Ps i forgot. Briscoe can go, clearly not good enough. Harsh, no just being realistic

Quote ="Leyther_Matt"I actually thought Briscoe was doing very well on his odd appearance for the first team and hopefully a year of playing more often at this level will stand him in good stead. Nothing spectacular, but solid in defence and happy to do the hard yards. I'd add Haggerty and even Ridyard to the list with Higson of players who improve after spells elsewhere, be it Barrow, Swinton or even the ">Miners.'" I was going to mention Riddy after he left Warrington to go back to the Miners and then coming to Leyth. Not a bad story that

Quote ="Leyther_Matt"I actually thought Briscoe was doing very well on his odd appearance for the first team and hopefully a year of playing more often at this level will stand him in good stead. Nothing spectacular, but solid in defence and happy to do the hard yards. I'd add Haggerty and even Ridyard to the list with Higson of players who improve after spells elsewhere, be it Barrow, Swinton or even the ">Miners.'" I was going to mention Riddy after he left Warrington to go back to the Miners and then coming to Leyth. Not a bad story that

Quote ="mapleyther"Charlie, you should know by now that no criticism of a player is permitted on this forum. Anybody who has ever pulled on a Leigh shirt is the best thing since sliced bread and is a secret world-beater...except Brown of course. It's a pity its not 250-a-side, then we could play all of them at once. And, if the board want to sign an unproven youngster on a 25 year contract that is up to them, they never get anything wrong, ">apparently.'" Hi Mapleyther, I don't think it's about not being able to criticise, more that folk offer a counter opinion in defence of a a player that may have been criticised. I "try" not to criticise publicly and prefer the discussion with my mates down the pub or on the terrace pre match. That doesn't go to say I think it's wrong, it's just my opinion. If 100 of us picked what we believe to be our strongest 17 today my guess would be that we would have at least 25 if not more different teams. If we were asked to pick Englands strongest 17 we would probably get 95 different teams. If we were asked who the best full back was in the world, many would say, Slater, some would say Inglis. I would say Hayne. We all have our favourites and see aspects of a player we like and others we don't. Because of this we cannot form a considered opinion whether we like it or not because it comes back to taste. This why we are RL typists and the coaches are the coaches. This doesn't mean we don't know what we are talking about and cannot offer reasoned arguments and opinions and have a good old debate on here. We all talk poo, some of us talk more of it than others on differing subjects icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /> We all know what they say about opinions don't we icon_biggrin.gif" alt="icon_biggrin.gif" title="Very Happy" />

Quote ="mapleyther"Charlie, you should know by now that no criticism of a player is permitted on this forum. Anybody who has ever pulled on a Leigh shirt is the best thing since sliced bread and is a secret world-beater...except Brown of course. It's a pity its not 250-a-side, then we could play all of them at once. And, if the board want to sign an unproven youngster on a 25 year contract that is up to them, they never get anything wrong, ">apparently.'" Hi Mapleyther, I don't think it's about not being able to criticise, more that folk offer a counter opinion in defence of a a player that may have been criticised. I "try" not to criticise publicly and prefer the discussion with my mates down the pub or on the terrace pre match. That doesn't go to say I think it's wrong, it's just my opinion. If 100 of us picked what we believe to be our strongest 17 today my guess would be that we would have at least 25 if not more different teams. If we were asked to pick Englands strongest 17 we would probably get 95 different teams. If we were asked who the best full back was in the world, many would say, Slater, some would say Inglis. I would say Hayne. We all have our favourites and see aspects of a player we like and others we don't. Because of this we cannot form a considered opinion whether we like it or not because it comes back to taste. This why we are RL typists and the coaches are the coaches. This doesn't mean we don't know what we are talking about and cannot offer reasoned arguments and opinions and have a good old debate on here. We all talk poo, some of us talk more of it than others on differing subjects icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /> We all know what they say about opinions don't we icon_biggrin.gif" alt="icon_biggrin.gif" title="Very Happy" />

