Mick is fine at this level, he trimmed down alot before last year, and had another good year with Leigh.

however i would much preffer an up and coming young SL player, proven in his centre position at reserve level than MN.

if he signs we wont be paying over the odds, as i dont think we can afford to pay much more out by the sounds of it.

Mind you he is a 'big' centre......what people have been calling for.

I do think any team in the championship would be stupid not to take him. In 175 appearances hes scored 164 tries and 791 points. As much of a liability he can be in defence at times, he more than makes up for it in tries. Hes the kind of a player a team like Leigh or Fax need. If you had him and Tyrer at centre, it would be points galore for Fax next year.

If your ever 10 yards out frm the opponents line and you give the ball to Nanyn, he would be very hard to stop. Deserves more credit than what he gets considering his record.

As a Leigh fan, I will not be upset if Nanyn signs for Swinton or Fax or whichever other teams he is linked with. Quite the opposite in fact.

I'd much rather we resign Bannister if i'm going to be honest

AGREED

Signed a 2 year deal with fax

In some perverse way - I'm glad!

Better than what we have got in the centre so will do for me. Only other players who are available who i would even think about were Ropati, but he is a bit of a risk and we will see how he goes at Fev, or Harrison but he cant catch a cold. Nanyn has had a pretty good season for Leigh and if he can produce the same for us then i think we will all be pleased. Apart from Tyrer its not like we have many more quality centres in the squad.

This is the only signing i'm not happy with, but I'll gladly give him a chance to change my mind.

Cant knock his stats and whilst he is not SL standard he is a decent player at this level and he does score points for fun even if not the best defender. Also adds competition for places in the backline. I do feel personally I would have looked at SL clubs and who maybe could have been brought in on a DR or a loan basis but am happy to trust somebody who knows what they are doing over my poor judgement and Karl feels he is a signing we needed.

who? bannister or nenyn.

Didn't think I'd need to state the obvious with it being a topic about Nanyn

Put him at centre with Patterson on the wing and defence wont be a problem.
Will do for me. Interesting kicking competition coming up. Patterson, Handforth, Tyrer and Nanyn; four of the best kickers in this league over the last five years.

do hope we have not signed him.just not a fan.i know the points he has scored etc. but just feel he is the kind of player that when it really matters goes missing.

If we have signed him then im personally really pleased with it. The lad has scored tries and kicked goals for fun at every club he has played for. Imo he only gets slagged off because he is seen as a danger by opposing fans. We did the same, but deep down as an opposing fan you fear his capability and contribution. Every player has their strengths and weaknesses but i believe that Nanyn brings more to the table overall for Fax than any other centre we could have realistically picked up. I also cant see why Halifax fans would want to put the guy down before he has even pulled the shirt on...time will tell to see who eats the humble pie!

not putting the guy down just giving my opinion of him as a player.you rate him i dont.simples.

Trust in Rhino and all that!

hes a big centre who scores tries for fun, and a proven goal kicker....with Mick, patto, Rob, White, Haley, fieldhouse and tyrer, our outside backs have only improved from last year.

who would you rather have MN or Nash?

my answer would be Mick, if he has signed, which seems likely, welcome and good luck. if him and tyrer can grab 15 each and rob and whitey continue from last year we are gonna be in for a good year!!!!

and we wont miss many conversions either!

Nanyn is another reason I'd love to see more stats for the Championship... How many tackles does he actually miss? Yards compared to other backs etc etc.

I think the criticism of hos defence often comrs from jealousy of his attack. In Tyrer and Nanyn you would probably have the two best centres in the league IMO... Though both best on the left and want to be lead kicker so bit of work for Harrison there

your not far wrong, add to that probably, in my opinion anyway the two best wingers aswell, and we are looking pretty good.

now all we need is a massive pack to lay the platform, and a clever HB combination to unlock the defence!!!!

Gutted

top signing in my opinion, one of the best centres in the league, harrison will get the best out of him! so in the centres we have paterson, tyrer, haley and nanyn will be interesting to see who the starting centres will be.

Also Reittie as an option on the wing!!!

Or Centre.

Irrespective of whether we've got Nanyn or not I'd go with:- Rob, Tyrer, Reittie, White as our backline.

Nanyn maybe a very useful sub covering Centre/2nd row but I've never noticed the necessary aggression for him to be effective in the pack.

where's paterson??

Funny one is Nanyn, always looks unfit and lazy, he is like marmite, you love him or hate (maybe a bit strong that) him, maybe we dislike him because he is better than we give him credit and he kicks you to death getting all those goal kicks a bit like Holly?
Comes across as a decent guy on the field and quiet off it, he must do something right as he is at the top of the points chart every year or thereabouts.
Not fussed if we do or we don't sign him, how old is he now?