There are usually 2 sides to every disagreement , perhaps not how I would have done it

BUT I dont know what has happened , so I will not judge on something I dont know about , unlike many on here it seems

ok so the statement from leigh was unprofessional, but i dont think leigh are to blame in all this.

a statement like toadstool would have done nicely

dont think anything should have been put on this forum about sam until everything was signed and sam was was officially a leigh player.

has for mr chairman saying he wanted to raise sam's profile why not wait till after he had signed for leigh? then start telling people how good sam is.

sam seems to be having a good season at leigh east but some of the comments mr chairman wrote on here raising sam's profile were rather laughable.

dont get me wrong sam has the potential to have a good career in the game and hopefully something can be sorted out of all this, and sam will sign for his home town club.

no do not lock it, lets have the truth of the matter revealed, now that would be interesting, as it would in many matters?

Some it seems always want to use the opportunity to have a dig at either the club or somebody at the club , usually without the ' facts ' to hand

The Watcher believes that the statement from Leigh was a very honest summary of what the club has been through. LRLFC obviously thought they had their man but had not foreseen the actions of Fishwick, who it would appear has done the dirty on the LSV outfit & touted the player in question to other clubs.
The Watcher now surmises that the latest club (Salford) has offered what Fishwick thinks is a better deal & Fishwick has then informed The Centurions expecting them to match the SL clubs offer. At this point Leigh quite correctly pulled out of the talks. If this has occurred then The Watcher advises Hopkins to dump Fishwick & with his father get in touch with Mr Millward ASAP.

Who's truth do you want

Sam's ?

Sam's parents ?

His coach's ?

Mr Millwards ?

Mr Rowleys ?

Mr Chairmans ?

The mysterious Leigh east phone callers ?

Shaun Mcrea and Steve Simms ?

Shandy Bass's ?

I'll guarantee if you interviewed the lot of them , they would all be different

Lets just let Sam get on with his life

You are Andy Clarke and i claim my fiver

sounds like the best course of action to me

Embarrasing all round I reckon.
Easts could have dealt with this better
The statement from the club is a disgrace for a professional club, whoever wrote that and sanctioned it needs to have a very close look at themselves.

Funny feeling all in all that at the end of the day he may well end up at Leigh, but either way hopefully lessons have been learned.

or should i say cherry & white believes the watcher is Andy Clarke and the cherry & white should claim his fiver

The main lesson being ....Do not deal with Fishwick,he is untrustworthy ....from a Leigh RLFC point of view.

Give the man a chance, like I say, hopefully lessons learned all round

The lad has a right to get the best deal for himself and so do Leigh and so do Salford and for that matter so do Leigh East.

No need for Mr. C to put information re potential signing on here in the first place. It's nice to be in-the-know but some things should be private.

No need for Leigh to issue such a petty statement. Not the first time. It is becoming embarrassing.

Too many egos playing the big I am all the way through this episode.

These things are best done behind closed doors and if statements need to be issued then after all the events have taken place and in a professional manner.

Embarrassing all round really.

you couldnt be farther from the truth

True - but a presumption not an assumption. Call it an educated guess

Also, I'm far from the first person to post without KNOWLEDGE on this particular topic so forgive me for taking no notice of your request for self-censorship. If nobody else bothers with known fact, why should I?

What I do KNOW is that this statement does nobody any good.

Pathetic debacle, all in all.

To quote Stuart Maconie, "How very Leigh".