ooh, jut on our statement, he's not allowed to play in the cup match,

Stupid comments from Derek but I expect nothing less...what exactly did smith and agar do wrong? Adds a bit more spice to the cup game which is probably why he's put his daft dig in.

Depends who you believe, Degsy is full of praise for Simon Moran, but it would seem less so for Smith and Agar. 50k for someone who only had 3/4 months left to play for you is good business I would say

Seems strange that as £50k is a big fee for a 34 yo bloke with only a few months left on contract.

how much do you think it'll cost us to get a replacement in? clark's injured and we've only got dwyer for three more weeks,

We'd all much rather have mickey still playing for us, as arguably he's got better and better as he's got older and older.

£50k and he can't play against us, cracking bit of business!

All the best at Leigh Mickey.

Clark is to be in the squad for the Salford game I believe? We'll know in an hour..

How can you say they are stupid if you do not know the facts? Only a select few know the facts. The only thing I know is that players out of contract at the end of the season can be approached after May 1st of that season.

DEAL DONE HIGHAM IS SIGNED TO LEIGH.

yeah, so how did they end up having an accidental contract discussion about this year then? and get it all ironed out and agreed before talking to Warrington about it.

If we can strike a deal to keep Dwyer without it costing us (Ie. Loaning them a replacement, G. King/Philbin/Johnson) then this is brilliant business. £50,000 for 5 months of a contract?

Regardless, if he doesn't want to play for us, completely the right call.

Because unless he's going to tell us what smith and agar did wrong it's unprofessional to even mention it

What I said FMC was alledged

We know, what's the latest on the Titanic?

Thanks for the applauding. However sarcastic it was amusing.

Dunno, none of my business or yours for that matter. Wonder if they have added the middle 8s to the 'can't play against us in the CC' clause

Several levels of disappointment here. Disappointed that Higham would hang us out to dry midseason like this, disappointed with the conduct of Leigh in this whole thing, disappointed our club have let him go and probably most of all disappointed with how this whole thing has been handled by (presumably) Smith.

What has (presumably) Smith done wrong here?

Disappointed Micky won't be playing against us.
Would have been good to bid farewell whatever the circumstances.

Doesn't the story go that Higham told Tony that Leigh were interested and he blows his top? Could've been a quite simple, "No I can't let you right now Mickey, but you can go at the end of the season". Instead another player has left under a cloud following on from Hodgson and Carvell.

Look on the bright side. Perhaps Warrington will now have the cap room for a mid season signing? Dane Nielsen is available, and Chris Sandow was mentioned this week.

What was said initially was that mickey, his agent and leigh all cooked up the contract offer, then mickey and agent went to Moran to ask for his release withouth bothering to tell the head of coaching and performance or whatever title Smith has. Lack of courtesy on mickey's behalf.


The cloud aspect as mentioned? Well, Bert apparently saw his as he was left out of the grand final team, however ratch was impeccable in the lead up to that after bert got rattled by widnes.

Carvell? difference in opinion over contract lengths? you'd have to say it was the right call based on his lack of form and moving around last year and injuries, sometimes the call is to let them go 12 month early rather than 12 month too long, we've had that with other players.

Kohe-love? found out on teletext. Can't argue with that one.

I think it's my business, as a season ticket holder i was sold a squad to support, now a part of that squad has upset the applecart for his own benefit.

I'd tweet mr Beaumont, but i can't at the moment, just as well really, i dont want his son calling me a 'C word'.

Don't think anyone can although I did see a spoof account. Why bother though unless you are 100% certain of the facts.

That is close to my understanding as well. The bit I can add is that Carvell was released because the club felt he was a 'ticking time bomb'. He could hardly train because of his injuries.