HJ I agree that RM will pick wisely and we all have faith in him doing it. My point is that some are easier to integrate than others and some have more baggage with our squad team spirit counts for a great deal.

John I think RM is most Definatly his own and choose his playing staff as he's sees fit, I think you need a centre and a good half back,to compliment your current squad.

No thanks, time to move on.

Why we'd want Barlow back is anyone's guess. Beswick was a good player for us in the past but for me always played within himself and playing for Fax was just a job.

Whoever the gaffer signs you'd just have to back his judgement.....we're in good hands.

Beswick was a good player for us but would rather we didnt sign him. His time is gone plus we actually have 3 hookers as Connor Robinson can also play hooker. As for Barlow-defo No. Ego Maniac who thinks more of himself than the team and his mates. I dont see a role for him at Fax anyway as our pack is strong and we have just added some strength to it with Fairbank and Grix. Maybe the French lad will be here as well on loan as well.

Good evening GFB. On the subject of salaries at Leigh, I picked up an interesting comment from Paul Rowley in his (very humble) interview following Saturday's latest debacle in the Qualifiers.

He was talking about having to adapt to a full time environment. Pre full-time, he stated the obvious, that the players were working in the day and then having to train hard afterwards - just like your guys have been doing, although I don't think we had any window cleaners. (Ridyard's dad being the only one I can think of )

The surprising comment came when he explained that this season, our lads have been training in the daylight, (you may be forgiven for having assumed otherwise, after our trip to the Shay last week) and then going out to work in the evenings! I hate to thinK what they have been doing then, but was surprised that they would need to have to do that, as full time professionals.

Maybe they aren't being paid as much as many of us may have thought?

Clement has signed for Toulouse from 2016. Just came to us as he was kicking his heels after the end of the French league competition and RM thought we might get a few games out of him.

Looked good when he's played but as everyone else has said we have a quality pack that he's found it hard to break into, plus we've just added to it with Grixy and Bob Fairbank.

Toulouse still not defo playing in the Championship 1 in 2016 and so his season will be over in May. Could be that he will come on loan over the Summer season if Toulouse stay in French Elite 1 next year.

How has he gone this season? What's the general opinion on the terraces of his performances? He had a couple of good games on TV in the middle eights and certainly impressed the Sky team. We probably don't need another hooker though so he'd have to be better that what we have got.

Beswick isn't actually as old as you think and is class who could add value to our current hooking duo of Kay and Maneely.(I would leave Connor Robinson as half back cover). I would welocme him back with open arms.
Sam on the other hand would need to improve his attitude massively for me. Good offload skills but sometimes acts like the pantomime villain and that doesn't fit well with the current set of forwards we have who are all an honest hardworking no frills unit.
All rumours of course and no doubt we will see in due course.

Have Beswick back any day, always rated him and what I've seen this year he has improved from when he was here before.
Barlow - not a bad player but believes his own press too much so no thanks.

None of us have ever actually played with Sam so we can't really comment on how he is viewed by team mates. I have had team mates in the past that everyone loved to hate but to his team mates he was a cracking lad. My opinion on whatever happens this off-season will be the same, if RM decides he wants them / doesn't want them, then thats good enough for me. Apart from Gareth Moore, hate that little

Cool. any idea what it's dependant on?

He'll be 31 in December. Still plenty of playing time for a hooker.