Not a big fan of the guy personally so I will be interested to see how he goes.

with the salary cap in place every club needs the abletts of this world, getting more game time than he warrants due to lack of centre / 2nd row but won't be on mega bucks.

Some people are grossly under-estimating how important to the team Ablett has become recently.

He's glue and his 15-20 carries and 30 tackles a game are crucial to what we do, albeit not as eye catching as what others do.

I'd have preferred we signed him longer term as TVOC and Serge say he will be in a great bargaining position at the end of his next deal.

Thats what i can't understand, he is a developing player, maybe this contract is more on abletts terms than appears?
why sign for 3 more years as one of the lower earners, give it a year see what happens.
wigan would not have looked at calderwood or wasps at smith a year before they eventually did. (not on the salaries they ended up with)
not his biggest fan but i wasn't JJB's, but he made the step up. Don't mind being proved wrong in cases like this.

I like Ablett as a player. He's a mobile second row who IMO could develop into a very good one.

What has Carl Ablett done that no other Leeds player has done this season?

Topiary. FACT.

Shaved his pubes?

Eaten 50 eggs?

Shown Peter Andre how to keep Jordan happy?

Not missed a game?

Has he played in every game?

Missed FACT there. Sorry my mistake. I take my previous post back

No worries, thanks for the apology.

You're all correct.



Leeds really have the most knowledgeable fans in the game.

That's a quote for the signatures..

*hand up*

But tvoc, I'm not a Leeds fan, what about me?

You is thick as fook

One phone call. I know people man.

To be honest I excluded you until you get evicted from the house.

You obviously don't need to be an actual fan to stalk the players round garden centres these days. Sad times.

Are you calling me a gay Geordie with a fetish for rugby players shrubbery?

How very dare you.

I'll have a 16" meat feast please

Then I believe you need to speak to Hollywood about that.

It's alreet, Charlie isn't gay.

Extra cheese

That's Loz's department.

Who?