I reckon his deal was already signed before Lowes quit. The club were probably waiting for a good time to announce it. As soon as I saw this announcement I thought that it was meant as some positive news to offset the "negative" of Lowes going.

We desperately need to get a team that can realistically challenge for promotion otherwise he needs to be released for his own good.

Or possibly, the deal was in negotiation and what might have swung it is the club letting O'Brien know who's replacing Lowes.

If it is Morrison, then I'm not surprised AOB signed a new deal as he's played under him before at Dewsbury and knows what he's all about.

Has Gaskell extended his contract too then ?

If I missed that & he has then that is an excellent bit of business, quality that lad is, maybe not as good as our Ben Reynolds [ipotentially[/i could be though.

Hi Ben ive seen a few of your posts you really love yourself dont you

You seem to be a little 'delayed' or 'held back' ....

The function of your cerebral cortex might measure K on the Kelvin scale.

I'm not trying to stir here, but isn't Kelvin numeric? I mean, I am intrigued by your second sentence but I don't understand it. Please enlighten me!

Indeed surely zero/nought Kelvin is as low as you can go and that's numeric.

I'm pretty sure K isn't a Roman numeral.

It's a thousand degrees Kelvin/Celsius shirley? Which is warm for a brain.

Unless it's the Kelvin scale of frontrower insanity. A full Kelvin or "Skerrett" being the highest rating.

It goes right down as far as a "Lauaki" which is the lowest rating in the scale.

pleased with o'brien re-signing. Thought he was one we'd definitely lose at end of year. Another re-signing announced tomorrow according to greens statement. Hopefully its another of the key players and not just a fringe one.

Get news, hope others will follow and stick with us. Does this re sign bode well to us staying full time next season and beyond?

Interesting point. We currently have 10 players signed for next season on fulltime contracts which club will have to honour. So at worst we could drop to a core fulltime team with fringe players on part time deals.

Remember we're actually allowed to spend more than leigh this year base on our income, rather than owner giving RFL a bond like they did.So assuming we manage to finish in top two positions in middle eights, as central funding is determined on middle eight finishing position not league finisihing position, Then our central funding next year stays same as this year. assuming sponsors stay on board and there isnt a massive drop off attendance wise then dont see why we cant stay fulltime. maybe not able to spend 1.3million on cap like this year, but theres plenty of scope to trim unnecessary wages from playing squad with most of unused players OOC this year.