Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:02 am  

Morning, I can't see this myself but a bit of speculation going around Leigh that the above may be on he's way to the centurions? Anybody heard anything g similar?

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:11 am  

There's more chance of me growing a vagina on my left knee than Percival going to Leigh.

No offence, but why would he? He is one of the most promising players in his position in Super League, only a year or two from international recognition, he is our first choice centre and Leigh are a Championship side for another year at least.

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:15 am  

Wigan got told where to go after they approached us earlier in the season. I haven't heard Leigh made any approach, but even if they had, they'd of gotten the same response.

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:21 am  

Where does this over confidence come from Leigh supporters. crap team, crap fan base, crap chairman etc... Yet they believe they can attract any player. Unreal

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:51 am  

LFC Saint wrote:

Where does this over confidence come from Leigh supporters. crap team, crap fan base, crap chairman etc... Yet they believe they can attract any player. Unreal

i have to disagree. They're ambitious, with a determined and ambitious chairman who stood up to Salford over the Hock nonsense. They have a cracking little stadium, decent fan base and are a very entertaining team to watch who beat Salford, Wakefield and almost pipped Wire in their own backyard. They also have a great history.

Good luck to them.

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:54 am  

The Leigh owner does spout some rubbish! like having spoken to a QC and he will break the salary cap, though that may have been before they just seem to tire out in all recent games!

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:30 am  

Twentyman wrote:

i have to disagree. They're ambitious, with a determined and ambitious chairman who stood up to Salford over the Hock nonsense. They have a cracking little stadium, decent fan base and are a very entertaining team to watch who beat Salford, Wakefield and almost pipped Wire in their own backyard. They also have a great history.

Good luck to them.

Do not agree 3k vs Bradford for a do or die game is shocking. Especially when Bradford took quite a lot of support. There chairman constantly getting into arguments on twitter and admitting he will break the cap. All good and we'll winning a few games but they couldn't do it with the games that matterd. If saints win nothing this year do you look back and say well at least we won Wigan and Leeds in pointless games. The team itself is constantly playing with a certain attitude that's resulting in plenty of bans. Every time I watch them there's at least one punch up. The club needs to lose its billy big attitude and fast

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:42 am  

Not over confidence from me! I heard a whisper that's all the lad is tremendous that's why I said I don't think it's likely

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:09 am  

LFC Saint wrote:

Do not agree 3k vs Bradford for a do or die game is shocking. Especially when Bradford took quite a lot of support. There chairman constantly getting into arguments on twitter and admitting he will break the cap. All good and we'll winning a few games but they couldn't do it with the games that matterd. If saints win nothing this year do you look back and say well at least we won Wigan and Leeds in pointless games. The team itself is constantly playing with a certain attitude that's resulting in plenty of bans. Every time I watch them there's at least one punch up. The club needs to lose its billy big attitude and fast

They got over 6k for the Challenge Cup game against Salford and took a load to Wakefield and Warrington which shows that they can and would pull a crowd in Super League.

It's all just fizzled out for them this season and they (team and fans) must have felt pretty deflated by the middle 8's. Hence the poor attendance.

And I don't blame the players, chairman or the fans to be honest. They should be allowed to break the salary cap. It's incredibly unfair that the Super League clubs get twice the salary cap than the Championship clubs, meaning that the likes of Wakefield can be turd through the regular season knowing they can pick up a few big signings like Locke (signing then specifically for the middle 8's to then let them go when the job is done) before the middle 8's thus making it almost impossible to compete with them.

It all needs sorting out. Leigh, Halifax, Bradford, Sheffield and even Fev could have easily mixed it with the bottom half SL clubs during the regular season.

Re: Percival : Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:13 am  

Twentyman wrote:

They got over 6k for the Challenge Cup game against Salford and took a load to Wakefield and Warrington which shows that they can and would pull a crowd in Super League.

It's all just fizzled out for them this season and they (team and fans) must have felt pretty deflated by the middle 8's. Hence the poor attendance.

And I don't blame the players, chairman or the fans to be honest. They should be allowed to break the salary cap. It's incredibly unfair that the Super League clubs get twice the salary cap than the Championship clubs, meaning that the likes of Wakefield can be turd through the regular season knowing they can pick up a few big signings like Locke (signing then specifically for the middle 8's to then let them go when the job is done) before the middle 8's thus making it almost impossible to compete with them.

It all needs sorting out. Leigh, Halifax, Bradford, Sheffield and even Fev could have easily mixed it with the bottom half SL clubs during the regular season.

The cap is 1m (plus benefits that the championship clubs can exploit) vs 1.65m for SL clubs(with benefits the lower teams probably can't exploit). The gap really isn't that big, especially considering the majority of the lower SL teams aren't spending up to the cap...

As for mid season signings - how is Leigh signing Higham and Hock any different to Wakefield signing Locke? It happened earlier in the season (whose to say Locke wouldn't of signed for Wakefield earlier if he were available?) but all mentioned signings were for 1 purpose ...