re: James Ford : Mon May 22, 2023 7:56 am  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

We've Gale, Lino and Morgan Smith for the halves next year. Can't see us stretching to four.

According to Applegarth in League Express we've Jowitt, Dagger, Gale, Lino, Smith, Hood and Bowes all signed up for next year.

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Re: James Ford : Mon May 22, 2023 8:09 am  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

According to Applegarth in League Express we've Jowitt, Dagger, Gale, Lino, Smith, Hood and Bowes all signed up for next year.

Saw that. Didn't realise Hood and Smith were signed up.

Re: James Ford : Mon May 22, 2023 8:25 am  

Hood got a new two year contract right at the start of the season (Dont know why)
Smith was signed on for two years.
Therefore Applegarth is technically correct in one way, however when relegated They may not be required