I thought he would play at 9, or Watson to 9.
Ridyard did so much work defensively against Gateshead it was frightening, put players through gaps beautifully twice, play him and move Watson to 9.

Rowley does say in Journal that Ridyard needs a mentor to help him become the finished article and that he has been thrust into 1st team action and would like the chance to treat him a bit more carefully and protect him.

Welcome aboard Tom hope all goes well and good luck.

From me too and I,ll make my decision on wether he,s any good when I,ve seen him play.

Hope he can tackle and switch the direction of our play now and again. Now, that would be something to see.

welcome to Leigh Tom
Fantastic loan player, lets hope he can help make whats been missing..
shouldn't take long for you to learn the play moves.......





good signing by the club........................well done

Who made the judgement call to take Tom to fax, give him a week or so to settle and then when he did not pick up your playing methods - got rid of him half way through. What a sh*te coaching style.

TH is a nice kid and will give 100%. With kelly and Rowley building a bit of confidence and having more than 10 mins patience you may get the best out of the guy.

Good for him and good for you.

Welcome to Leigh, Tom!!! Good luck. No pressure, just get us winning or we will booo you like you have never been booo'ed b4!!!!

Watson at 9?? dont make me laugh. Hes too slow the hookers are meant to get you on a rold leafgve him at 7 and have Hemmingway at 6

welcome tom,but cant see it making any difference

Any chance of an English translation please

Welcome to Leigh Tom......play to your ability and you will do well at ours.

Shame that been a nice Guy doesnt win games then.

I made some pretty harsh comments when he was at Fax, And from what I gathered, some of the players didn't think he was good enough either. I remember a few years ago when he played for the Giants on Sky and was been touted as "one for the future". Don't think he'll ever realise that potential though that may be down to his shoulder problems.

First Nanyn, Now Hemingway

The lads just not good enough. Hes clutching at straws staying at the Giants. Couple of years down the line he will be lucky to have a champ team. Just the way it is.

I saw your cheap comments about Tom.

Nor does being a bad guy necessarily win / lose games. But he is a nice guy and can clearly conduct himself with a lot more dignity than you can muster.

It was your coaches who totally mismanaged his loan.

Good luck to him and I am sure that even if it does not work out the leigh fans will not be so full of bile.

I have not said he is definitely good enough.

However I did say the fax coaches botched the whole process. Nothing compared with last weks c*ck up versus widnes, but still a poor do.

If you get your facts straight you will remember that he was on a months loan. We sent him back after a month and three days. He simply wasn't good enough. Batley had him last year and they decided the same. Get over it.

If I recall 'Fax won every game when he was on loan (playing or not) so i'd say Calland did a pretty good job! Heemingway has Never been up to standard an only sticked around at Hudds as he was there only Home grown player at the time!

You can't blame 'Fax coach because Hemmingway didn't impress him FFS why what did he do wrong? If tommy is such a good player why aint he in Hudds side? Why didn't Batley snap him up etc etc.

Good on the lad at Leigh by all means and hope it works out for him in end! But having a pop at other teams coaches just becuase they didn't rate him is ludicris!

Quote ="Nat (Rugby_Aholic)"If you get your facts straight you will remember that he was on a months loan. We sent him back after a month and three days. He simply wasn't good enough. Batley had him last year and they decided the same. Get over it.'" You are wrong. Take a look here : www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/halifax ... 5324036.jp Mid May to June 2nd is not a month and 3 days Nothing to get over, other than laughing at your difficulty with weeks and months

Quote ="Nat (Rugby_Aholic)"If you get your facts straight you will remember that he was on a months loan. We sent him back after a month and three days. He simply wasn't good enough. Batley had him last year and they decided the same. Get over it.'" You are wrong. Take a look here : www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/halifax ... 5324036.jp Mid May to June 2nd is not a month and 3 days Nothing to get over, other than laughing at your difficulty with weeks and months

Try not to advertise your ignorance. There were a several other home growns around - but I am sure you prefer your fiction.



Why wouldn't Tom get in our side? Non of your team would get in the Giants side - wakey up its not 1999!

Calland took him - I assume he watched him beforehand? - and then cut things short after a couple of weeks. What a twonk.

i have not said Tom is some top player. That so many fax fans queue up to bag him is pathetic. Jeez anyone woud think you did not bottle it versus widnes last week or fluff it at Gateshead. ho hum.

I thought it was a sound debut from Tom today - he worked pretty well with Watto.

Are you his dad?
Theres better players playing amateur, these things happen, get over it and move on. Nice lad though. I heard we took him as a favour to Baloo as it was mentioned that he may do a job for us. We offerered to have a look at him and sent him back when it became clear he wasnt good enough.

No, I am not his dad

(pathetic question).

Nothing to get over sweety. Did you hear it was done as a favour to Baloo? And you believed it!!

Poor fax fans they want it both ways. They rubbish Tom yet want to pretend he was not watched, recruited, paid and utlised by their coaches



I have said he is a nice guy and hope he gets a fair crack. The procession of pompous fax fans coming on here to bag him is ridiculous - almost as ridiculous as going down 32-0 after 40 mins in gateshead.

tHOUGHT HE DID OK TOO

Let's all give the lad a chance, eh? One thing's for sure - he should get a couple of chances, against 'Fax, to prove some of their fans wrong!

I hope Tom goes well for you. I was pleased when I heard we had taken him on loan but was disappointed with what I saw. He plays a much more methodical style and sticks to a game plan. And as anyone who watches Fax play will know we do not play like that. Its usually off the cuff, play as you see it.
The decision to bring him in is probably one which wasn't thought out fully my Matt Calland and Martin Hall and they probably regret it now. We only had 2 fixtures in the month he was with us so had little chance to prove himself. The 2 games he played in (Sheff at home & Dons away) the whole team was poor and disjointed so he never stood a chance.

His days at Huddersfield are numbered and if he goes well for you then he will probably sign for next season too.

Good luck to him.