I'm guessing we'd be looking at around 200 for croft with the worry of him exiting to the NRL after a short stint being a concern, especially with situations like MacDonald and in the past segeyaro.

I’ve been watching some positive affirmations on you tube to try and get me into a happy space, like Christopher and Barmy army. It made me feel a bit nauseous but I think it’s an age appropriate response.

I don’t watch much NRL but I’ve looked at a few names mentioned by others on here.

Given we have Frawley now as a steady away character at 6, (I’m looking forward to him dropping it off to Newman and Bentley). God it might be working. Anyway I’d rather we went for a young scrum half like a Lachlan Lam as opposed to Croft. I like the look of Ronald Volkman, he’s got a bit of flair about him. No idea if it’s realistic.

To resume a bit of normal service now we have Frawley we definitely don’t need to go drop-off tastic by getting Milnes as well.

Also not sure about Lee as Hurrell MK2.

Realistically, the recruitment of Frawley is about where we're at.
As much as I would love us to go for Croft and still believe we should, I just don't think it's realistic given where we are.
If he were to stay in SL he would go to Saints, Wigan or Cats, but most likely he'll go back to NRL, especially if Sezer can get a gig.

We are competing with Hudds, Hull & HKR for the middle places in the League.
And that is reflected in the quality of the recruitment.
It's just the current reality.
I'm prepared to give him a chance and see how he goes, but expectations are relatively low.

I still think we should be busting a gut to get Burgess.
Given he's a Leeds fan we should have the edge.
But I expect he'll go to Wire.
They'll offer big money and Sam will probably give George a job on the coaching team, so sadly, would make sense.

Or vice versa.

Quote ="Simmo71"Realistically, the recruitment of Frawley is about where we're at. As much as I would love us to go for Croft and still believe we should, I just don't think it's realistic given where we are. If he were to stay in SL he would go to Saints, Wigan or Cats, but most likely he'll go back to NRL, especially if Sezer can get a gig. We are competing with Hudds, Hull & HKR for the middle places in the League. And that is reflected in the quality of the recruitment. It's just the current reality. I'm prepared to give him a chance and see how he goes, but expectations are relatively low. I still think we should be busting a gut to get Burgess. Given he's a Leeds fan we should have the edge. But I expect he'll go to Wire. They'll offer big money and Sam will probably give George a job on the coaching team, so sadly, would make sense.'" Warrington have said Tom Burgess won’t be signing for them https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... 549220.amp

Quote ="Simmo71"Realistically, the recruitment of Frawley is about where we're at. As much as I would love us to go for Croft and still believe we should, I just don't think it's realistic given where we are. If he were to stay in SL he would go to Saints, Wigan or Cats, but most likely he'll go back to NRL, especially if Sezer can get a gig. We are competing with Hudds, Hull & HKR for the middle places in the League. And that is reflected in the quality of the recruitment. It's just the current reality. I'm prepared to give him a chance and see how he goes, but expectations are relatively low. I still think we should be busting a gut to get Burgess. Given he's a Leeds fan we should have the edge. But I expect he'll go to Wire. They'll offer big money and Sam will probably give George a job on the coaching team, so sadly, would make sense.'" Warrington have said Tom Burgess won’t be signing for them https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... 549220.amp

Don’t think we paid a fee for gale, he was o/c, cas offered him an extended deal but he wanted to come back to Leeds. Doubt very much we paid 150-175k to then let him walk after one year.

From the statements put out, Frawley wants to play for Leeds. In the current climate, that is a huge plus. Another tick is that his fiancee is coming over with him. He's committed, all in. Oh, and he's currently starting at 6 in a Ricky Stuart team. His attitude is right and he's clearly a good player, despite all the negativity on here. I'll support him 100%.

That's not right. We did. It was reported at the time and I think the money is even in that really boring accounts thread.

Quote ="rollin thunder"Don’t think we paid a fee for gale, he was o/c, cas offered him an extended deal but he wanted to come back to Leeds. Doubt very much we paid 150-175k to then let him walk after one year.'" He wasn’t off contract https://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-lea ... -year-deal

Quote ="rollin thunder"Don’t think we paid a fee for gale, he was o/c, cas offered him an extended deal but he wanted to come back to Leeds. Doubt very much we paid 150-175k to then let him walk after one year.'" He wasn’t off contract https://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-lea ... -year-deal

I’m not hating on the Frawley signing; we clearly need an experienced head and someone to tie us together bc we are an absolute shambles at times.

It all depends on how his signing looks alongside the others.

Clearly this is a very tough recruitment market.

Quote ="christopher"He wasn’t off contract https://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-lea ... -year-deal'" Well that was bad bad business then wasn’t it, let him walk away and Join Hull for free after one season. And people say GH is cheap

Quote ="christopher"He wasn’t off contract https://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-lea ... -year-deal'" Well that was bad bad business then wasn’t it, let him walk away and Join Hull for free after one season. And people say GH is cheap

He played 2 seasons for us, 2020 and 2021

This is triggering me.

That is not a squad to get excited about sadly... looking at the top 4 teams currently, not sure who would get a spot in their 17.. and that is the yardstick we should be measuring the squad by.

Having watched this club for 43 years and experienced the bad times (90's especially) to the recent(ish) good years, the way the current club is recruiting is not upto par... a root and branch change is probably needed but won't happen.

Oledzki.

There’s one that would definitely get in the squad of one of the current top 4, because he’s in one of them

not as yet he isn't...

He’s played 95 games for them

He is lucky to get Leeds' starting 17 the way he ha played this season.

I wonder if he needs more surgery or something, he’s been Mr Consistent for years before this season.

Either that or they’ve got his conditioning wrong, or his head isn’t screwed on.

We could do with him rediscovering his England form again next year.

He’s still young for a prop, im sure he’ll regain his form

You would like to think so.

Donaldson and Goudemand...small for backrowers shouldnt be played at prop. It's no wonder we cant get a good platform for the backs when we persist with stupidity.

Goudemand has played prop for us?

To be fair Donno hasn’t played much prop for us at all this year

Only because we had Tet,Walters and Holroyd/Oledski didnt get any big injuries.

I hate the "middles" at prop,it's stupid