Leeds confirm trial for Wellington Albert due to injuries to our forwards

Not seen anything of him, good move by Leeds?

I would rather we continue to give the young lads a chance to push through.just my opinion

Worth a punt and will cost nothing.

Not many forwards in Super League with his Size/Athleticism ratio, very good offload aswel....worth a look

I would normally agree but Holroyd could be banned and injured and I think we need a bit of experience at the moment, it’s worth a punt IMO as we’ve nothing to lose

He's worth a punt.
He was a very good prospect at one point and he has a lot to gain by performing well.
I'd prefer young kids but at this point in the season with only 2 wins I think this is worth a go, although in the same breath i think Leeds should be aiming higher and securing the services of a top proven prop.
I think a world class prop pretty much solves our problems barring more injuries.

Why the hell not? The guy will probably contribute more than Crosby.......deafening silence from the club about him.

Only if he has a world class kicking game...

Another "project" signing ,defensively he's as much use as a traffic cone that's already a major weakness so adding more woes to it makes no sense at all.

All arms and legs with a good offload. He will just a gut for a month to earn a deal. Could be useful off the bench to add something different. I know he caused us problems last season for Widnes.

Whether he's good enough for Leeds needs to be seen but worth a look for nothing.

If we're trying to get rid of players to increase room on salary cap surley this is a step backwards?

Not when you’re not paying them no.

The difference is that the old regime signed up 'project' players on long contracts, whereas Furner and co. are being more cautious.

Honestly, what have we got to lose? No-one is talking about giving him a three year deal.

As has been pointed out we're almost threadbare in the forwards now, including Holroyd.

We also need to replace the likes of Ferres, Ablett and JJB (hopefully!) at the end of the season, if not earlier. Hopefully Cameron Smith will kick on and get promotion; the likes of Donaldson and Albert can prove whether they are worthy of a squad place in the coming games.

Some posters seem to imply Leeds should only promote youth and sign the very highest quality players from other teams, but what if a) the kids aren't ready (Holroyd doesn't look capable of big minutes on a regular basis) and b) the best players aren't available or we can't afford them? The club cannot work miracles in these areas (which some seem to expect), hence the talk of a long transition.

We are looking some quality in the pack full stop, but particularly we lack some physicality.

Albert will bring a bit of that and take a bit of pressure off young Oledski to get us forward (and Peteru).

Tactically he could make a lot of sense, at least until Crosby and /or Ward are back fit.

Can he be selected then if he's just on trial?

It doesn't seem so, reading the YEP piece. Presumably Leeds would have to trigger a more formal playing contract of some description first.

Has a good offload game and that's it.
Positioning is awful just stands around like a lemon and runs in like Anthony knees Mullally and he's injury prone.
Apart from that he's ok.....

You shouldnt spend SC space for the sake of it either.
The facts are the kids are "Good enough" & we have too many ordinary players in the squad already.
As for Holroyd not being capable of big minutes how do you know he's been around the 1st team all of 5 minutes & not once looked out of place.

Risk free signing, he looks good in attack with a great offload. Question marks about his defence, but that could improve, he doesn’t have a massive amount of experience at Super League.

Actually I think when people see more of Holroyd they’ll be surprised at his engine. If anything he probably needs to try less hard and conserve his fuel a bit because for 120kg he flies around.

If he can focus his energy into those explosive moments he’s capable of he’ll be a handful even for grown men.

I know mate ive watched him for the last 3 years another major plus imo is that he's as destructive in the 70th minute as he is in the 1st.

Has anyone got a clue where Crosby is? The club say nothing much about long term injuries. We gave the guy a contract on the back of a decent end to last season; since then - he has disappeared in to the ether.

He’s due back end of April

He was under the south stand last night acing an interview and he said he’s 99% certain he’ll get the green light on Monday to go back to full impact training. I think he said he’s aiming for earlier than the end of April but I think the end of is more realistic.