This.

Sa’u looks like a run of the mill second rower.

If he could pass a ball and have a good engine, he would be a cracking hooker or Loose forward.

Lets give him time. He is a typical Tongan / Samoan type presence us Leigh Fans love. Hes an handful and will only get better in my opinion.

Great post from Binosh.

However I do firmly believe where we sit today ( We could even be second come 5pm, Sunday) is nothing short of remarkable.

I agree with you Harold. It is correct to compare where we are now, with where we were eight months ago - staring oblivion in the face.

However, what we have achieved, has been through local lads, busting with pride in the shirt, coach, team, fans, town etc. I would love that to have continued, but we are picking up injuries and have had a pretty threadbare squad. The owner has presumably sniffed a chance, however slight, of promotion this time round, because of what our squad has achieved. (Come on Binosh, did you honestly expect us to be Top 5, with a chance of second, back in the dark days?) His/JD's decision seems to have been to bring in some proven players to have a crack at the play offs. Forsyth, Brierley and Higson are local acquisitions, and even Paterson lives in Leigh! I guess time will tell, whether these guys add something to the squad or turn out like last season.

Well he will do if he keeps taking the ball up the middle, he’s a so have him running on the edges, see if he can take two men out and leave the winger free, or run over the 2 opposition

He’s played at the top level for yonks and now can’t hack it in the champ

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.

The problem is no pace on the wings. Against W dines we fielded what must have the slowest wing/centre partnership ever in Marsh and Sau. When teams like Swinton are coming to Leigh with young fast wingers like Ashton scoring 4 tries, it begs the question, what is our scouting system doingvas regards the local amateur scene?