Aiton is no superstar, but he is fit enough to actually get to dummy half most of the time. The same has not been true of McShane in the recent past.

1% inspiration, 99% perspiration etc.

Leigh also had a full back who was touted as the next big thing Greg McNally. Despite time spent at SL clubs he is what can happen when you go from being a big fish in a small pond to a small fish.

If you look at Finn at Cas he now looks like what he is - a championship player out of depth at this level

About as many as kicked on under Diskin

On Buderus and his impact on McShane in particular.

You can lead a fat horse to water, but you can't make it stop drinking and listen long enough to learn something.

I didn't realise that having won on Sunday, Leigh aren't actually getting promoted. I had (incorrectly, clearly) understood that the promotions came in to effect now so that from 2015 the league will contain teams promoted from the league below.

London and Bradford are getting relegated because the league is cutting down to 12 so no-one is actually coming up, yes? I have clearly overlooked this fact.

Does that similarly mean Hunslet aren't actually going up, having won against Oldham? Or is it different again for them?

It's a yes for Leigh not going up and a yes for Hunslet who are.

Leigh aren't being promoted to SL. If they were there'd have to have been 3 relegated from SL (luckily for Wakefield).

Hunslet are being promoted. The Championship is, like SL, also being reduced from 14 to 12 teams. So to include the 2 relegated teams from SL, the promoted team (Hunslet) from Championship One and to reduce from 14 to 12, it needs to relegate 5 teams.

You would hope that if we were looking at Ryan (and I would hope that we are) that a deal would already been concluded, instead of us sitting on our hands while other teams go past us.

Even if we did sign him, he could be loaned back a la Hardaker.

Over hyped just Like Mcnally was when he was at Whitehaven the supposed next big thing.
The hype got him a 3 year contract at Giants where he played academy for them throughout, only figuring in one end of season First team game in 3 years.
Brierley Not a great half back, very good poacher and very good backing up but defence is usually poor although it has improved a bit. Not an organiser or a typical scrum half really.
If you could put his bit of pace into the other half back Ridyard then you would have someone who maybe could step up, and is head and shoulders above brierley.
Cas had him for years and knew all the flaws that he had and that outweighed the positives hens letting him go for nowt.

That describes Danny McGuire to a tee and he hasn't done badly. Put him next to an organiser and he would be fine

I seem to remember a massive clamour for us to sign Neil Turley as a replacement for Brett Mullins / Francis Cummins / Ben Walker / whoever else fancied a go at full back in those days.

Whatever happened to him?

More like Sam Obst.

Got a bad injury IIRC.

43 trys and SET UP 37 not bad for a lad who isnt an half back???

I think there was interest for Ryan from SL clubs last year but he didn't want to leave Leigh.