Richard Moore?????

Travis Burns meant to be off to Leigh on loan according to Gareth Walker.

Maybe that's why they had nobody available to attend the disciplinary hearing

Probably cover for both Ridyard (rumoured groin injury) and Higham (potential 4/5 game ban), so makes sense.
Not fussed about missing out on Burns, I think he's overrated.

Ben Johnston. Talked to someone who knows him very well at the Summer Bash.

Covering for Luke Walsh for a few weeks I read yesterday?

Not even in Saints 19 man squad for the weekend, Wilkin is playing 7 instead

Well this halfback we're lining up must be some player given Leigh have signed Burns and Drinkwater in the last few weeks. Can't wait for the announcement now..

Have to say, it's making Ferres look rather incompetent. If Leigh signed one of them ahead of us, then fair enough as they will have some cap space available, but to sign two in a matter of weeks of Chase departing when we've been looking for around 8 months

That's the thing though BB, IF the one mentioned a couple of weeks back was Drinkwater and he has gone elsewhere, can we be sure there is still a definite target for halfback? As distinct from any other potential recruits who are NOT actually halves, that is...

I suspect we may not be competing with Leigh financially as Green isn’t as wealthy as Beaumont. That may explain why we keep missing out.

Pretty sure it's not simply a matter of cap space - Leigh are seemingly tanked up with cash and, much as we deride their chairman's somewhat eccentric behaviour, he's
sticking his money where his gob is. But, if he's prepared to throw money around and we're outbid, then that's just a fact of life and little that Ferres can do about it.

Well the upside is that just piles pressure on the Leigh Squad to perform in the 8's and while I don't expect an implosion like last year, it could affect performances in tight games!

Think there's just as much pressure on us as we're desperate to get back in SL.

Signed on loan for Leigh for the rest of the season

Most likely their 'brown envelopes' are bigger than anyone else!...Who needs a salary cap then!

Timmy Taylor's or Sam Smiths?

Good news is that Derek's been joined by a bloke equally as wealthy and daft about Leigh

Pray tell who Mo?Because I've not heard anything, and normally,Charlie knows.

Oh no, bugger off you lot!

Could be someone's imaginary friend?

As much as I disliked the signing at the time and what happened subsequently I'd love a Iestyn Harris signing right now.

As long as we didn't end up with all the same sort of fall out

Not too bothered about burns, other than the general annoyance that our toughest champ rival have signed 3 halfs whilst we failed to sign 1. I'd have taken him but he's probably not exactly what we need. I'm more bothered about missing out on drinkwater if we were in for him. But having said that we clearly don't want to get in a bidding war on salaries with Leigh as we'd lose or end up paying over the odds.

On the bright side at least now even leigh might not need any more halfbacks! But I'm thinking we arent going to get one now before the 8's and we'll have to go with some combination of addy/gaskell/Thomas/mathers, with my choice being Thomas 7 and gaskell 6, addy 13 and mathers filing in to rest gaskell at 6 when we can.

We might get Bateman back on loan

I don't think he's up to halfback Roger!

But in all seriousness, is that based on anything other than the rumours of his off field antics?