Leigh sign Brendan Elliot - according to MEN

[sweaty craiq]

Leigh Centurions sign fearless utility back 'Brendan The Brave' in exciting addition to Super League - Manchester Evening News

[LeytherRob]

Slight risk with his injury record, but one we can afford to take with the additional quota spots available. Good to have someone with proven FB experience in case the Brierley experiment doesn't work out.

[Davo5]

Exciting addition to Superleague might be pushing it.

He was a solid journeyman NRL player before his injury.

[sweaty craiq]

Not many pickings left when you are last to the table. if true will improve squad, only27 and with a solid reputation for being honest

[DavidM]

Brendan the brave to his pals ... Brendan always getting smashed to everyone else 

[Eddie]

Good signing, I can see a couple Of SL teams being worried about how Leigh’s squad is shaping up. Maybe they’ll vote to withhold all the tv money instead of just half. 

[GeordieSaint]

Leigh need forwards. That pack is nowhere near good enough. 

[sweaty craiq]

16 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

Leigh need forwards. That pack is nowhere near good enough. 

Plenty depth to forwards but no obvious try scorer as yet, workmanlike and will die for each other on the pitch

[nadera78]

Someone listed their starting 13 on here a few weeks back, and half the forward pack consisted of players who struggled to get a game for the Broncos in SL 2019.

[Saint Toppy]

I understand that there's limited choices with signing's for the newly promoted team but players like Elliot add absolutely nothing to SL. He's 27 and only managed 66 top flight appearances in his career. He's been nothing more than a stand in / squad filler at every club he's been at and shown little in the way of talent.

pi$$ poor signing by Leigh

[Eddie]

Just now, Saint Toppy said:

I understand that there's limited choices with signing's for the newly promoted team but players like Elliot add absolutely nothing to SL. He's 27 and only managed 66 top flight appearances in his career. He's been nothing more than a stand in / squad filler at every club he's been at and shown little in the way of talent.

pi$$ poor signing by Leigh

A squad filler in the NRL isn’t the same as a squad filler in the bottom half of SL. 

[hunsletgreenandgold]

2 minutes ago, Saint Toppy said:

I understand that there's limited choices with signing's for the newly promoted team but players like Elliot add absolutely nothing to SL. He's 27 and only managed 66 top flight appearances in his career. He's been nothing more than a stand in / squad filler at every club he's been at and shown little in the way of talent.

pi$$ poor signing by Leigh

I don't disagree, however these players have been making a strong living in SL for years. 

[Saint Toppy]

1 minute ago, Eddie said:

A squad filler in the NRL isn’t the same as a squad filler in the bottom half of SL. 

Your right, Elliot is barely Championship standard

[AB90]

1 hour ago, Saint Toppy said:

I understand that there's limited choices with signing's for the newly promoted team but players like Elliot add absolutely nothing to SL. He's 27 and only managed 66 top flight appearances in his career. He's been nothing more than a stand in / squad filler at every club he's been at and shown little in the way of talent.

pi$$ poor signing by Leigh

A lot of the time NRL squad fillers or stand ins are generally pretty good SL players. Some of the best players in SL are/were NRL squad fillers (David Fafita, Luke Yates, Joey Lussick, Kelepi Tanginoa, Grant Millington etc). 

Kelepi Tanginoa just made the SL dream team and is the definition of NRL filler (26 years of age, 33 NRL appearances in over 7 years).

You may be correct, it could be terrible or it turn out to be a very astute signing.

[sweaty craiq]

2 hours ago, nadera78 said:

Someone listed their starting 13 on here a few weeks back, and half the forward pack consisted of players who struggled to get a game for the Broncos in SL 2019.

Starting pack at present will be something like Flower Hood Sidlow, Thompson McCarthy, Peteru bench Gerrard  Mason Hellewell Ioane back up Spencer Bell Gee Wildie Ellis.

Strike back row, another back and a big grunt would be nice - but dont know where from

[The Phantom Horseman]

1 hour ago, sweaty craiq said:

Starting pack at present will be something like Flower Hood Sidlow, Thompson McCarthy, Peteru bench Gerrard  Mason Hellewell Ioane back up Spencer Bell Gee Wildie Ellis.

Strike back row, another back and a big grunt would be nice - but dont know where from

Interesting. Starting pack for Toulouse at the moment will be something like Casty, Pelissier, Garbutt, Peyroux, Paulo, Hansen, subs Dixon, Bretherton, Marion, Evans

Starting pack for Fev will be something like Kopczak, Brown, Harrison, Ferres, Day, Lockwood subs Moors, Jones, Bussey, Ferguson

I'm too biased as a Fev fan to make comparisions between Fev and Leigh, but for me there's a case for saying that Toulouse pack is at least as strong as Leigh's.

Still time for Leigh to make more additions, of course, and all they need to do is be better than one other team this year.

 

[sweaty craiq]

58 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Interesting. Starting pack for Toulouse at the moment will be something like Casty, Pelissier, Garbutt, Peyroux, Paulo, Hansen, subs Dixon, Bretherton, Marion, Evans

Starting pack for Fev will be something like Kopczak, Brown, Harrison, Ferres, Day, Lockwood subs Moors, Jones, Bussey, Ferguson

I'm too biased as a Fev fan to make comparisions between Fev and Leigh, but for me there's a case for saying that Toulouse pack is at least as strong as Leigh's.

Still time for Leigh to make more additions, of course, and all they need to do is be better than one other team this year.

 

TO have gone for an old pack to take them up but have committed to longer contracts i believe, which will be a problem if they do go up.

Our pack will surprise a few PH, they aint small, and we have a brilliant spirit amongst the squad. The halves are looking sharp, just need to make sure they have finishers to work with.

[John Boriston]

 Christ, for a split second, I thought it said,.... 'Brendan Hill!'