LeytherRob
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It would be easy enough having a clause within the captains challenge that if there is insufficient coverage such as an incident being off camera or too obscured for the VR to make an assessment, you lose the challenge but keep your review. It's basically the same as an 'umpires call' in cricket DRS reviews.
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2 hours ago, Damien said:
You said to get competitive. Michael Maguire virtually transformed Wigan both on and off the field in a single pre-season and won the Grand Final in his first. The likes of Bradford, Saints and Leeds didn't take a decade to get to their peaks and win honours. Indeed Bradford went from a 7th place finish to SL Champions in 2 seasons under Matthew Elliot and transformed the club with the whole Bulls rebrand.
It is more than possible with the right appointments and investment.
Agree with this. You can build a competitive club pretty quickly if you get the right people in place. We know this all too well at Leigh having failed at many, many times before getting it right with Chester and Lam.
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1 hour ago, binosh said:
I’m assuming Tom Briscoe to be on inflated wages as he signed when we were in the championship, I would imagine there is quite a few who are paid over their market value, (Davis, Holmes. Hughes, Hardaker) who will naturally wash out and free up some cap space. I can’t see see many of these getting another contract with us.
Nakabuwai would do a job for Bradford or Featherstone, with Chamberlain going out aswell I’d agree it looks like some business is being done as Macintosh won’t be on Briscoe money.
John Davidson reporting that Matt Davis is signing on to a new 2 year deal, doubt he'll be on particularly high wages and don't mind him sticking around as he's versatile and a work horse who always gives maximum effort.
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33 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
Hi Binosh, I thought Holmes played very well on Saturday and would go as far to say I would have him in the 2nd row with Kai before any of the others ag the moment.
As for McIntosh must say I didn't see that one coming, maybe get him in the centre ahead of Hardacre who is going backwards very quickly.
All my opinion of course.
I dunno what people seem to have against Holmes, always plays well for us, has great pace still for a forward and our win % with him in the squad is much higher than without. He'd always be in my 17, whether it's 2nd row or prop.
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McIntosh confirmed 2.5 year deal, Briscoe 18 month deal
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16 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
I will be totally surprised if he does go, but if it does happen it won't be for the money he has no problems in that department.
If he has any professional ambition he'd go, Salford are always going to be a selling club unless someone cashed up comes in. If he does go it's going to be tough times for Salford, particularly as Rowley never leaves a club empty handed, I'd expect at least 4 or 5 to follow him out the door at the end of the year.
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4 minutes ago, dealwithit said:
The earlier “rumour” that a 6-figure salary had been offered has me thinking… are any head coaches not on 6-figures?
The 150k being quoted is a fee to Salford to release him from his contract. Think the person quoting this is getting mixed up.
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Chamberlain confirmed to Hull on 1 month loan now
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5 minutes ago, phiggins said:
If it does create room on the salary cap, then it makes it a good deal for us. Will have to judge it in context of what other deals get done. Hopefully we can still offload Nakubuwai and then bring someone in that improves the starting 13.
I think even if it was an equivalent swap in terms of salary its a good deal for us considering McIntosh is younger and more versatile(covering wing, FB and centre).
The latest development is Ed Chamberlain also off to Hull, which definitely suggests we're making some additional space so hopefully someone else coming in at some point soon.
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Just now, phiggins said:
I'm finding it a bit of a puzzler to be honest. Big questions about McIntosh are, is he any good at full back? Would he get in the team on the wing? Are we likely to be able to keep Hanley next year and beyond?
Would be incredibly surprised if Hanley didn't stay considering he seems pretty loyal to Lam. McIntosh has played a fair bit of fullback over the years for Hudds and Hull and he's 7 years younger than Briscoe. I don't see this as a guaranteed 13 player on big wages, more increasing strength in depth at 2 positions. As I said, not a massive improvement but a step in the right direction.
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Busy morning today:
•Rowley move to Hull getting closer
•Broadbent to Hull KR/Corey Hall and Louis Senior to Cas all in season loans
•Tom Briscoe to Hull and Darnell McIntosh to Leigh swap on loan to become permanent.
Happy with the 3rd as a Leigh fan, McIntosh provides more cover at Fullback which were short on and Briscoe isn't going to be playing now Hanley has emerged. Not a massive improvement by any stretch, but a step forward.
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4 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:
Any news on Mulhearn, did he break down with the injury that has kept him out, surely he would have come back on if fit.
Lam said he could possibly have come back on but did get some slight tightness in his calf so didn't want to risk him. Should be available next week I imagine.
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48 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:
Lewis Tierney. Jason Robinson’s offspring rather than Offiah’s.
Another in a long list of premature injury retirements we had in our 2017/2021 SL seasons. As bad as this year's been, it's not a patch on the shocking luck we had those years.
