If he is, what of it?

bent = corrupt

But he was no different than any of us. He drank just as much as me and the lads, he wasn't in more trouble than me or mates, he was just a normal young lad.

Anything he did got blown out of proportion big time as you'll see him say next week.

He liked a beer but it never ever effected the way he played or trained. He trained harder than any player I've seen.

He's a good bloke but People beleive what they hear and read to much.

The three main stories I heard regarding Goulding and trouble (whilst at Saints) are :

-A disagreement between him and Alan Hunte led to huntey's transfer to hull and some fisticufts.
-He had a fight with Chris Joynt in the changing rooms at odsal before a match, in which Joynt inexplicably started on the bench.
-Andy Northey beat him up.

All of which were from rumour type sources and had little to back them up and none of them involved drink.

I believe that is being changed, there was a vote last week for the amateurs to go to a summer season. and I presume that will include junior RL.

One of the things that Mo tried but failed was to align the RFL and BARLA.

BARLA needs to be dissolved, its full of self important little men ruling they're own little kingdom and not helping the game as a whole.
That of course is a generalisation, there are many thousands of people who give their time willingly to help our game.

I remember speaking to Goulding at Wigan, well after he had left. He said than that his biggest regret was his balls up at Leeds,as he loved it there.
He is a great lad to have a chat with, but seemed to press the self destruct button wherever he went.

He loved his time at saints and often told us he's was an adopted saint. His best times was at saints. He was on cloud nine lifting that cup at Knowsley road after the Warrington game when we was crowned super league champs for the first time.

On the subject of kids playing summer rugby, it's a no brainer that it would help develop the kids games.

This part worried me.

He said " Although Connolly was halfway between Wigan and St Helens, we had him as a Wigan player that night."

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but that Test match at Princes Park was played in June 1992. Connolly played another full season with Saints, and only "officially" signed with Wigan in August 1993, making his debut in September 1993.

Is Lindsay admitting that Connolly had been tapped up over a year before and was committed to Wigan by the summer of 1992 ?