Well as it says he's not coming to Leigh so I'm not particularly bothered. Take it as a compliment that they feel the need to mention us (again) when talking about their new signing.

Agreed, but whatever the exact reasons, it's clear a part-time deal suited him better than a full-time deal. There have been some talented players at Leigh over the past decade whose primary reason for coming to Leigh is that we offered the best part-time deal this side of the Pennines. Our local rivals were either in SL or have fallen from grace.

They'll even be promising the fan's never to lose another game next.

Personally , I think the side we are assembling for next season , will be more than able to cope with the demands of what will be needed , we already have a good squad , and its been stated another 3 signings are on the way , added to Greg Worthington , so im not to bothered about Sykes , if he has chosen Fev , it doesn't matter for me they will go backwards next year while we at Leigh will move forwards .

With Tom Armstrong and Greg Worthington in the centres we are looking very solid with Platt as back up ,as for 33 years old being to old



ive a feeling we will be welcoming an older player at the End of November -Beginning of December .

If he's fit, high quality, AND wants to play full time, bring him on

My take on this is although I quite like Paul Sykes he has been a bit hit and miss over the years. If he does bring Fev some good wins then well done but I'm not sure he was the one for us. He is too straight laced and if I was to bring in a season half back I would want one with a bit more flare than Paul.

Nobody has more Flares than the Salfordlad .



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Charlie, personal bet me and you - loser has to buy Salfordlad a bottle of Hardy's best red (he's on fixed income you know)



Fev going backwards will not be 15 points (old money 3 points for a win) or even 11 points (new money 2 points for a win) behind Leigh in the league next year - fancy the wager?



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your PMs

Well seems a good bet to me. Will Leigh win 6 more games than Fev next season ?

Have to say Dave I think Leigh will' whatever I'd rather have the money whoever wins the bet.



See you next season at the George or Top House.

Thought you'd like the bet Frank, I can't wait while next year, at least he games will mean something, is more than can be said or the last 3 years.

George/Top House or maybe both.

That's a daft statement Charlie..Platt has been outstanding since he singed for Leigh scored try's solid defence reads the game brilliantly top class centre Platt with a lot of top class games behind him no way will GW move him or Armstrong unless either have a injury or loss of form

Dave you know me by now , I always Back my Statements ,and although Francis is on a Winner either way I will accept your bet , Fev will be shadow of a team next season compared to last , you my Fev Friend ,HAVE A BET

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Ian my old friend , you know I always give my OWN opinions , as I see it Armstrong and Worthington will be our 1st choice centres next year , we will have injuries though and Platt will get his chance , along with others , we now have a Big Decent Squad , im not Knocking Platts ability , and agree he has played very well since his arrival at the LSV , but he can also play in other positions

.Charlie knows .

My own view is that the starting centres should be Platt and Armstrong. Worthington needs to force his way into the team.

You could be right , I just think that after paying a Fee for Worthington ,Paul will give him first chance for the Centre spot and the number 3 Squad Shirt ,though Squad Shirts mean nowt .

Always hard to say who'll be starting at the beginning of a season. Rowley will be getting them to do whatever he wants to see in pre-season to decide who to start with. Don't think anything today with money or transfer fees will have an effect on who he picks, it'll be who's playing best.

As we have a large Squad already , and it is about to be increased by around 3 more additions , obviously that is why pre-season friendlies are arranged , I would think Paul already has a good idea of who his 17 will be next season , but with injuries and fine tuning coming into consideration the Starting 17 for the first game could be anybody .

Added to this, they are an opportunity for the squad to stake their place and impress with a performance that maybe exceeded PR's expectations and force his hand into giving them a starting place. Paul certainly isn't scared of providing opportunity for hard work and endeavour

We will have three or four not so friendlies to see who will be the starting thirteen and there's a very good chance that it will change over the season. Two or three bad games for any player next year could see him dropped. Life's a bitch but you just got to deal with it.

You will lose that bet

. We wont lose 7 games again and you wont go the season losing only 1 while going almost injury free.

Fev wont have another season as bad as this one. So many off field distractions and injuries this season its unbelievable. We will be a much better team next season. Nicholson and Walmsley season long injuries in the pre season friendlies. Dale, bostock, Medeika, flanagan, all had season cut short due to injury + Cording was out long term and returned for last 2 games. We also had all the bollox with flipflop resulting in us releasing or loaning out Briggs, Helliwell, Bennion, Saxton and Etu.

If you think you will be ahead of us by same margin in 2015 your deluded. We will improve much more than you lot will next season. Thats not saying we will be better than you, I just think there much more room for improvement from us. I cant see us losing to the bottom of the league next season and that gap will close

Well my Fev Friend , its not the first time ive been called deluded , in fact many worse things , but I do stand by my Bet , as I think Leigh , London ,Bradford , and Fax will beat you home and away , then there are the likes of Sheff , Dews , Donny , and Batley to contend with , and didn't Worky beat you when you were on the crest of a wave ?Whatever you think about the Fev Squad , these other Clubs have have also recruited decent players , so it will be Game On next year , cant wait .

Come along to the Fev Hotel when the Mighty Centurions are at Fev and I will have a few Shillings bet with you , we Beat Fev that day , I know Gingdong and Fevgrinder will be there .

I msg DB a couple of months ago after reading that Sykes wasnt being retained and would be worth a look at......he said we had spoke to Sykes`s agent but WE decided against it as we had better players offered to us.
WE turned him down not the other way around.......sour grapes to me from Sykes.

I would really love us to have another season like this one but its doubtful , however one things for sure , we seem to doing things the right way and having the same winning team with 3 or 4 extra players to start is something most coaches would wish for....

Bradford have recruited well, so have London
Fev are always there or there abouts have been for quite some years now and will be next season that I've no doubt !
Halifax will be stronger again
Look like its going to be a cracker , before the middle eight starts
Can't wait
Bring it on ,

What we do know is that it will be very competitive to get into the Top 4 - what we don't know is how competitive that Middle 8 is going to be. Any of that Top 8 though should surely be able to have a crack at 5th place to get that play-off tie.

I do think though that the "Bottom 8" will be a complete disaster. Just imagine if Leigh, don't make the Top 4, you'd be lucky to get a thousand on.