Not really, as I'd a) have confidence in what my club could offer them and b) realise that other clubs can't make an approach for them yet anyroad.

i thought clubs could on the 1st of june or am i mistaken.

Quite right its open season now tbh Black is far too good to be playing outside SL imo.

My mistake, I thought it was 1st July (though only Long's transfer springs to mind of announcements so far).

Black is the best player outside of SL at the minute though and would be daft to commit himself to 'Fax at the minute.

although we cant compete with super league clubs in terms of what we can offer.

if there is no super league clubs come for him, then i cant see another club that he would want to join in national league.

i agree though he is a great player and could probably compete in super league.

I think you are being a bit harsh on him. Penky did after all come through the Halifax youth system and at this moment in time things are looking a little better for Fax than Leigh but thats not to say it wont change. Maybe he will play for Leigh one day and if he does i think you should embrace that instead of knocking him. Every club in rugby league has home born and bred players playing elsewhere (Grix x2, Fielden, Brock to name a few). We would all like to see our own players playing for our home towns but its not always possible.

I'm not knocking him, If you read what I said again you would see that.

What I said was if money was his main motive for staying at Fax I don't want him coming to Leigh in a few seasons to see out his career,after Fax have had the best of him.

This is a general theme with Leigh and local lads who have played elsewhere throughout their career and to be honest I'm getting a bit sick of it.Nothing personal at all against Penky, I like Leigh lads doing well anywhere,I just don't like my club being used as a half way house before they retire.

Thats a fair comment and i understand your frustration but Leigh, like Halifax are often used as a feeder area for bigger clubs such as Wigan and Bradford. As we both know rugby league is a very short career and penky is lucky to get a 2nd bite of the cherry but he has paid his due`s. If it is money then good luck to him, we would all do the same for our family etc. If its money and success then career wise Halifax are a little healthier than Leigh right now.

Typical no nowt fan - Dewsbury will get promoted!

Simple he is no longer an option so you look elswhere

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The hooker for next year has already been lined up. I think he is waiting to see if we stay in this division before signing.

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Looks like you missed out on Ben Black as well. Never mind. C'mon fax.

Thankyou for posting that because its amazing how nobody believes my anecdotes.

After our match on Sunday I was suicidal and couldn,t risk staying alone in my luxurious apartment here in the posh part of Salford, for obvious reasons.

As soon as I got home I phoned Quantas to see if they had any standby tickets on their flight to Oz later that evening. To my relief they did so I booked a fight over the telephone and hotfooted it to Manchester Airport.

I arrived in Sydney at 10am Monday and took a helicopter flight to Camberra. By 11-30am I was in discussions with an official there about a visa for Joe Williams. When I broke down and told him about Leigh,s performance on the Sunday he was clearly moved and told me he,d sort it within the hour. I took the next available flight home.

No thanks are necessary from anyone as there are lots of Leythers like me. I wasn,t going to post about it because I didn,t want to get the official in trouble but he phoned this morning to ask was I feeling better.

I might have got the day and timings wrong cos I was a bit disorientated due to Oz being in a differant time zone.