Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:48 pm  

Does anybody know the reason why Jayden Hatton who was announced as a new signing pre-Christmas, has now had his picture removed from the club website squad list for 2022, has not been announced as having been given a squad number and who is the only signing who does not appear in the squad to face St Helens?

Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Fri Jan 21, 2022 1:00 am  

Jack Gaskell wrote:

Does anybody know the reason why Jayden Hatton who was announced as a new signing pre-Christmas, has now had his picture removed from the club website squad list for 2022, has not been announced as having been given a squad number and who is the only signing who does not appear in the squad to face St Helens?

Not sure. But if Leigh achieve SL next season many will be missing.

Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:08 pm  

atomic wrote:

Not sure. But if Leigh achieve SL next season many will be missing.

Chris Chester has gone on record several times that this is not the intention going forward. There will be some change of course but not like we have seen previously. This squad is, at its core, quality

Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:31 pm  

Vancouver Leyther wrote:

Chris Chester has gone on record several times that this is not the intention going forward. There will be some change of course but not like we have seen previously. This squad is, at its core, quality

That’s wonderful Van..Unfortunately you can’t carry so many quota spots in SL. I’m sure Chris Chester is aware of that. Then again things could change. Most of these players are in the shop window.

Do you accept that as a way forward?

Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Fri Jan 21, 2022 6:50 pm  

atomic wrote:

That’s wonderful Van..Unfortunately you can’t carry so many quota spots in SL. I’m sure Chris Chester is aware of that. Then again things could change. Most of these players are in the shop window.

Do you accept that as a way forward?

This squad is designed to attain SL and then prevent another mass redesign. This is not my opinion, it is the clear statement of both Chris Chester and Adrian Lam
Some may be here “in the shop window” but should we attain SL, we are in the driving seat to retain players who want to play SL. It is after all our shop.
Quota spots will dictate some movement but again we have significant control of who fills those spots SL. And significant experience with/of the players we chose to retain.
Either Chris Chester and Adrian Lam are blowing smoke and have no idea what they are doing, or …….
I accept that as a way forward.

Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:59 pm  

Vancouver Leyther wrote:

This squad is designed to attain SL and then prevent another mass redesign. This is not my opinion, it is the clear statement of both Chris Chester and Adrian Lam
Some may be here “in the shop window” but should we attain SL, we are in the driving seat to retain players who want to play SL. It is after all our shop.
Quota spots will dictate some movement but again we have significant control of who fills those spots SL. And significant experience with/of the players we chose to retain.
Either Chris Chester and Adrian Lam are blowing smoke and have no idea what they are doing, or …….
I accept that as a way forward.

I have no doubt that squad is capable of SL. The question I asked you was is that the way forward? Which obviously you can’t answer. The appointment of both Lam and Chester should see nothing less than SL. Sustainability when we get there again isn’t Lam’s issue.
No infrastructure.

If you accept that as a way forward, you need to give your head a wobble.Leigh are again buying a squad to do a job. A season later we do the same again.

Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:15 pm  

atomic wrote:

I have no doubt that squad is capable of SL. The question I asked you was is that the way forward? Which obviously you can’t answer. The appointment of both Lam and Chester should see nothing less than SL. Sustainability when we get there again isn’t Lam’s issue.
No infrastructure.

If you accept that as a way forward, you need to give your head a wobble.Leigh are again buying a squad to do a job. A season later we do the same again.

what a clown

Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:59 pm  

knockonknockon wrote:

what a clown

Or his village is searching for him

Tonight we had SL quality all over the park, that will be the backbone of our squad should we make it - and some real quality has only just started training with us.

Re: SQUAD FOR 2022 : Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:03 am  

atomic wrote:

I have no doubt that squad is capable of SL. The question I asked you was is that the way forward? Which obviously you can’t answer. The appointment of both Lam and Chester should see nothing less than SL. Sustainability when we get there again isn’t Lam’s issue.
No infrastructure.

If you accept that as a way forward, you need to give your head a wobble.Leigh are again buying a squad to do a job. A season later we do the same again.

Why do you insist on trying to inflame and insult people who support our team on here in a positive way. After your response I don’t feel the need to respond to you, but what the heck.
I will however not be drawn into keyboard argument with you further.
- I believe that striving to achieve SL is a positive way forward for our club (said with wobbling at all).
- I believe that the only way to do that is to assemble a team that is capable of doing that (obviously, well it is to me at least) and can then be kept somewhat intact for the first season of SL because it has the quality within it to make that a viable proposition.
- I believe we are on the right track to do both those points above.
- Adrian Lam has gone on record that the squad is being built to be sustainable in SL. He is the head coach, of course it is his issue. He will be judge on its success on the field for heavens sake.

And to answer the question again, though you said I had not.
YES, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE WAY FORWARD.