Clark to Warrington wasn't announced until after last year's CC Final so they are some late ones.

Did you hear it from the same guy who told you Ellis was definitely returning to us from Wests?

Ellis dad told me he was signing for Leeds! obviously a mega bucks late offer talked

So what you heard was wrong.

no I didn't hear it wrong. i'm not deaf. his dad said he was coming back to leeds. obviously things changed

Clark to Wire was sealed way before the CC Final. Announcing it is a different matter. If you notice, all our major contract extensions are ANNOUNCED before big games. Hardaker SIGNED his deal around the time he got into trouble but it got ANNOUNCED the day we beat Saints.

Anyway back to Brierley. There is not a hope in hell he'll be at Leeds in 2016. But watch this space when his contract runs out in 12 months.

If Brierley has aspirations to play for Leeds, and assuming we've tapped him up, then he should have engineered a move. I suspect he may have missed the boat.

He's the jewel in Leigh's crown.

While they've still got aspirations of making SL in 2016 there is absolutely no chance of them selling. The chairman would have a revolt on his hands.

I'll back my house on it, if Leigh are not a super league next season, he will be a Leeds player, unless we find some one else before the September 18th deadline set by Leeds to pull out, which we haven't done so yet.

Sounds like a very iffy deal.

You've not seen Frosties' house.

I bet its GRRReat . Couldn't resist.

If Leigh don't get promoted he's off. As has been said before, I reckon there has been some sort of deal done. He's probably been asked , "stay one more year help us get up , if we don't you can go" I remember reading at the time that Brierlys nose was out of joint because the rejected bid from us. Nobody wants a unsettled player, especially one so important to a side trying for promotion. Hence why I think something has been done to keep his mind on the job at Leigh.
He would be a class signing. He could have a year learning off arguably the best support player in McGuire the superleague has ever seen.

Still can't see it. It has too many salary cap implications for it to be left hanging in the air until October. Looking for a new hooker, what can we afford on the SC....well depends because they're might be a Brierly sized hole on the wage list if Leigh get promoted. Aiton took the Catalans offer for presumably more money and here we are not knowing if Brierly is even going to be on our salary cap next year.

Not how GH works I'm afraid despite what rumours are knocking about or if Brierly has strangely decided to tell some random people his contract situation (has he told his milkman, dentist and the girl behind the checkout at his local supermarket too). Ellis not ending up at Leeds and Cuthbertson, Garbutt and Galloway all ending at Headingley even though no one heard a peep on that show that people don't really know in inner workings as much as they like to boast.

GH enquired about him TWICE in pre-season. Leigh rejected both offers and then put Brierley on a media ban. If Leigh wanted to put their fans at ease, would they have banned him from talking to the media? Nope. They would have got him to put out a statement saying he is happy at Leigh. They will definitely lose him, but it will be on a free at the end of 2016.

Or at the end of this season if they are not promoted.

Not a prayer

I beg to differ on that one.

I'd prefer to throw silly money at someone like Jamie Soward - he'd be awesome!

I know you do. You're wrong though. Logic

Brierley's agent on live radio has basically said (and he is right) clubs won't hold players back from achieving their potential.

Leigh will not make a lad who could be the England half back in 12 months pi$$ around in the championship next season. Logic.

Well I still think part of what Frosties has said is correct. Brierley will be a Leeds player next season. I just think what happens with Leigh is irrelevant.

If a player has made up his mind that he wants to move then the clubs can't do much about it.

If the proposed Brierley deal was made before the news of Sinfield's move to Union it would have been with a plan to replace McGuire. So the question begs that with a return to form for Danny but now no Sinny do Leeds still want the deal as our needs have changed?

They can do plenty about it, if they're prepared to dig their heels in and take the financial hit that comes from it. Just look at how Salford treated Puletua this year for example.

Leigh are under no compulsion to sell Brierley. They're not short of cash, and another season in the Championship won't kill them financially. They can hold out for what they believe to be the market value and start a bidding war in the process. I've no doubt that Wigan and Saints would both be interested in an English half-back coming onto the market who would be an improvement on what they've currently got.

If they get promoted this year - and it's not as long a shot as some people seem to think it is, in a one-off game anything can happen - they would be mad to sell unless someone makes them a ridiculous offer. Their fans would go absolutely potty if they sold their best chance of staying up and it would make life very difficult for Derek Beaumont.