his current style of plays seems to be a mirror of how McGuire was when he started in the first team. we now appear to be lost on the field without him so maybe Ryan can develop into a playmaker like McGuire has?

The whole episode stinks of Gary Hetherington, remember the Joel Moon signing!!
The appearance on tv by Brierley was stage managed, that's fact.

There's a lot gone on in this saga and IF it all comes to light will not enhance many peoples reputations.

I would be pretty disappointed if GH has gone all secret and under cover for so long over a unproven player playing in the Championship. A lot been said, and a lot of 'in the knows' spouting all sorts you don't know what to believe, so we will see.All will come to light soon i suppose.

Nobody will give a $hit about it in a month or so.

reputations will not be tarnished what so ever.

Wigan fans adopting the moral high ground has me looking for the irony button.

Wigan fans (except one and he knows who he is) are all c u next Tuesday's

It is all very amusing how this is getting played out.
Now GH`s name has been brought into it as some underhand deviant who has been behind it all .
Frostie has maintained all along Brierley had a deal done and dusted and knowing some of the scoops Frostie has had in the past I have no reason to think he has been lying.
Not sure why Brierley would make this up as he would soon be found out in what he was saying was tosh. FWIW I think he will be a useful addition to our squad but worry we will have too many lightweights should we persist with Burrow, Lilley and possibly Brierley.
Who we have at 6,7,9 and 14 when all are fit will be interesting considering Falloon will take the 9 presumably.

If he's signed for us for 2017, when his Leigh contract ends, why would Hetherington be trying to get him to leave and cause all this fuss? Just wait til his contract ends.

Cos he wants a bit of dosh or needs it? Impo he is being used as a pawn in a media game, he could have said nowt kept his head down and gone wherever in November but we have had 2 years of this probably since he changed agents and started to believe his own hype.
He is not a SL half back, he will not take the hits often putting his team mates in trouble, but remove any defensive duties and give him a gap and he is as good as any.
The club have bent over backwards for him since he arrived, employed Ft in the community when we were pt to help him out, contracts upgraded mid term as he developed etc
Personally I would get rid now with a clause that he can't be loaned in 2016, if you had Peacock as bodyguard he may have stood a better chance at half back for you to see if he would toughen up

i think with all the idiots joining Leigh , he is right to want out . Oh and by the way if Leigh fans want to get on their moral high horse , a certain hooker you signed from Warrington

Eh? Why would Hetherington go to all this fuss and trouble just to get Brierley for half a season when we already have McGuire, Burrow, Sutcliffe & Lilley? It makes no sense.

Brierley obviously wants out for some reason, obviously related to whatever caused Rowley to leave. Unless Brierley somehow convinced Rowley to leave simply so that Brierley could move to another club for half a season, then it's not all about money.

As for the stuff about "looking after" Brierley. That's just rubbish. Employing a player full time isn't "looking after him". It's employing him. The club is paying him for his services. The same goes for upgrading his contract. That's what happens when you have a good player at your club.
Leeds didn't upgrade Hardaker & Watkins contracts to "look after" them. They did it to ensure they stayed at Leeds.