Think Drinkwater has what it takes, but he has very little to play with at the moment.

Higson and crooks(if he counts) would get a gig IMO

Be interesting to see where the new players come from, can only imagine they are other teams cast offs at this stage of the season

Not that easy when they are contracted though is it, and it's not the tries he scores - very little gets past him defensively, and Dawson is a different player outside him

Plenty of decent aussies like mitch out there

By saying Drinkwater has very little to play with are you half agreeing with me that he could put more effort in and lead by example as all good players do, I have watched him very closely and my opinion is that he is lazy.

Higson's first season in SL so he may prove to be better as he gets more familiar but at tge moment still can't see any club who would swap who they have for him.

Crooke's plays OK and is probably the Leigh back most likely to break the line, but as he has shown on at least 3 occasions after being given a good start in the clear he has been too easily run down, not got the pace he displayed in his early days at Hull FC, and one must ask the question why Powell let him out for 12 months.

On the new players coming in, who or which cast offs at this stage of the season would be of the required quality? I think we need to blood some recommendations from Oz, I am sure the club has call on some advisors over there, but I would put on a proviso that they would be on a month to month contract until such time they would prove themselves to justifying a longer one.

Not asking for much then ? , not forgetting quotas ?

This is a problem with Aussies. We will have to remove some of our quota players to accommodate them - easier said than done!

For my money, we need at least one new player out wide - 2nd row and, or centre, possibly a full back, and (disappointingly) a half back. I say 'disappointingly' because I don't think we are seeing the best of Martyn Ridyard, for whatever reason. We have seen him perform well against SL opposition, in the past two seasons but, whenever he has played lately, he doesn't seem to be getting very involved - even to the extent of not taking touch kicks, and kick-offs. Our kick-offs, and we are getting quite a lot of practice at them, are mainly identical, and not causing any problems for the opposition. In past seasons, Ridyard has varied his kick-offs, and caused problems. Is it a set in stone tactic, that the kick off has to be taken by the full back, and the ball has to be kicked to the same opposing player, throughout the game?

Who on earth is going to come half way round the world on a month to month contract

And the point I was trying to make is that at this stage of the season I believe there will not be many players available better than what we have now

Get your point about Crooks - but solid defensively and decent in attack, although the lack of pace surprised me, but been a very good signing

If we get the players back we'll be fine.
So how much longer are.....
Higham,
Maria,
Paterson,
Tonga
out injured for(and is there anything that can be done sports science wise to get them back quicker).

Is Brown & Hock fit for for Wakey?

Did Acton, Hood, Reynolds & Weston pick up minor or major knocks on Fri?

We need some players back and if thats unlikely anytime soon then we need to act now to get some players in as we had nothing left to give on Fri as the tank was empty, surely though our injury bad luck will change soon!

Quota is full Peter. Unless of course we are removing someone......which I think is unlikely now.

Patterson???

Was at the retail unit on the market on Saturday signing autographs and having pictures taken with fans. Still with the club.

Still with us and was available on Leigh Retail for photos yesterday so I would hazard a guess he isn't going anywhere just yet.