This.

Didn't we have something similar a couple of seasons back, a Leigh player claiming that a club had tried to sign him in the hope that he'd het a better deal.

were not the ones saying we wouldn't want a player because he's 33

his age is irrelevant. he simply isnt good enough to get into the current leigh team.

He may have turned down Bradford or London. It only mentions a full time contract.

A Fev official has gone on record saying it was Leigh.

I only wish we had signed Menzies a couple of years ago when he was allegedly linked with us. Age is only a number class is permanent. As long as a player is fit enough it matters not what his age is if he's good enough.

If he's good enough he's young OR old enough. The thing with this Leigh team is that we have a lot of good enough YOUNG players that will only get better, now that is not to say we shouldn't look at 33/34/ or even 35 yr old IF they are still fit and more importantly exceptional players
eg, If fui fui signs for Leigh until 2017, then that would be a good deal regardless of his age.

Steve Menzies v Sykes its like comparing Lobby to a Pie..... Lobby everytime.

Ok, to make it clear, please read my original post above.
His age is only an issue for me in this case because he is not willing to be full time, hence the age being a secondary reason in brackets !
The older a player gets the more important it is that he is full time, to get the fitness training and full range of after game recovery options to stay fit and fully effective at the high level our club is aiming for. A full time, fit and quality halfback is what we need to add to our squad, regardless of age, to complement (not replace) our current quality half back pairing.
My original post was in direct reply to another teams fan saying that this guy was a "replacement" for Ryan.
Trust me I have no problem with age, I'm old enough to be this guys Dad and I'm still playing rugby.

At the fans fourm ph & db said we have signed four plays for next season odvas Paul Sykes is not one of them his agent might of been spoken to but that might be it.At the end of the day why would you turn down full time work to be part time...

Because you already have a full-time job elsewhere, possibly earning a decent wage and you don't want to give that up for the full-time deal - especially a short one.

Lots of folk reduce their hours when they get older Tony.

Thats true if you were talking about an existing championship player moving to Leigh but that does not really apply to Sykes does it ?
I reckon that he has probably been paid the same money from Fev as he was offered full time, so won't have the daily travelling and will only have to train 2/3 times a week, and at his age maybe its not the be all and end all to get back into SL.
Also it gives him an option to work if he needed/wanted or set up a little business..as his career is now coming to an end and.
If he was younger and ambitious and was hell bent on getting back to SL, then based on that criteria he would have probably chosen Leigh and rightly so.

Let's just say that its a Fev Press Release aimed at Fev supporters. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story springs to mind...........