To be fair he didn't stand out in a poor Leigh team, played 2nd fiddle to Liam Hood anyway. kept his starting place at Hudersfield, so obviously fared better there. All he did at Leigh was go behind a tackled player, and then pass the ball out. Not exactly a Daryl Clark or Danny Houghton.

Sounds better than Johnstone and Houghton, sometimes they can't even do that .

Solid pro though, gets a good character reference about being very professional, which is the type we definitely need, need a new leadership group.....

Be happy with Peats, smart hooker who has a good pass selection, still a decent age.

At least we are looking at the right areas.

IF We've signed an overseas prop as well,
does that mean, a current quota player is gone?

to be honest the club has made a huge recruitment error in thinking the squad was good enough with the addition of a front row.
In my opinion the tail off in form and performance will have come as a surprise to both coach and owner and now we are playing recruitment catch up.
With a dearth of quality players available i can see the club making the same mistakes when Radford was here and we began signing second grade players to bolster the squad.

we dont want just solid we want speed and he is another who is short on pace
Rather keep Houghton

I'm. Guessing with very limited options in the market, a solid good professional with leadership skills Is more preferential than what we have.

I do agree with you though, in an ideal situation we s release 3, and sign 2

We need a hooker who can pass and make the right decisions, Peats wouldn't have played nearly 200 league games and SOO if he couldn't do that.

Houghton will do well off the bench, against tired defences

whatever you do - you are leaving it very late! most signatures are already on paper and have been for months, although not all announced.

To be honest I'm undecided on Peats and it just seems more a move for him out of desperation than as a key acquisition to the squad. I guess at least the club have realised that hooker has been and is a problem area and we lack guile in that position so are trying to rectify that.