So we've signed Ridyard then yeah?!

In a word! No!

Just wanted to say good luck to Sam with his future. Sam is a truly smashing lad and with the right application and guidance could still make it to the top in my view. Disappointed that he is leaving but we all have to make decisions in life that may or may not work out. Time will tell. Good luck Sam at Fev and with your future career and life choices!

Peter.

Is this 100% fact that he has signed a 2 year contract with Leigh and how much of your post is 100% factual

As a forum poster I can't say that my post is 100% factually correct as like most people I rely on a bit of good old gossip!! However my source is usually pretty good and closd to the mark, but an element of Chinese whispers can sometimes add a little. However the fact the local rag a few days ago reported he was expected to join Leigh after his loan at Fev gave me confidence my source isn't a million miles away. James (the reporter in our paper) is quite close to the club and very respected and trusted by them so hence I believe the deal with Leigh to be true. What Fax have received in return is the murky bit as that's between all concerned. Again my source is usually pretty good and tends to dangle a carrot rather than confirm or deny if they can get away with that!!! The fact that Barlow is only 1 year into a 2 year deal is FACT too. Also the only way Barlow could leave whilst still under contract is on loan, we receive a transfer fee, released by mutual consent or something else is agreed between relevant parties. Read into that what you will but if Fax were going to just release him they would have done that with immediate effect and not put him out on loan. This leaves me to trust that Leigh have agreed to do something that we wanted too....??

What I struggle to get my head round in all of this Sam and Leigh link is the fact that he was on a 2 year contract that still had a year to run.

Everyone would have known that so why would Leigh make an approach knowing the possible repercusions.

Why and how could Sam sign anything with them when he, his agent and Leigh knew he was tied to Fax thus making any signature worthless, unless Fax were compliant in what was going on.

Faxcar that mate I don't know but 100% agree and asked the very same question. The reply to me was.... "Fax did ok trust me". Sam is not vindictive and I'm not sure he always gets the best advice from his advisors/agent but something has happened and as the you'd ol Yorkshire saying goes... It'll all come out in t'wash!!

What I don't understand is why we would take him on until the end of the season get him fit then let him go to Leigh Our forwards are playing very well at the moment we have just loaned green from HKR so if Barlow is a bad as people are making out on his fitness he won't get in our team. I thought he would of been England's replacement for next season

More info will come out I suppose when Fev officially announce it

Cricky, how hard is it to explain.
SAM IS GOING TO LEIGH NEXT SEASON

Nothing to do with Wigan being their senior partner nowadays ?

Maybe, I say maybe...... Leigh sell their club to players and their agents with the Wigan link as part of their sales pitch.

Where is England going next year?

Wire & Bradford have both had a sniff at him recently, Powell at Cas would obviously be interested I reckon.

Still don't get it so help me out here.

How would that explain the legalities of it all and make the signature worth the paper it was written.

Sign here Sam and it will be okay because Wigan are our senior partners so Fax and the RFL won't mind.

It's not hard to explain just asking if its 100% true and as of yet no one has said yes it is unless you know for a fact

Warrington

England to Warrington is a done deal isnt it?

Problem is, whats a contract worth if the player doesn't want to be there and the club aren't particularly happy with the player?.
surely they might as well tear the contract up and both parties might as well go ther separate ways.

As for the link with The centurions,that rumour started doing the rounds as soon as Barlow found out Penky had signed for the Centurions as they are best mates 'apparently.It was even said he was going to Salford and would be DR'd to the centurions until things fell apart at Salford.

The beauty of being at the centurions now is if you knuckle down and continue to devolope then wigan will get first call on you

Did you watch the great NRC win?

Only on the tele

Bollo and you know it.

Good players will be always snapped up by bigger clubs. Now if you and others supported your home town club then that might not happen.

Come back and watch your team like 2500 approx did yesterday

So i write a positive about player devolopement and you somehow turn it into a negative,good on you.

JC there's less bitter at Tetleys, you know sheikh mahood al lobby will see us in SL

Was that along with the Barlow to Cas/Barlow to Hull/Barlow to Hull KR rumor? But thats a player who apparently didnt want to leave.



If his agent has managed to get him some good money then good on him but by the sounds of it he is a bit of a tool and Sam would do well to listen to other sensible people that have tried to help him out instead of just thinking about the cash. Agents are just out for themselves most of the time but it must be hard to see it when you are easily lead and sucked in by the cash carrot being dangled.

Not sure money is the issue here Sam has a very good job and was on excellent pay at Fax although I do believe he will listen to his agent

so we've signed Ridyard for next season then.