Re: Leigh at home : Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:32 pm  

fosdyke99 wrote:

if okunbor went home,would we replace him?,we let evans go last season and showed no inclination to replace him.i think pearson is quite happy to coast this season and save cash.

I'd be happy to go with Staveley and Severs (or Jebson) for the rest of the year. It would be nice to use his money on a half or a decent centre though.

[Chris71]

Re: Leigh at home : Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:54 pm  

B0NES wrote:

Sounds like Okunbor is struggling to settle , I dont think it will be long before we hear the home sick card played .
Could be a blessing if he goes as we could then bring in a 7 .

In all fairness I’d not blame him if he went home, he’s hardly set the world on fire with his performances, doesn’t look all that committed and the mess we are seeing in terms of on field product you wonder whether the training aspect or lack of could be a factor.

I remember when we were heavily involved in the ice hockey and a player came over with very good numbers but failed to produce when here. I got on well with him and when he said he wasn’t settling and going back I asked how come and his answer was the standard of training was poor and a couple of hours a day wasn’t enough for what he was used to.

Not saying it’s is the case but if it true Okunbor isn’t settling I wonder whether that has bearing if training isn’t exactly taxing or full days

Re: Leigh at home : Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:12 pm  

fosdyke99 wrote:

if okunbor went home,would we replace him?,we let evans go last season and showed no inclination to replace him.i think pearson is quite happy to coast this season and save cash.

While I think your a right that would be a very high risk strategy, without improvement im not renewing my pass. Ill take my chances streaming games and lets face it theres 15k empty seats to choose from if you want to buy a ticket.

Re: Leigh at home : Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:30 pm  

fosdyke99 wrote:

if okunbor went home,would we replace him?,we let evans go last season and showed no inclination to replace him.i think pearson is quite happy to coast this season and save cash.

Odd tactic by Pearson if he is deliberately running the team that way.

If (When?) he sells the club, then the only entity he can sell is the team (Players), the worse the team does then the value of his investment diminishes exponentially, as the fan base drifts away. .

Re: Leigh at home : Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:09 pm  

It’s pretty obvious we are short of cash and that’s got to play out somewhere

It still costs a fortune to rent the stadium

Covid loans are killing us

We had no real income for 2 years

Adam doesn’t have a business like Fudgell etc

Adam is doing all he can - he really is

It’s hard when you’re juggling cash all the time and suck’s your motivation

It’s also effecting his ability to manage the Head Coaches !!!

Re: Leigh at home : Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:11 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

In all fairness I’d not blame him if he went home, he’s hardly set the world on fire with his performances, doesn’t look all that committed and the mess we are seeing in terms of on field product you wonder whether the training aspect or lack of could be a factor.

I remember when we were heavily involved in the ice hockey and a player came over with very good numbers but failed to produce when here. I got on well with him and when he said he wasn’t settling and going back I asked how come and his answer was the standard of training was poor and a couple of hours a day wasn’t enough for what he was used to.

Not saying it’s is the case but if it true Okunbor isn’t settling I wonder whether that has bearing if training isn’t exactly taxing or full days

Fits in with Clifford saying pre season was a piece of pi$$

Re: Leigh at home : Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:08 am  

Which of our 7 overseas players would you be disappointed if they left tomorrow.

I'd say only Ese Ese.

Think that says how poorly we use our overseas quota.

Think Hoy and Brown are both good players, but Hoy never seems to get a chance to get going, put him in the Leigh, you would see a different player, Brown needs to play at 9, he isn't a 7, could maybe be a 6, but needs to playing with someone better than Smith.

Re: Leigh at home : Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:09 am  

I don't know how hard the training is or if it is p iss easy. What I do know if the players are that ar sed about it how come as professional rugby players they give an aura of I couldn't give a s.hit when teams break the line or score a try. That's not down to the coach or training that's personal and professional pride . Our players seem to lack that

Re: Leigh at home : Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:23 am  

hull2524 wrote: I don't know how hard the training is or if it is p iss easy. What I do know if the players are that ar sed about it how come as professional rugby players they give an aura of I couldn't give a s.hit when teams break the line or score a try. That's not down to the coach or training that's personal and professional pride . Our players seem to lack that Nu brown was a good example of that in this clip https://www.facebook.com/share/r/omnVpDYSkoAmxdGf/ just watches them rather than attempting a chase back

hull2524 wrote: I don't know how hard the training is or if it is p iss easy. What I do know if the players are that ar sed about it how come as professional rugby players they give an aura of I couldn't give a s.hit when teams break the line or score a try. That's not down to the coach or training that's personal and professional pride . Our players seem to lack that Nu brown was a good example of that in this clip https://www.facebook.com/share/r/omnVpDYSkoAmxdGf/ just watches them rather than attempting a chase back

Re: Leigh at home : Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:00 pm  

What annoyed me was we made 4/5 breaks in the game and not once was anyone backing the player up.