You wonder if he thought because it was Peet in charge he could take liberties. Peet is obviously a young coach, inexperienced and did not have that top level playing career and Hardaker has always struck me as a guy who rates himself higher than what most other people do. If that was the case, it’s a win for Peet and a feather in his cap to move forward with. There can be no doubt of his ability to make tough decisions.

A bit of short term pain for the squad losing a decent player but it could have plenty of long term gains.

One of my old bosses used to say to me with a wink 'nothing like a good old sacrificial lamb to the slaughter now and again to sharpen the senses of the rest of the troops'.

It’s a blow still as we are losing our best centre and it’s going to be tough to find an adequate mid season replacement with no quota spots available. That said if he’s been disruptive and like has been said 2 incidents have occurred in the last couple of weeks then we are better shut, I certainly don’t think he’s going to be the difference with us winning or not winning trophies, although he would have dealt with Hurrell better than Bibby did last week.

I can certainly go with all that. It’s an area that needs attention for next season (and maybe this if anything crops up). Hopefully Halsall gets some chances and nails a spot.

That was the first incident

I only used TJ as a comparison ... the first Wakey name that came into my head. I wasn't suggesting there was any similarity between him and ZH. Nottingham Tiger was a total buffoon who came on here prophesying doom from the moment we signed Zak Hardaker (who we got at decent discount, by the way), at times almost seemed to follow him around, and had the nerve to come back on here this morning to say he'd told us this would happen. Nearly 4 years later!

The guy was an idiot and a weirdo, and people laughed at him for that.

Now I’m intrigued Jukes.
Not that interested on the 2nd event but deep down we’re all busybodies lol.

For me the important thing in this is that the club has acted swiftly and, I’m confident with integrity.
Our standards dropped for several seasons and at last we have head coach who is putting principles first and foremost.
Peet is going about his business quietly and professionally. It’s early days but so far I’m impressed with the lad.

Your last sentence is absolutely spot on.
The club expects it’s standards to be adhered to and reacts accordingly when they are not applied. This needs to be applied from the ground up to the top of the club.

I’m actually very upbeat about this because as you quite rightly said the long term gains are invaluable.

This was a big blow to my confidence in Bibby tbh.

Up to this point, I've been a big advocate of him and that was predominantly based on his defensive efforts. As a reference point & I didn't want to tempt fate, but all the talk before the Wakey CC game was around Johnstone and how he's a danger. I personally wasn't worried, as I've seen him come up against Bibby a couple of times in recent seasons and I'm 100% confident in saying Bibby has had him in his back pocket, every single time (or at least defensively).

Now Hurrell ripped him a new one and it's undoubtedly damaged the rep Bibby has imo. I'm hoping he comes back from it, but for a lad who's there for his D, it's disappointing. I also can't help, buy think that if Gildart (a player I'm unsure about) was playing on GF, he'd have nailed the pass to Faz. We're then 4-0 up and it's different (especially when Field scores next).

Fine margins, but if you're gonna be weak in attack, you need to dominate in defence. Especially playing for a club that wants to win stuff.

Hearing from a very reliable source that Leeds have been in contact as have Fev.

Possibility he plays for Leeds for rest of this season then goes to Fev.

The amusing one given his issues is that Leigh have offered him the most money and are looking like a genuine option!

If we sell Connor Wrench to anyone, I'll be straight to work on my 'Powell out' banner. The kid is a class act.

that way he continues to be a SL player 2.74267578125:10