May be not yet but those holidays, ahem, I mean scouting trips to Aus must be adding up

Haha true. At least he's finally starting to find us some quality unheralded players,it used to feel like all he came back with was a pointless link up with an NRL club and a decent tan.

I think he's top class, i even find it hilarious at how freely he tells blatent lies in the press, i like that we'r ran by a character,who's a sharp buissness man and just happens to know the game inside out.

Im a big Oakland raiders fan and garys like rugby leagues version of there great former owner,al davis. Someone whos been involved professionaly in the game at all levels,player,coach and owner /chief exec....Both proper characters aswel.

True



He was similar at the CC in 2014 when the golden generation finally won the cup, you can see him in the background as Sinfield lifts the cup and he almost looks bored. Quite surprising really given the talk of his sentimentality to those key players for us.

Noticed once again McDermott stayed away from the stage as the team lifted the trophy as he's done on previous occasions. Quite happy for the players to enjoy the moment and be the ones in the spotlight.

I think GH likes to keep his feelings to himself on the public stage. He didn't look bored or disinterested when the scenes were shown of the team celebrating in the changing rooms after the match.
I don't side with anyone who tells blatant lies. I rather believe that he keeps his own counsel, preferring to remain silent in all but the most extreme circumstances, leaving others to interpret his silence or lack of confirmation.

you didn't finish that statement off , it should be ' Cas rejected by Caddick' .Good luck with your latest pipe dream of a new stadium ,oh I forgot that's been over taken by '2017 is our year'

The secret to success is a two step process.

Step one - Never reveal everything you know.

Step two -

Tad nails it, every year.

That's a fair point.

Has the battered and bruised sign at the side of the Xscape at Glasshoughton that has been stood for what must be adecade now, heralding the bakers new utopia of a new stadium finally fallen down yet?

If being a Cas reject leads to what GH has achieved I look forward to the glittering RL CEO career of Dwayne Chambers

Hi Tad.

Can only echo the thoughts of first post - what an track record!

GH even orders & controls the weather.

Yeah you were!

And I'm only page 3.

Anyway, work to do.

Good thread though, I recommend reading through it. There's a ton of quality posts by the usual suspects.

It would be interesting if this smugness was in evidence this time last year?

Oh there's plenty of laughs to be had if you look through threads from earlier in the year. Hell even a few weeks back after the Cas Super 8's game I said we'd win the GF and pointed out our experience would help cancel out the fact we haven't beat Cas in 8 games one of the replies was this mocking effort

"Not according to Printer - our GF experience is all that matters - relative quality is immaterial the better side will lose because some of our players have been to OT before - go figure."

Go figure indeed

Love being called smug on a Leeds board, by Leeds fans, for celebrating Leeds success.

<edit>But to answer your question, no there wasn't. We had a terrible season but anyone with even half a brain knew why it had happened and were pretty confident of turning things around in 2017. We didn't call for the coach, captain, chief exec and various players' heads then predict the club to finish in the bottom 4 again.

Sad thing is, when we inevitably lose a few games next season they'll be at it again.

A few??? That's optimistic to think it'll take that long

OK then, one half.

One poor half is all it'll take.

In a pre-season friendly.

With barely any first teamers playing.

Against Hunslet.

He's told blatent lies plenty of times about potential signings,briscoe being one of the more recent ones. I dont mind it,he's a character. We'r lucky to have him.