Chris Gerard has signed for Leigh Centurians,your thoughts please

Cracking young player IMO with a lot of potential. Had the odd surge to throw the wonder ball but he worked very hard for the team and in a few games (Inc NRC final 2010) took it upon himself (at 20/21) to drag the team up.

Only the assault (?) charge etc stalled his career.

A steady player with good defence, I would say this is his level and he was very committed in a Widnes shirt but lost his way last year. Meant to be a bit of a nutter of the pitch but was always controlled on it. Loose forward is probably his best position.


He will do well for Leigh.


Signing all the Widnes rejects

Getting seriously worried about the prospect of opposition fans chanting "are you Widnes in disguise?" at us next season. Hopefully the response will be "we can't be Widnes...we're winning!"

You lot playing at home next year will be the closest we've been to winning at LSV. Bad Times.

He lacks pace but agree defence good and a strong lad.Will be best at loosefwd as not creative enough for halfback.

Must admit I was surprised there wasn't a suggestion of playing a friendly against us so that your new SL squad can bounce us all over the place and end the hoodoo

Who will be our official feeder club then Leigj or Swinton?

Decent defence but too much of a jack of all trades and master of none position wise.

I agree, Chris. He just didn't seem to really fit in at any position. He just doesn't have the bulk for a forward or the pace for the backs. I would say that his best position was at loose. He was a bit inconstant too. He had some poor games and some absolute belters. It's a pity that he didn't have a kicking game. That could have made up for it, as it did with Ianson.

I think, if he gets a regular starting place in a particular position, and with better coaching than he received at Widnes, he could be a very handy Championship player.

Good luck to him.

I echo the above. He will not be setting the world alight but he could be a handy player if given the time to develop. Best of luck to him at Leigh, hope you have a good season.

I thought he could have went far had he got the game time at loose. Very natural player.

How do you guys reckon he would go in the centres? I know he's not particularly quick but neither was Nanyn!

I've seen quicker Otters than Mick Nanyn !

Are otters a notoriously slow animal? I've always thought them quick.

Not only nimble and hardy (they'd die if they weren't) they're also notoriously rare and elusive.

I don't think "Budgiezilla" (if that is his real name) has ever seen an otter in his life! I think he was searching for an animal to slander and plucked one randomly from his "list of animals that aren't cheetahs" list at the back of his brain!

And if this is the case, and it almost certainly is, how could we ever trust such a person to judge the speed of a rugby player?

Mick Nanyn is simply on his "players that aren't as fast as Martin Offiah" list.

Yeah, leave the ing otters alone.

Don't know who rattled his cage............................................ BOOM BOOM!

Yes I have seen otters !!
Not the very large 'south american' ones, but I have seen them at a sanctuary near dartmoor.
Now, they weren't too slow at swimming, and also 'on land' when they were being fed by the keepers, and they made silly squeaking noises !!
But, just ambling about on the land - they were even slower than Mick !
How dare you Guys 'diss' my otter knowledge

You're judging them in the wrong place. You wouldn't judge a horse for it's swimming abilities. You wouldn't judge a Jeremy Kyle show subject on their ability to, I don't know, pass a lie detector test and get off their damn backsides and get a job. You wouldn't judge John Stape on a sanity competition.

Otters are damn perfect at what they do sonny. I'll have no otter bashing around here. Stoat bashing, go ahead. Kick a stoat in the face, no one's bothered.

Sorry Chris.

Oh God, another thread about otters.

Well we are now about to be inundated by little Tarkas so we can all have a opinion when we see the hareing through the streets; www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-me ... e-15852705

Well we are now about to be inundated by little Tarkas so we can all have a opinion when we see the hareing through the streets; www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-me ... e-15852705

It's brilliant, Otters can survive in the River Mersey, I doubted that even Rats could live near Fiddler's Ferry !
They maybe slow

but they are tough little beggars.
Wonder if Chris Gerard is reading this thread, and thinking....what the......"I will have to buy either tarka the otter, or ring of bright water on DVD"

Of course rats live near Fiddlers Ferry..........have you seen what's 5 miles east of there!!!

the old Wilderspool ground site ?