Heard some good rumours today from a friend of mine who is pretty knowledgeable at Leigh.

Tom Amone is set to leave them imminently for a 1 year deal at Canterbury. However if he were to come back to the UK, he'd be really interested in playing for Sam Burgess. Very much pie in the sky talk but interesting.

John Asiata has asked for more money given that he's the club captain. Lam and Moylan are on significantly more. Leigh have said no to his request but apparently we would pay it. We're probably just a bargaining chip but could be a big signing for 2025.

[quote="Wires71":39sr1qre]His 2024 stats are a little underwhelming. Lees 258 carries for 1731m at 6.71 average gain. Vaughan 279 carries for 2290m at 8.21 average gain.[/quote:39sr1qre] Of course there is more to a player than just average gains like tackles, offloads, dummy runs & the important bits that cannot be measured. It would be interesting to see what sort of pack we'd come up with if we just selected the players with the best average gains in each position out of all the clubs.

[quote="Smiffy27":1dfu8iia]Of course there is more to a player than just average gains like tackles, offloads, dummy runs & the important bits that cannot be measured. It would be interesting to see what sort of pack we'd come up with if we just selected the players with the best average gains in each position out of all the clubs.[/quote:1dfu8iia] Of course there is more than stats but stats are important otherwise Opta wouldn't exist and performance teams wouldn't buy data from them or fit GPS trackers on players. To be honest in this age of robotic "middles" - stats like metres made and tackles vs missed tackles are quite telling. Stats showed Vaughan as head and shoulders our best prop. I wouldn't disagree with that.

[quote="Wires71":2w6mi0b1]Of course there is more than stats but stats are important otherwise Opta wouldn't exist and performance teams wouldn't buy data from them or fit GPS trackers on players. To be honest in this age of robotic "middles" - stats like metres made and tackles vs missed tackles are quite telling. Stats showed Vaughan as head and shoulders our best prop. I wouldn't disagree with that.[/quote:2w6mi0b1] Robotic, that’s what Roy Asotasi must have been but someone had removed his batteries.

IMO Lees is massively overrated.

[quote="karetaker":2mxdurio]Robotic, that’s what Roy Asotasi must have been but someone had removed his batteries.[/quote:2mxdurio] 100% Goal Kicking though, quite an impressive stat.