Off to Leigh for 2010 according to RLE, surprised at that!

Thank god for that, good bye ornament! Three years too late for me, the guy is useless!

They were on about this on the Leigh forum last week. Think he will get paid more then he's on at Trinity.

Terrible if true.

I can live with being outbid by rival SL clubs but a club on the verge of Championship 1. Bibey certainly doesn’t think much of his own playing abilities unless he has been told he has no future at Wakefield. He is certainly better then Championship level.

Some people must watch a different game to me..............

Hope it's not true! For me he is the most improved player this season for us. Very underrated by most fans as well, he certianly deserves more credit than what he gets for the job he does.

Agreed 100% im also surprised more SL clubs havent come in for bibey if we've given him the heeve-ho, unless leigh are paying stupid amounts.

Im dissapointed about this he wont be on abig wage and we cant all have the likes off tronc in the front row and if snitch, wilkes, bibey, winto, hendo, do go we better be getting some more forwards in.

Hes no world beater far from it



but what bibey does do is a solid job, one who I feel can work very well to a game plan, he drives in hard runs at angles unlike our other props and ill think we'll miss him, and for those people saying good riddance i believe ur looking at his name and what the wigan/saints fan thinks of him. A good solid SL player for my money.

dont see the hard running forward, not super league standard and leigh are welcome to him

Are we talking about the guy who seems to stop before he meets the opponants?

I just dont believe this guy is good enough for our squad, hence the reason he has signed for a team in the lower division with all due respect to Leigh!

Your name is right then

Rick's done a job for us & done his best! I for 1 will clap him off at the end of the year, as long as he understands he still has a lot of work to do before then, training and playing before the clock off. as should others!

We do need a better class of prop though. Thank you and good luck Rick!

Agreed. If you've played the game you can see the little things he does better than most on the park. For those whole only experience of rugby league is watching from the terraces, he is useless because he doesn't make 40m breaks!

He drives it in well, often wins the ground for a quick PTB, seems solid in defence and even has a bit of an offload game now! Been a very good player this year from what I've seen.

Very strange decision to go to a faultering Leigh side but it happens. Maybe we've not offered him much considering that we've got Tronc coming in. And is there a chance we're trying to bid for Korki?

Sir, you are an idiot.

I'd agree with you, and add that even if we are bidding for Korki, he's a different type of prop than Bibey, as is Moore. Stosic is more similar in style to Bibey, and I think we've been most effective this year when we've made use of having two of each. Anyone whose seen Tronc tell me where he fits?

I'd much rather keep Bibey, he's effective, but as with other players, if other clubs are prepared to make them offers that for us to match would make them not worth it in a value for money sense, then that is how it is.




Agreed

If Leigh are out-bidding us I'd be worried! Surely they can't be willing to pay more than us, and surely they can't actually afford it....

think bibey has had a good season and played well for us. he is still living over that way. leigh may have offered him a good deal. they have just signed paul and look to be making some other good signings, new stadium, may have a bit more money to spread about, good luck to him.

Seems like there is money around at some championship clubs as they jockey for position in the race for franchises. Leigh at the moment don't stand a chance of finishing in the top two in the near future unless they spend a little, so it maybe more a case of him being worth more to them than he is to us. I'd also guess Bibey would be one of the top earners at Leigh where as I'd assume he's a middle/lower for us. All that said, I'm suprised we aren't matching it so guess it must be more about will to pay rather than ability.

What is the cap in NL1 anyway? As every Rooney, etc the likes of Barrow sign must take a significant chunk of it and risk upsetting the applecart with steady squad players.

third man in

I don't rate him and never have although he has improved in his time.

However I have not played the game so MOTWYW

I will have to be Keith Senior then.

Good player for (what I assume to be) relative peanuts in wages. Sadly it would appear the masses don't see the little things like fast PTB, landing on his front and always making himself available. Sadly, give them somebody who turns their back in defense and lands on their back more often than not and as long as they keep their legs pumping and wriggle for an extra couple of inches then they are hailed as heros.

Sorry if this is true, and a confusing move by the club. Reliable, willing, cheap and British - surely there could be a place in the squad for such a player - even if its only 5th choice prop?

Is it me, or do we need a few bodies in for next year - particularly in t'forrards if all these 'outs' are happening? Pitts, Bibb, Bibey + plenty of other heresay?

He's no world-beater, but then again no one else in the squad is either. What he is is honest, hard working and tough. If this is true I will be dissapointed, he's getting better all the time and I think there's some improvement still in him.

If he's leaving, I will wish him all the best and thank him for never shirking and always doing his best - something a few other members of the squad could learn from.

If it's true, I am somewhat disappointed. Goes down when tackled, i.e. not driven back the ten he has just made. I think he gives us what it says on the tin.
If he is to be replaced by someone with more to offer, then fair enough.
If he has been offered better conditions, and it is his call, then fair enough.
But for me he has given us more than he has not.

If he stays, I will be happy with that.
If he goes, I wish him all the best.

nah mate some must have a restricted view , of course kear is pants and knows nothing

whereas we all know how poor the props are

thats poetry! or the first verse and chorus of a maria carey ballad!

pure quality!