19 man squad v Swinton

Quote: Binosh "Swinton have a big middle & fast edges, they are a good team built on the right ethos and are coming together nicely,no disrespect to Ashton who is clearly a real talent and a real athlete but Swinton have given him a break and he’s taken it, Leigh would never do that, look at Brad Holroyd, played one game, looked a real prospect and never seen again. You can’t knock Swinton for Sticking by young hungry players.

For me Forsyth & Thornley should be our centres and we should have invested in real pace out wide instead of Sau, it’s no coincidence we have dropped off since signing some “names” again,

Ridyard is playing on one leg for the good of the team and This Brierley love in needs to stop because if he isn’t using his pace then he offers nothing.

We can’t keep using the line of look we’re we were this time 8 months ago it’s just excuses.

There are plenty of quality young players around it just seems we would rather sign names again.'"

Agree with all of this. Higginson and Holroyd always seemed like token signings so we could have young players in the squad, but never going to get a chance. In the past you could also put likes of Lewis Foster, Eze Harper, Dave Thompson in this bracket. I actually thought Higginson looked decent when he played wing.

If Forsyth is eventually ditched in favour of a backline of Marsh, Sau, Thornley and Higson, then it will show our attitude to developing players, and we'll stay in the cycle of major team overhauls every year. Also feel sorry for Mitch Cox, as am not sure Higson offers a great deal more than him nowadays.

Less said about Brierley the better.