Quote ="leyther forever"Hi Mapleyther, I don't think it's about not being able to criticise, more that folk offer a counter opinion in defence of a a player that may have been criticised. I "try" not to criticise publicly and prefer the discussion with my mates down the pub or on the terrace pre match. That doesn't go to say I think it's wrong, it's just my opinion. If 100 of us picked what we believe to be our strongest 17 today my guess would be that we would have at least 25 if not more different teams. If we were asked to pick Englands strongest 17 we would probably get 95 different teams. If we were asked who the best full back was in the world, many would say, Slater, some would say Inglis. I would say Hayne. We all have our favourites and see aspects of a player we like and others we don't. Because of this we cannot form a considered opinion whether we like it or not because it comes back to taste. This why we are RL typists and the coaches are the coaches. This doesn't mean we don't know what we are talking about and cannot offer reasoned arguments and opinions and have a good old debate on here. We all talk poo, some of us talk more of it than others on differing subjects icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /> We all know what they say about opinions don't we icon_biggrin.gif" alt="icon_biggrin.gif" title="Very Happy" />'" Very true , I agree , opinions of fans are very rarely the same .

Quote ="leyther forever"Hi Mapleyther, I don't think it's about not being able to criticise, more that folk offer a counter opinion in defence of a a player that may have been criticised. I "try" not to criticise publicly and prefer the discussion with my mates down the pub or on the terrace pre match. That doesn't go to say I think it's wrong, it's just my opinion. If 100 of us picked what we believe to be our strongest 17 today my guess would be that we would have at least 25 if not more different teams. If we were asked to pick Englands strongest 17 we would probably get 95 different teams. If we were asked who the best full back was in the world, many would say, Slater, some would say Inglis. I would say Hayne. We all have our favourites and see aspects of a player we like and others we don't. Because of this we cannot form a considered opinion whether we like it or not because it comes back to taste. This why we are RL typists and the coaches are the coaches. This doesn't mean we don't know what we are talking about and cannot offer reasoned arguments and opinions and have a good old debate on here. We all talk poo, some of us talk more of it than others on differing subjects icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /> We all know what they say about opinions don't we icon_biggrin.gif" alt="icon_biggrin.gif" title="Very Happy" />'" Very true , I agree , opinions of fans are very rarely the same .

Everyone is entitled to an opinion and a right to argue that opinion if people dont like that then they shouldn't come on a public forum, also some people prefer an opinion backed up by evidence and some just rely on memory and hearsay, both can be flawed but I prefer the former if others prefer the latter that is up to them.



As for Tommy Makinson he was on our scholarship scheme but when the RFL wouldn't allow us to run a full scholarship/academy system Saints snapped him up.

Quote ="FredParky"Everyone is entitled to an opinion and a right to argue that opinion if people dont like that then they shouldn't come on a public forum, also some people prefer an opinion backed up by evidence and some just rely on memory and hearsay, both can be flawed but I prefer the former if others prefer the latter that is up to them. As for Tommy Makinson he was on our scholarship scheme but when the RFL wouldn't allow us to run a full scholarship/academy system Saints snapped him ">up.'" Very true Fred , anyone who knows me will tell you I never spicy food , last night at a Dinner I was given a mild spicy dish , im still recovering from it now , which proves , never alter your choices or opinions .Minestrone for me from now on icon_thumb.gif" alt="icon_thumb.gif" title="Thumbs up" /> .

Quote ="FredParky"Everyone is entitled to an opinion and a right to argue that opinion if people dont like that then they shouldn't come on a public forum, also some people prefer an opinion backed up by evidence and some just rely on memory and hearsay, both can be flawed but I prefer the former if others prefer the latter that is up to them. As for Tommy Makinson he was on our scholarship scheme but when the RFL wouldn't allow us to run a full scholarship/academy system Saints snapped him ">up.'" Very true Fred , anyone who knows me will tell you I never spicy food , last night at a Dinner I was given a mild spicy dish , im still recovering from it now , which proves , never alter your choices or opinions .Minestrone for me from now on icon_thumb.gif" alt="icon_thumb.gif" title="Thumbs up" /> .