If Hetherington stays true to his word, these are some of the changes i can see happening, and just a general guess at where the players might go, and some of the changes i would make

Released
Brent Webb (Catalan)
Paul McShane (Widnes)
Kylie Leuluai (retired)
Lee Smith (London)
Ian Kirke (Wakefield)
Richard Moore (Featherstone)
Weller Hauraki/Chris Clarkson (Widnes)
Luke Ambler (Halifax)

I'm torn with Hauraki and Clarkson as i like both as a player, but with some of the potential changes one may have to be sacrificed.

With that in mind, these are the changes i'd make:
Current Squad Number Changes
Zak Hardaker (1)
Jimmy Keinhorst (4)
Danny McGuire (7)
Rob Burrow (14)
Darrell Griffin (19)
Stevie Ward (20)
Brad Singleton (21)
Liam Hood (22)
Dan Smith (23)
Luke Briscoe (24)
Clayton Scott (25)
Ollie Olds (26)
Jamel Chisholm (27)

Signings
Stand off (6) – Gareth Widdop, Rangi Chase
Hooker (9) – Shaun Lunt
Prop (icon_cool.gif - Fui Fui Moi Moi, Richie Fa’aoso, Russel Packer or Kyle Amor
Second Row (17) – Luke Adamson (Salford), Liam Watts, Willie Manu, Jonathan Walker
Prop (2icon_cool.gif - Hopefully Alex Walmshaw from Batley

Team 2013
1 Hardaker
2 Jones Bishop
3 Watkins
4 Keinhorst
5 Hall
6 *NEW SIGNING*
7 McGuire
8 *NEW SIGNING*
9 *NEW SIGNING*
10 Peacock
11 JJB
12 Ablett
13 Sinfield
14 Burrow
15 Delaney
16 Bailey
17 *NEW SIGNING*
18 Clarkson/Hauraki
19 Griffin
20 Ward
21 Singleton
22 Hood
23 D.Smith
24 Briscoe
25 Scott
26 Olds
27 Chisholm
28 *NEW SIGNING*

I personally think that squad would put us back on track.

If Sinfield does not agree to move back to loose forward we will never improve no matter who you select, but Keinhorst does look a good player

Nice list.

But since when has Hetherington stayed true to his word?

Yeah it is a big IF, but can always hope!

Bailey is costing us too many penalties

Yeah i was torn with Bailey whether he will be signed up or not, it's a toughy, but i think we will keep hold of him.

Love a good list me.

It's hard not to be impressed by a nice list.

Took me a while did that list as well!

You've not included David Williams whose probably already signed for us?

Quote ="benduke15"Yeah it is a big IF, but can always hope!'" Not sure what you've read or heard from the Leeds CEO but if it's this : www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-4617053 there appears to be questions being asked between the quotation marks but no conclusions drawn as yet. Best to ignore any journalist fills between the actual quotes as they tend to mean very little.

Quote ="benduke15"Yeah it is a big IF, but can always hope!'" Not sure what you've read or heard from the Leeds CEO but if it's this : www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-4617053 there appears to be questions being asked between the quotation marks but no conclusions drawn as yet. Best to ignore any journalist fills between the actual quotes as they tend to mean very little.

That's because it's what i personally want to happen after the players released bit, in the case of signing Williams it would be a backline of
1 BJB
2 Williams
3 Watkins
4 Hardaker
5 Hall

Great isn't it. For years we've been crying out for a new centre, so we sign another winger.

I personally think we've got that centre in Keinhorst so don't really need Williams! Seems like a needless signing in my opinion, especially when we've got Chisholm and Watson.

Don't want Kirke at Wakefield. We're after a match fit O'Meley.

Exacally not a bad player just not needed IMO. If Williams does sign could be be FB

I'd like to see Widdop brought in along with Jack Reed. It would add some real class to the back line and they're English... sort of. 1 meter gaining prop and 1 game breaking second rower added to that and i think we'd be cooking on gas.

We don't have any devine right to win all the time and success comes in cycles but what is not acceptable is our league form over the last 2 seasons and the manner of some defeats.. but BM deserves a bit more time to get the consistancy sorted..

Widdops parents and siblings live in Australia. Widdop has a young baby and is very happy at the Storm playing and learning off 3 of the best players in the world playing in the best comp in the world. Widdop has been living in Melbourne for many years. Widdop also has a contract til 2013 with option for 2014. With more money likely coming in to the NRL and an even higher salary cap I doubt Widdop would leave for Leeds or any SL club as the money he will earn in the NRL will be so much higher. And with his close family out there and everything its not as if he is just over there to play like the other English players

Also it was claimed in the YEP that we are not exactly flush with money

I think widdop and reed coming to Leeds is not going to happen anytime soon

You're right - neither Reed or Widdop will be in SL any time soon. Reed BTW will probably move to the backrow before too long as he sometimes gets burned for speed.

As for Williams, unless its part of a plan to have him move to fullback (with no evidence that he can actually play there, despite what anyone says) or BJB to fullback, its the sort of nonsense signing that would have excited me when I was 15 but now leaves me completely cold.

IMO the focus before anything else has to be on the pack. A couple of aggressive hard-running and hard-tackling forwards (one prop, one backrower) are exactly what this team needs. We have far too many average forwards IMO, and whilst happy with any 2 of our current batch of second rowers or props in the 17, all our 'depth' does is add more of the same.

Sadly I suspect that there aren't many decent available within our price range either within SL or from the NRL. If we fall apart this year, it's probably way too late for a major overhaul for 2013 anyway.

I'd love to sign Moi Moi, he'd add grit to our forwards, but we need to look for youth. Bring Amor back, and sign Walmshaw from Batley.

What's this Walmshaw like ?

Agree about Amor....Kirke moving in the opposite direction.

edited to remove sillyness.............................sorry

If rumors are to be believed apparently he was a done deal several years ago. Leeds pulled out last minute, so if it's true i doubt he'd be tempted again.