Just been told by one of my Wigan friends about a young half-back called Joe Mellor,hes from Warrington , but playing for the Pies,heard hecould be very good , maybe worth a look ,along with young Gareth OBrien , from the Wire,has anyone heard or seen other possible Duals?Does anyone know who if anybody scouts for young talent for Leigh ?

I've heard good things about Joe Mellor too. Be great to have him down at Leigh.

Am i right in thinking we will have another friendly against thePies next season before the season begins?If we do we may see him then.

yes we have another one planned, it was for 3 years the arrangement with the pies wasnt it?

It would be good to see him and even better if we manage to secure his services.

True and the agreement says they will send their strongest available side.

Did not stop us thrashing them last January did it ?

The lads been out injured for a long time, but ive been told he back now fully fit and raring to go, could be worth a look , iknow we are not the Pies best Buds , but i dont care , if they are decent players, and ive been told this lad has potential.

Id suspect the 4 dual players we are having are already in the bag!

what about bringing our own players thru instead of a sl sides

Do you want to pay for it ?

Is it worthwhile having a halfback under dual contract? There going to be the pivotal area to our attacking side and could be drifting in and out of the team - I'd prefer to try and build a partnership which will be steady bar injuries.

At the last LISA meeting IM said that we would be going with 3 from warrington and 1 from Saints again, if this is the case then I can't see Mellor coming.

I agree we should stay well away from a 6/7/9 for our DC's. Could be too damaging if we lose them at short notice or they are in/out of the team from week to week.

One prop, one 2nd row/loose, one centre and one winger would be ideal.

Tom armstrong from saints would be a good player to get on DC. Highly rated quality winger/centre but with a few lads Meli/Foster/Lomax/Gardner(if he stays) above him in the pecking order at saints.

Also I heard Chris Dean had been let go by Saints. Don't know if he's found another club yet but he could be worth looking at as a centre/2nd row.

sorry did we not ave a 21s last season