And Shenton as well. Be good for a giggle if nowt else.

Let's play Fergie mind games to unsettle everybody, all within the rules of course.
Man U don't seem to have done too badly on the back of them.

I think the club made it very clear last year they wouldnt welcome him back

Time is a great healer & circumstances do change, never say never.
Can't think of any more suitable cliches.
My initial post was a somewhat tongue in cheek attempt to generate some further debate not a definitive suggestion or comment.
I like the Shenton suggestion but feel that the club had identified a need to bolster the pack & I'm not convinced that has really changed.

TBF the fans absolutely hate him with a passion so I dont think he will ever be welcomed back to ANZ with open arms.

Ah yes, your cup final.

They wouldnt be front loaded though which is what Richie's getting at. Very good idea too.

No. The explanation is clear and not difficult to comprehend tbh.

One other thing the quote from GH does is clear up the money issue, as he says it's unfair on Eastwood to not be earning. Going by that, I'd say we haven't paid him anything.

Which is fair enough IMO. I know it's not the lads fault (well, maybe it is

) for not being over here but in normal life you wouldnt get paid if you couldnt show up at work so why should he.

Indeed. Although in this case it does have the added benefit to the club of freeing up some more cap money.

Wonder if we should spend it on a centre, prop or second-rower?

Why dont we waste it on a scrum half/stand off?

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VB1981

Surely with Lee Smith's impending departure to Union - along with probably every other young talented player in the game - we should be investing it in veteran Australians? What is Jason Smith up to these days?

Yes, yes and yes in that order. Replacements for Toopi, Scruton and Ellis.

I'm in favour of a £250k cash bid for Sam Burgess.

You reckon the club has £250k in spare cash swilling around in its bank account, given the impending work that needs doing on the ground?

No, but just because we don't have it doesn't mean we can't spend it. Do you not remember the "good old days" Mr Gilder?

I'd estimate that we have significantly more than that in the bank, someone with access to our last filed accounts would be able to confirm.

It's not like it will be doing much in the bank, and I'd be willing to take a guess at the contractor who will get to do the work on the stadium so I think we can afford it....

So am I but I would think it would take a larger bid than that to prize Burgess away.

It took £450k to get Fielden, although they may be more depsarate for cash these days.

Also, I wonder what the out of court settlement over Harris gate was in terms of £s. Maybe we could ask for a player if their liquidity is not so great

i heard 3.5 million was the figure we got from the bulls???? all paid upfront

but never really believed it as this figure sounds unrealistic

3.5 million what though?

Given that the claim against the Bulls was the one Leeds would have most difficulty proving in court, you might want to move that decimal point around a bit. IIRC that figure is somewhere close to what Leeds were asking for originally before the preliminary hearing.

now thats a quality long term signing.

he wasn't worth £35m