Ellis


Mannering

£100K pussy.

Meow.

What about the 'fickle' fan who has already labelled our 2011 season as a write off??????

Hmmmmm

Bit pish poor by Eastwood given the club's support of him through his erroneous chase for a permit and him omiting certain elements that led to his initial refusal. For the club to then continually support him and then as a highly paid, grown man get a little homesick is quite frankly, beans. Man up Greg. It's England not Basra.

Also seems a smart bit of business by GH to place a fairly high value in the current climate on him. Clearly in the hope for a like for like swap with an NRL outfit with someone OOC next year. Sam Thaiday, Jamal Idris, Brent Kite, Adam Blair, Sika Manu, Trent Waterhouse biggest names likely available.

Still, sure certain Rhinos players will be happy with his departure.

LMS has signed for Saints, along with Shenton.

I did warn you on here about Eastwood when you first signed him.
I don't see any Aussie clubs paying £100K for his services.

Is he not a popular lad then?

The one thing i fear now is that you might make a move for Jamie Langley. I cant belive we still have'nt made him an offer, and Leeds have been interested before.

The Scruton rumour is actually doing the rounds already




Eastwood has been good in spells but injuries have not helped him.

I remember you saying something along the lines of Eastwood being a waste of a contract. Which if you're talking about his ability is total nonense. He'd probably get into any side in the world.

With the rumours of this having circulated since what seems like almost his arrival is disappointing to find for once rumours can be true.
Personally i cannt understand people with a god given talent to excel at a sport at levels we fans only dream of and earn a living but dont have the maturity to do it and enjoy travelling the world and the experiences that go with it and last a lifetime.Or did i just answer the question in fact?
I find it hard to accept that injuries have made it hard to settle as a sole criteria for being unsettled.Injuries go with sport at any stage in a career,including the many overseas players here,both past and present.
The time and effort its taken to get him here only adds to the dis satisfaction....does he fit the BDL persona often mentioned by McLaren field?
I would think in recent years he is the exception at Leeds rather than the rule.I am sure there are many his age in UNIFORM who would like to be able to walk out so easy...
I think GH has made the right move in stating he isnt going for nothing.I anticipate the figure to be very negotiable.
I wonder how much Cap space this will leave.Now who is left at Melbourne we like or do we look acround SL?

hmmm..what was that phrase..."when the going gets tough.........."

Some beltters in oz out of contract! Frank pritchard, sika Manu, Jared waerea Hargreaves. Manu would be my pick but all good IMO

Was he a leeds fan as well as a kid or am I making that up? I know we were linked to him a while back and at only 26 years old still has plenty of mileage left in him. Also with the turmoil at Bradford maybe he wants a change of scene?



Are these sign sealed and delivered yet though? I know there has been a lot of talk but until its announced anything could happen

YEP is currently running the eastwood story and claiming a swap is possible for andrew ryan.Anyone with critique on ryan this season?

At Melborune there is Sika Manu and Adam Blair
i would personally rather see a british player come in, but in reality who is there?
LMS - signing for saints
Scrutton - Unlikely
so i think we will target the NRL, some interesting ones
Sika Manu, Sam Tagataese, Jason King, Steve Matai, Frank Pritchard, Ben Ross, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Lopini Paea and Ben Matulino
I remember before we signed Eastwood we were linked with Pritchard, and he would be my pick.

I know he has been a god player in the past but isn't he about 31/32 already. Not one for the future

It's the high class stuff. Supermodels. Want the web address?

we could bring him in as experience, and then bring Dane Manning up into the squad. Almost as a mentor for Manning, and other youngsters at the club.

Ryan is all class. He will line up tackle after tackle and still take the ball in 15 times a game making 100m+

Ryan turned down salford because he wants to finish his contract at the doggies, which ends in 2011.

I'll pass. Thanks.

I prefer the filthy, low end, trash.

All in all a bad bit of business by the club really.

Obviously they weren't to know he'd end up bitching and moaning and wanting to return home, but he's been about as good of value for money as Mark O'neill was.

Staranger things have happend, whos to say that after his rehab and a spell back into the first team on a charge for the GF and CC he wont change his mind? He may do, he may not. All in all a very frustrating year for Gregg.

Well he's (Ryan) played pretty much every game this season, but that's about all I can compare him with Eastwood on. Very different styles.

If we do replace Eastwood, and based on the way the likes of Ambler and Clarkson in particular have come on this year that's not a given, then we need an impact player of the bench. It's been mentioned before that we have plenty of grafters, but only one Ali. We need a player who can come off the bench and make things happen, a big hit, an offload, a big run. Eastwood has shown that in glimpses this year, but the frustration for the club is that we haven't had Ali and Eastwood avaible at the same time for any reasonable number of games.

Either that or we bite the bullet and realise that we need a top quality prop in 2012 to replace Kylie, Burgess and possbily even Peacock as he get's ever nearer his bus pass. Sign a top prop for 3 years and let Burgess fulfill his dream of playing in the NRL next year?.