Yet
A certain poster who comes on jere occasionally commented on Facebook "Put a Fork in Farrell he's done"
2 years ago at headingley there were 3 or 4 ex posters from here telling me he was done (They actually said he hadn't carried a ball in first half, when he had made about 10 hit ups and 20 tackles).
Anyone who cant see these last 5/6 weeks that he's playing a different role must be blindfolded
Not only switching sides last night, but going into 9 for significant parts of the game and playing like a "Middle" coming out of our own 10/20/30 like a prop or 13
Very Good again last night

It's true that his decline is somewhat exaggerated but I think most would agree that he is definitely not quite the player he was. He is no longer the attacking threat he used to be (which is not to say that he is no threat at all) and, while he remains a very strong defender, he has missed tackles this year that he would not have done in previous years. If Willie Isa had not been injured then I am sure Farrell would have been rested a bit more, and that would have done him good. But we just haven't had the luxury of doing without him. I would absolutely still want him to go round again next year, but I would hope we could cover him a bit more. Walters is still not where he needs to be, and his future may well be in the middle anyway, though I think he is improving, so that has put a lot of pressure on Faz and Nsemba.

does he have it in his contract that he's excused from tackling? or maybe a note from his mam?

We won’t know what we’ve had with Faz until he’s gone. The bloke is irreplaceable! Even on an iffy day he’ll knock out 100m plus and 30+ tackles.

As for the game it was a surprising performance really. I’d have taken a one point win before kick off. The side looked to have its focus back, highlighted as much as anyone by Harry Smith getting back towards playing his game and not over playing. We’ll desperately need Leeming to have a big end to the season and that was a great start.

I know but he is still nowhere near the player he was 5 years ago.

as an individual making breaks maybe not , but he's in charge of the best organised pack seen in SL , his work rate in defence if unreal , take Farrell out and replace him with a forward who can beat the defence and looks more impressive and I think the whole defence would suffer . If you have the best defence , don't change anything . Obviously he's aging but he will be very hard to replace.

Still think he's good enough to go around for a further twelve months at least.

That’s what I said above, he is still the ‘gel that holds us together’. I have never said that Faz should be out of the side, apart from recharging his batteries, but I am still of the view that he is now on the wane.

He's nowhere near only 20% of the player (In your words) he was
He may be 80/90% but 20% no way !!!
He may not do some of the things as well as he did 5years ago, but he does other things better

Definitely. Peet again showing his coaching nous by switching him to the right side.

I've told you a million times not to exaggerate.....

I bet you wish Saints knew how to score against 12...or even 11, Stu!

Well that's for Saints to sort out, but Stu's not wrong that Leigh were pretty appalling in defence.

perhaps I should have said 50%?

Ok I may have been a tad harsh. His attacking threat has diminished considerably in the last 12 months. Just to set the record straight I am still a big fan of Faz, as I said earlier he is the glue that holds us together.