Just been told by one of my Wigan friends

about a young half-back called Joe Mellor,hes from Warrington , but playing for the Pies,heard hecould be very good , maybe worth a look ,along with young Gareth OBrien , from the Wire,has anyone heard or seen other possible Duals?Does anyone know who if anybody scouts for young talent for Leigh ?

I've heard good things about Joe Mellor too. Be great to have him down at Leigh.

Am i right in thinking we will have another friendly against thePies next season before the season begins?If we do we may see him then.

yes we have another one planned, it was for 3 years the arrangement with the pies wasnt it?

It would be good to see him and even better if we manage to secure his services.

True and the agreement says they will send their strongest available side.

Did not stop us thrashing them last January did it ?

The lads been out injured for a long time, but ive been told he back now fully fit and raring to go, could be worth a look

, iknow we are not the Pies best Buds , but i dont care , if they are decent players, and ive been told this lad has potential.

Id suspect the 4 dual players we are having are already in the bag!

I don't think that other than a bit of fan rivalry there is any real malice between the clubs off the field, we have played each other in freindlies recently. I think that a talented young player whose had a bad injury would suit both clubs spending next year as a dual-reg at Leigh.

what about bringing our own players thru instead of a sl sides

Do you want to pay for it ?

Is it worthwhile having a halfback under dual contract? There going to be the pivotal area to our attacking side and could be drifting in and out of the team - I'd prefer to try and build a partnership which will be steady bar injuries.

At the last LISA meeting IM said that we would be going with 3 from warrington and 1 from Saints again, if this is the case then I can't see Mellor coming.

I agree we should stay well away from a 6/7/9 for our DC's. Could be too damaging if we lose them at short notice or they are in/out of the team from week to week.

One prop, one 2nd row/loose, one centre and one winger would be ideal.

Tom armstrong from saints would be a good player to get on DC. Highly rated quality winger/centre but with a few lads Meli/Foster/Lomax/Gardner(if he stays) above him in the pecking order at saints.

Also I heard Chris Dean had been let go by Saints. Don't know if he's found another club yet but he could be worth looking at as a centre/2nd row.

sorry did we not ave a 21s last season

No we had a reserve grade

smart a*se

Not trying to be , a reserve grade will contain much older players than an u 21 s , I don't particularly like the D C system , but if it is there , we would be daft not to use it , I'd prefer season long loans , and before that I'd prefer our own juniors

Unfortunatly we need to use our best option both financially off the pitch and competitively on the pitch

Just the way it is

so why notuse next season to develop leighs home grown players, let them gain the experience and development they and leigh will need instead of being overlooked for supposedly better players

Relegation ?

you cant just run with youth as it will get you relegated....... you need experianced players with a sprinkling of good young tallent, all the top clubs bring their youth into the first team bit by bit to develope them - thats what we should do.

Joe Mellor would be awesome. Top young player, had a tough year with injuries though and hasn't played much at all. We should look into getting Davies on D/C too.

No chance, Widnes is his first choice and Wane hates Millward so refuses to do business with him.

according to ben davies mum he would sign for leigh today if they went for him he prefers leigh to any club cleverness
YOU JUST DONT HAVE A CLUE !!!

Wigan expect young Joe Mellor to be as good asSam Tomkins, lets stop all thisAnti-Wigan stuff ,and try to build bridges,Wigan have plenty class youngsters who would benefit us,Mellor being just one.