Bob Jackson did

We allowed Powell to take Noah Booth off us for a free leaving present and later Hull KR signed him from Wakefield when they too recognised the kids talent.


We now are rumoured to be looking to recruit a winger who is in his thirties as a stop gap panic signing, when Booth could have played there in Ashton's absence.


What the hell is going on at our club, we should be retaining our young players.


The lack of nous in the Wire hierarchy is unbelievable.

So basically the Wingers in our reserves and the academy and the lad out on loan are not good enough, just wow.

Obviously some youngsters might be fine. But in general I would be very careful just how you introduce them to a very tough sport. The simple  idea that the next player in the team below just steps up is madness. Academy players are miles off physically. They get crunched or eaten alive ... unless of course you are Alex Murphy. Best if they can be introduced steadily.

Next man up is what Burgess has been preaching. Frank Sargent as been here a while now when his he supposed to get a chance.

The player currently keeping Charnley out of the Leigh 1st team is Keanan Brand.


A young player that we recruited from Widnes, but was released to Leigh on a freebie by Wire, without being given a proper chance.


Leigh are off loading Charnley now and if we sign him, it illustrates the incompetence of the Wire succession plan for our team.