Leigh Strengthening

[mightyship]

Looks like Deggsy Beaumont is getting the cheque book out again. Mitch Clark and Adam Higson on loan plus Junior Sau signing a permanent deal from Salford announced on their website yesterday. This on the back of Brierley and Paterson a few weeks back. Though Gareth Hock is retiring after this weekend as well.

i don’t think we saw the best of Leigh when we played them the other week so It’s gonna make the run in to the playoffs interesting.

 

[Private Baldrick]

48 minutes ago, mightyship said:

Looks like Deggsy Beaumont is getting the cheque book out again. Mitch Clark and Adam Higson on loan plus Junior Sau signing a permanent deal from Salford announced on their website yesterday. This on the back of Brierley and Paterson a few weeks back. Though Gareth Hock is retiring after this weekend as well.

i don’t think we saw the best of Leigh when we played them the other week so It’s gonna make the run in to the playoffs interesting.

 

Not really inspiring signings for me.

Clarke, described by one of our 'guest' posters from another club as a 'ten a penny' second rower. Decent enough player, don't get me wrong but as replacement for Hock could be seen as no improvement.

Sau, a big unit for a back but at 32 is this where you want to be going in building for Super League?

Higson, a decent enough winger but would you want him over Briscoe and Carey?

 

[haskey]

NO

[Robin Evans]

I'd have been happy if we'd signed Clarkey.... but I'm not lashing my teeth cos we haven't 

There's a reason he's playing in the championship.....

[Canis Lupus]

The Higson signing is permanent not a loan. Even with the additions listed above Fev are still the stronger of the two sides comparing what we have faced . Both sides could have taken points from TWP this season but I feel you still shade it over Leigh.

 

[fev4evatiggerneva]

Clarke not a bad player, bad attitude though, thinks hes better than he is, started well for us, then thought he was bigger than club, when it proved he wasnt cause he got smashed all over at Batley and Halifax knocked him about aswell. Sau been off the pace a while now, salford and wakie didnt want him, looks like a last payday for him at leigh, he will be usefull near line, but wouldnt worry too much about him. Higson decent winger give him good service he will finish them, but so would most decent wingers at this level. Leigh play some good rugby, but carr had them sussed, plenty of numbers outwide in defence and they panic a bit when there not finding the holes, with a decent ref other week we would have won by 3 or 4 trys.

[Monkeymagic22]

Strengthening at this time of the season is much cheaper, given the fewer matches left. However, changing a settled team could have an adverse outcome as well. 

[Blue Pike]

4 hours ago, Canis Lupus said:

The Higson signing is permanent not a loan. Even with the additions listed above Fev are still the stronger of the two sides comparing what we have faced . Both sides could have taken points from TWP this season but I feel you still shade it over Leigh.

 

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[Les Tonks Sidestep]

7 hours ago, Robin Evans said:

I'd have been happy if we'd signed Clarkey.... but I'm not lashing my teeth cos we haven't 

There's a reason he's playing in the championship.....

Although he's signed for Wigan for 2020......

[sweaty craiq]

17 hours ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Although he's signed for Wigan for 2020......

And Sau had a pretty good game against Warrington last week

[Robin Evans]

Both players will be playing at the level i believe them to now be oh perspiratory one!

[Robin Evans]

And thats not me saying they're crapola.... not by any means

[J Phil Loxton]

Good luck to Leigh. No skin off our noses. Last week we went to Toronto with no experienced Pivots. The lads that were drafted in were amazing. With a full side we are a danger to Torontos promotion should we get into the five. I can see why Leigh are strengthening because they see Fev as a threat let alone Toronto.

[The Phantom Horseman]

No problem for me with Leigh strengthening, looks to me like a combination of decent gates this season and Beaumont biding his time with his cheque book to see if they were in position to be in the play-offs.

One amusing side effect is that their game against Batley will see, I think, only one or two maximum loan/DR players for Leigh - whereas Batley have named the maximum five loanees in their squad.

[Private Baldrick]

6 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

No problem for me with Leigh strengthening, looks to me like a combination of decent gates this season and Beaumont biding his time with his cheque book to see if they were in position to be in the play-offs.

One amusing side effect is that their game against Batley will see, I think, only one or two maximum loan/DR players for Leigh - whereas Batley have named the maximum five loanees in their squad.

WHAT?????? NOOOOOOOOOOOO surely not! Another team other than Fev using DR? Pull the other one!

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

2 hours ago, Robin Evans said:

Both players will be playing at the level i believe them to now be oh perspiratory one!

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with your assessment of Clark, but clearly Lam and Powell, who I believe didn't want him to leave Cas, do. Then again, several coaches appear to think that Cory Aston's a SL quality half back........

[The Phantom Horseman]

1 minute ago, Private Baldrick said:

WHAT?????? NOOOOOOOOOOOO surely not! Another team other than Fev using DR? Pull the other one!

I did ask about it on their forum but apparently this is different because their five aren't "household names".

[The Phantom Horseman]

3 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with your assessment of Clark, but clearly Lam and Powell, who I believe didn't want him to leave Cas, do. Then again, several coaches appear to think that Cory Aston's a SL quality half back........

Clark seems to be one of those players who makes a real impact in his first few games for his new club but then goes off the boil.

There are always a few SL signings that get the head scratching. Colton Roche being signed by Huddersfield was one for me.

[Gareth hock]

6 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with your assessment of Clark, but clearly Lam and Powell, who I believe didn't want him to leave Cas, do. Then again, several coaches appear to think that Cory Aston's a SL quality half back........

Cory Aston must have a very good agent .

[gittinsfan]

3 hours ago, Private Baldrick said:

WHAT?????? NOOOOOOOOOOOO surely not! Another team other than Fev using DR? Pull the other one!

Pedantic I know,but we aren't playing any DR players.

[J Phil Loxton]

13 minutes ago, gittinsfan said:

Pedantic I know,but we aren't playing any DR players.

You could DR with us if you get relegated.....just an idea

[gittinsfan]

Just now, J Phil Loxton said:

You could DR with us if you get relegated.....just an idea

At least we may get some of our old players back.LOL.

[J Phil Loxton]

2 minutes ago, gittinsfan said:

At least we may get some of our old players back.LOL.

[Private Baldrick]

2 hours ago, gittinsfan said:

Pedantic I know,but we aren't playing any DR players.

Yes, pedantic.

[sweaty craiq]

7 hours ago, J Phil Loxton said:

Good luck to Leigh. No skin off our noses. Last week we went to Toronto with no experienced Pivots. The lads that were drafted in were amazing. With a full side we are a danger to Torontos promotion should we get into the five. I can see why Leigh are strengthening because they see Fev as a threat let alone Toronto.

I seriously believe TW are more vulnerable this year than last, you could have won home and away. We could have won at home with a rag tag and bobtail side out. The format will help them because unless they lose their first game they don't travel out of Toronto, we could end up going 3 times in a month or so if we finish second.