True. It's not going to be an easy call.

Without the injuries would we have got the chance to seen Clarkson this year?

Some crank no the BBC forums thinks we are going to do a swap for Eastwood and bring back Sam Burgess. Do these people wake up sniffing glue or are they really tall and just constantly have their head in the clouds?

Don't know tbh mate the intention was rotation with the squad this year before the injuries took a hold so who knows maybe not but he could of ended up on loan.
Every cloud and all that.

A slightly more believable rumour is that the girlfriend of a former Leeds player is finding it difficult to settle in a new country with a young baby and is hankering after a move back to the UK...

Every cloud etc. Injuries this year have allowed the coaches to take a good look at some of the younger players at first team level. Should pay off down the line.

If the initials are the same I'd have him back in a flash.

If its who i think you are reffering to its a load of rubbish. its actually his chin that is home sick

G.E for G.E or S.B yes please

I'd rather see Clarkson in a Leeds shirt over Eastwood.

I'd sooner see them both play to be honest. Clarkson more than deserves a place on merit for sure. Eastwood on his day is one of the best all round 2nd rowers in the business so it would be churlish to ignore him simply because he has asked for a release in his contract. At the end of day he could have well & truly spat his dummy out & walked away from the club with immediate effect but has instead put his body on the line and helped us reach the final.

We could potentially have a bench of

Ali
Eastwood
Diskin
Kylie

Very large and experienced bench, that on paper looks very strong. However with Kylie not looking to shift his weight and Ali could get injured it could also work out to be very risky. Although I still like the idea of Ablett and JJB putting a hard 20 mins in with Ali and Eastwood coming on and making a huge impact for 10/15 mins.

What if we're required to defend during that 15 minute spell?

I doubt we'd have to be defending for 15 minutes solid. They'd still make an impact either way imo.

Oh Andy, you're such a tease, but I like you.

Hoping that one turns out to be true. Would have the previous GE over the present GE any day of the week.

There's more chance of Steve Ganson getting an invite to the next royal wedding.

Or getting made an honoury patron of Help The Aged!

Chris Feather?!



God no. Isnt 1 Ian Kirke enough?

Aye, Graham Eccles could teach the incumbent GE a thing ot two...

Definitely



He isn't the only ex-Leeds player in the NRL at the moment though. I notice Clinton Toopi seems to have effectively replaced Delaney for the Titans at centre. Not sure if he'd be worth a go at Leeds again in the back-row, but I have good memories of him putting in some massive hits for us in that play-off game against Saints in 2007 (amongst others) towards the end of his Leeds career.

Toopi hit very very hard in the tackle, and looked superb in the back row in his 4 or 5 games he played there for us. Wouldn't be a bad replacement for Eastwood, not that it's ever going to happen.

I'd welcome Toopi back with open arms.

He may not have serviced his winger with the style we may have exepected, but he still put his winger away more times than you may remember.

Tough as old boots. Didn't shy away from anything and would get his fists out when required.

His shift into SR worked well and was huge in the tackle area. He is taking his chances well at the Titans. I presume he will look to secure career in the NRL at present.

That would be a fantastic signing, but sadly i can't imagine Gaz coming home until he's into his early 30's......But you can but hope

Not sure what else has been posted here but surely we should be looking for a good quality centre ......???
For a long time we seem to have resorted to having back row forwards (Toopi, Ellis, Ablett and now Delaney - who is also surely better placed there too, IF we had better cover in the threequarters) ....or a winger/full back (Smith) covering the centre position. All have done a stirling job....but none were/are specialists.

Hopefully Watkins can fulfill the role next season....but then we are back to square one when Senior packs it in.

A centre for me please.