According to YEP, Luke is our new signing to be announced at tomorrows press conference !

Better than what we have and will save us some salary cap. Happy with that.

Echoes of Andy Gregory back in the 90’s. Very underwhelmed

Not sure how I feel. Luke is a great player but has been out for best part of 2 years.

Fully understand why Cas took the money but feel like it will come back to haunt us.

Rhinos Facebook page gone into meltdown about Gale signing. Goodness me theres some moaning buggers on there

Thats what i was thinking, and he is not and never will be as good as hall of famer Andy Gregory.

I wonder what else is lined up Myler has one year left ,but he may be on the move

But Gale will be in a better condition and more professional so might not have Gregory's talent but will hopefully provide more for the club.

Agree with all the above. We don't know how he will come back from the injury so it is a gamble but Myler is ham shank and not too many quality halfs going around that are available so probably worth the punt. Lets wait and see

Being controversial, Gregory looked incredible against poor athletes. He himself was never fit by today’s standards. I’d say that a direct comparison of him and Gale would favour Gale. If Gregory had access to today’s training methods, and could be bothered to use them, he could well have been the better player.

It’s nostalgic, but had to compare players of different eras.

Regardless of training different times training methods, gale is not even close to being in Andy Gregorys league.
That said if he (gale) is even 90% as good as was in 2017 be is better than what we gave got out of Myler.

Gale would only have to be 60% of what he was in 2017 to offer us more than what Myler has

Absolutely no problem with this as far as I’m concerned (as a Cas supporter).
Cas have been offered a sum of money they believe is fair and Luke has been offered a fantastic deal. He only had one year left on his Cas deal (with an optional year at the club’s discretion) so any further injury would have seen him out of contract and in a very weak position to negotiate his next contract. As it is, he’s got a guaranteed high income for the final years of his career, regardless of future fitness.
I think it’s a gamble from Leeds’ point of view, but that’s rather off-set by the fact that if named as a marquee player, only 75k of Gale’s salary will count towards the cap. That could be a very astute bit of business for Leeds and allow more spending elsewhere.
I wish him well. He’s been nothing but exceptional during his time at Cas. From 2015-2017 he was outstanding. But he’s barely played for two years, and you can’t miss something you haven’t had.
He deserves the opportunity to make as much money as he can in the final years of his career.

Not sure about that Gregory didn't hardly ever make it to training.

I think its fair to say we didnt get Andy Gregory's best years lol

Cas have confirmed he has left the club. All ready for your presser now.

I should think Gale will have done quite well out of this too .Apart from his salary he will probably got a % of the fee ?

Prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt but not expecting Gale to be a miracle worker.

Lots of questions still to be answered before the season starts:

Merrin's future and possible replacement
What happens to Myler
The hooking situation
Signings in other positions - e.g. prop, winger

Thoroughly underwhelmed. One reasonable season in the last 10 doesn't cut it for me, he's been invisible in every major game he has played. For all Myler's faults we'll miss his commitment and defence.

Will anyone miss Myler's kicking or passing though?

If you’re playing a scrum half because of his commitment and defence, you’ve got the wrong scrum half.

Gale will go well for Leeds if we sort out the front row.

I wouldnt worry about major games and finals because I don't think we'll be there or thereabouts for a couple of years yet.

If Myler goes and it ends up being near enough a straight swap salary wise it's a very good bit of business providing we can keep him fit.

Ultimately, he improves what we already have if we can get him on the pitch often enough and on that basis alone its a good signing for me.

nope.

When I first heard of the Gale rumours I was very underwhelmed. However that was on the basis of him taking up a large chunk of the salary cap. However, if the rumours are to be believed that due to all the dispensations (England player, trained at club etc etc) if he only counts on the cap as £75k then I reckon that is a fantastic piece of business. What else could you get on the current market for £75k a year?

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