Anyway back on topic (remember that?)

I think this could be a good appointment - I remember James playing for Wigan (in a very poor team) and he always looked like he was giving 100% unlike some.
I wonder if he is going to SWS as a kind of learning experience with a longer term position back at Wigan. Even if not he could do a more than useful job down at SWS which could have longer term benefits for Wigan.

We produce far more Super League-level players than we can use, and more NRL-level players than we can keep hold of long term. I'd be amazed if selling some of these players, and using some of the revenue to fund scouting, training facilities, coaches etc didn't form part of Leneghan's business structure. With Sam it is a choice between:

- keeping an NRL level player for 7 seasons, 2 of which he'll spend sulking, then letting him go for nothing and definitely never getting him back further down the line
- keeping an NRL level player for 5 seasons, getting a massive fee for him which we can invest in various avenues, then probably getting 3 seasons out of him at the end of his career, or longer if things don't work out in the NRL.

I'd take the second choice.

The only players we sell are those we should be keeping. The vast majority of the numerous others found in other SL sides are there after being released as surplus to requirements or left at the end of their contracts for free (like Tuson will).

This should be enough to show you the idea we are selling Mossop and Sam to fund development is either complete nonsense or a completely idiotic policy. We sell top players so we can train others so weakening the team and have no guarantee we can produce replacements is what the latter amounts to. Bonkers.

I can't believe you are taking Rouges suggestion seriously. It' just his way of living up to his chairmanship of the Happy Clapper club by finding yet another obtuse way to make a silk purse out of sows ear.

Will you stop pointing out how embarassing this point of view is please? At least let them dig themselves further into a hole before you do.

Absolute drivel being posted on the subject by some.

Well I tried...................................

Yea, what we need is: Dr Feelgood

Or the Brian Noble classic, "we need to put humpty dumpty back together again"

The Scorpions' results this season have been very poor. I appreciate that it's about developing players, not results, but I did expect that they would do better as we have had several players involved down there. Are the players moving forward playing at this level?

The Scorpions probably made a rod for their own back when they overachieved and made the playoffs in their debut season a couple of years back. They struggled last year (2nd bottom IIRC) as well as this year so were never going to threaten the top teams in Championship 1 and going into the last match still have a chance of making the playoffs, so not a disastrous year for them. As a club they seem to be playing the long game and looking to keep on existing rather than shooting for instant glory. The partnership should hopefully help with that. As far as our players turning out for them goes, the majority seem to have been lads who needed a bigger test than the under 19s gives but are not yet ready for the top end of the championship with Leigh (mainly due to their age). Playing in a team that is battling for every point will have served them better in the long run than being part of an under 19s team with whom very few teams in their competition can compete.