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4 hours ago, phiggins said:
If I was Ben McNamara, I’d be spending as much time as I can working on my goal kicking. If he can establish himself as the goal kicker and his defence holds up (25 tackles yesterday, albeit he also missed 3), then he’ll keep his place in the side and buy himself time to work on his playmaking
I think Ben McNamara is a better kicker than Moylan in terms of goals, but I think they are persisting with Moylan as he's the one that's going to be playing week in week out so needs the rhythm of regular goal kicking. He hasn't been that bad to be fair, just a bit inconsistent.
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2 hours ago, sweaty craiq said:
Gut feel as he is never mentioned by Lam in any updates - Smoke n Fire stuff
Lam specifically mentioned him this week as being back training on field and back within the next 2 to 3 weeks along with Asiata and Briscoe.
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1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:
I know he is relatively young at 22, but there is just something in watching him that says to me he may just not be SL quality, you *kinda get a good indication by that age. I just base that on expierience of watching many player's come through over many years, hope to be proved wrong though.
*Awaits people to give me examples of late developers.
The goal for recruitment for this and the next couple of years is to bring the age of the squad down and find players than can be the nucleus of the squad for the next 5 years or so, some signings will work and others won't but we've definitely found a few this year in Trout, Norman and Hanley which is a big plus.
On McNamara, it's still very early days, he's young and new to the club. I think he's been relatively solid if unspectacular but when we have Lam and Moylan running the show that's pretty much going to be his role. I'd rather us show a bit of patience with the younger players rather than casting them off too quickly as we have done in the past with the likes of Bullock, Hankinson etc.
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On 19/04/2024 at 12:57, phiggins said:
This now being trumped by Matt Shaw reporting that Cas will be using the overseas spot they have just freed up on Tex Hoy.
Not entirely sure what Leigh are playing at with Nakubuwai. He gets picked every game, hardly plays and the club continue to look at overseas full backs while not having a spot free. Doesn't make any sense to me.
Similarly, seems odd that Cas move on from a prop forward to a full back when filling the spot. Guessing that means Hooley will be surplus to requirements when he's fit again?
It was telling today that with Nakubuwai absent it was by far the smallest drop off in performance of the year when the interchanges happened. Trout, Norman, Holmes, Hughes and Davis all ahead of him in the pecking order for me. Get him out to a championship club(which is his level) ASAP and use that quota spot on someone that can actually impact a game.
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It's a cruel game sometimes is rugby league. We're not far off though and I believe we're better than the table shows.
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Good first half for us, bit more composure and we might have had another try. Can we do it for the full 80 is another question though
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I don't think it's all bad, I think love rugby league has made a resurgence of late with Aaron Bower and John Davidson providing articles and I think that despite the bad presentation full of adds, the reach group stuff led by Matt Shaw does put out plenty good stuff.
The copy and pasting is mainly done by total RL and the SARL crew these days, although I have noticed an uptick in have a go journalist's just throwing out AI guff, one guy in particular I seem to see everywhere these days passing off AI generated images as his own.
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6 minutes ago, Worzel said:
You went there, I merely matched the tone, although your selective editing misrepresents what I responded to. Bit weak that mate.
We didn’t choke in the final. You played a team with a genuine injury crisis, with Lewis at full back, Rowan Milnes at 6 and a NSW Cup scrum half who’d only got off the plane a few weeks earlier. We still stood up like men, didn’t moan about it or make excuses, and almost won regardless. Contrast that with the almost world-class spine you lot still put out yesterday, with all the expectation-managing “woe is me” nonsense about a decimated side before the match, and the “brave defeat” stuff afterwards. Its comical.
Hopefully that’s a more considered, factual response and doesn’t seem like an odd comment.
As above, I never said Hull KR choked in a final. It was a comment addressed directly I response to a Huddersfield fan trying to stick the boot in, specifically about Huddersfield considering the parallels between Huddersfield in 2022/2023 and Leigh in 2023/2024.
So it was an odd comment, considering it wasn't addressed to you, or about Hull KR for that matter.
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7 minutes ago, Dunbar said:
Bit cheeky contracting this post to make it look like a reply to your gracious 'good luck in the final' when it was actually a reply to the 'choking in a final' comment.
You mean the comment made to a Huddersfield fan, about Huddersfield, following a pretty snide dig about being 1 season wonder's? Well yes, I though it more relevant to include the post I'd made about Hull KR when talking to the Hull KR fan.
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13 hours ago, LeytherRob said:
Happy with the performance considering the injuries, was expecting a battering to be honest. Good luck in the semis KR fans!
19 minutes ago, Worzel said:Cry a bit more, it adds to the enjoyment
Odd comment, but who doesn't love a sore winner eh?
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29 minutes ago, daz39 said:
A poor season is a poor season and is irrelevant to the last one.
It was a reference specifically to your '1 season wonder's' jibe.
Thu 25th Apr: SL: St Helens v Huddersfield Giants KO 20:00 (Sky)
in The General Rugby League Forum
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Saints are a very effective team, but very dull watching as a neutral these days. Less the entertainers and more the enforcers.