We've all heard the rumors about Rangi in rehab, considering the problems he's had in the past. [size=200[uIF[/u[/size he is surely that must be a good thing, he's far better dealing with any problems he may have now before they get bigger & potentially blow up in his (& the club's) face. I'd hope the club would support him. If this is the case Rangi might not want it making public in which case the club & fans should respect his privacy & the club has acted perfectly about it. Or he may just have the sniffles & his hip is giving him jip. Whatever it is I'm looking forward to seeing him back.

This is one of the big problems. Derek isn't perfect, he has a bad habit of always having to have the last word & is far too easily wound up be people deliberately trying to wind him up at times. However he's a gift to the RL press with how they can take him out of context. I remember when the salary cap went up & Henderson at London spoke out against it, a few days later there was at a Q&A evening with the new players & Derek, someone asked about Henderson's comments & Derek made a half joking response. The next week the RL papers were full of "Beaumont hits back at Henderson!" and it was all rubbish. If you only know Derek from the way the media portray him you may very well think he's this egomaniacal, angry, argumentative bloke however actually listen to what he has to say himself in context & it's clear he's got a lot of passion for Leigh, knows his Rugby, respects his players & loves what he's doing.

I do think it's slightly amusing that so many of the journalists who've been gleefully printing any dirt on the club they could find or invent, full of opinion & conjecture about how the club is in turmoil have now changed their tune & are calling the club unprofessional for releasing statements to clarify some of their rumors. Could it be some of them knew full well they were being used by a certain player to get what he wanted made public & now don't want to be shown up.

...and at Batley

Agreed.

If a player has an injury, or illness, we have absolutely no right whatsoever to know all the details of that ailment. I wouldn't particularly want all and sundry to know of any ailments I might have - especially if any future sporting opponents may then be able to take advantage of them!

On Radio Manchester, last Sunday, our owner, when asked about Rangi, said he was unfit for selection. End of!

Suffice to say, with any illness or injury, suffered by any player, we should all be wishing him a complete and speedy recovery.

Not bothered either way about Rangi. We all knew what we could possibly expect.

This is what annoys me about these forums, where did I say that?

Hansen wanted to leave and wanted to join Leigh, as he lives in Pennington and has a great relationship with many of your players. After a turbulent two seasons at Salford, he was attracted to fantastic team spirit that seemed in place at Leigh. I am sure he couldn't have foreseen both Rowley and Brierley leaving so soon. At the same time, Salford were happy to see him go as he was part of the problem off-field.

Paterson was also happy to leave, he was offered more money and a longer deal from Leigh than what Salford were offering. However when it became common knowledge that Sheens was signing, he really did want to stay at Salford but the club by this point were having none of it. It was a win-win situation for him, stay at Salford under Sheens (who he knows) or earn more money for longer for his family.

Anyway, back on-topic to Rangi/Barlow/Beswick and Kay.

Beswick coming to Wigan apparently

Link? One that isn't a couple of weeks old.

He's been "going" to w!g@n for about 4 months now, despite Leigh, w!g@n & Bob all saying he isn't.

Someone apparently 'in the know' posted it on our forum

"Apparently in the know" ? . So your post is a rumour about a rumour?

If Beswick is coming back into the team any time soon it does seem a bit odd to go out and sign a 4th hooker in Liam Hood. I would like Bob to stay as he has been very good for us but I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see him go across the border to the pies.