How do you know this?

I would stick to your day job of been a thick s[ihi[/ittt If I was you. Because you certainly cant read, if you have come up with that poop.

I give up. Nearly. This whole conversation is now about Lee Smith. THe thread is about Scott Donald. Whatever is going on with Lee Smith's contract is NOTHING to do with Scott Donald's contract, unless we are operating considerably closer to the full salary cap than most seem to think. Frankly, if we can't afford 2 senior wingers (if we're still counting Smith as a winger) in the squad, then Lee Smith leaving is the least of our worries.

If you want a thread about Lee Smith and his contract, go ahead, I know nothing about his contractual situation or what point negotiations are up to, so I'd be unlikely to join in. I do know that I am pleased Scott Donald has signed an extension, and I am also fairly confident that this has nothing to do with Lee Smith or the club's priorities. Unless we can only afford one of them (which I doubt) or negotiations are only possible with one player at a time (which I seriously doubt).

Bit OTT innit.

Which is why I put at the very start of this thread



With the expectation of getting a reply from a certain poster, knowing it completely contradicts that posters previous arguments.

How many threads do you usually see on here that don't waver off into something else?

Arguing over a player's contract?

Classy

So you haven't contradicted yourself then?



Despite



So you are saying Donald will be on less than Smith anyway, so surely a top class winger with a proven scoring record who is on very little money needs to be kept on?

You are making no sense. Don't start getting aggressive and name calling just because you can't back up what you are saying

By the way, its a bit rich calling someone else thick when you don't know the difference between 'AS' and 'HAS'

Fair comment. Since the weekend approaches, we'll agree to disagree on this one shall we?

It hasn't stopped DISA

Sorry, I mean it "asn't" stopped DISA

Don't knit fog with him.

So. we've lost 4 out of 5 games, and the answer to our on field problems is.....<drum roll>......SCOTT DONALD!!!

I'm not convinced people.

I think we should have thanked him for the 3 seasons he actually played to his potential,.... and when it was good it was very good..... and bought him a ticket on Quantos.

If this is all that Garry has up his sleeve, then its going to be a long, long season.

Oh dear. You have not read the rest of this thread have you?

Leave while the going's good.

Unless I've misunderstood the new deal it's a one year extension to a current winger. Six pages for that, wow.

I see nothing wrong with the contract extension from either side. Except to point at those that knew Donald was planning to retire and go back home at the end of 2009.

Oooops, is this the beleivest thread?

I'll just have to fake it ......cut my lawn last week and don't want any of them coming round and burning crosses in it.

Who would that be then????
Do you think that the structure at leeds would mean offering smith a new deal as late as now?????
Do you not think that discussion's or even "chat's" have been happening behind the scene's??

Good news. Donald has done a great job for us on the left wing where I would prefer to see him play. I do hope we also persude Smith to stay as he has a great future in RL. However just another thought on the centre problem. If Smith is going to leave then would it be worth trying Donald at centre? He has filled in well at FB on several occasions and has scored some gem tries through the middle in broken play. It may not work but worth consideration as would be much better than playing a forward.

Thats good news! Lets hope they get Smithy signed up.

That's more of the problem, but not all of it. He's uncomfortable running right to left from Dummy Half, he's not as familiar going for the right corner (despite holding the ball in his right hand). His workrate is pretty poor at the moment, for a winger that's not getting any ball.
Wingers should be able to play both sides, but not all of them can. Personally I'm much better on the left because I'm much more comfortable carrying the ball in my left hand, allowing myself to fend with the right.
If you put Donald outside Gidley in the Saints team, he'd score plenty of tries. I bet you none would be scored with the confidence he rounded Wellens in 2007, or anything like the one he scored against Hull last season.

Oh and it's good news that he's signed, I'm just hoping that McClennan sees sense when Smith's fit, and moves Donald back to the left. FWIW Smith and Hall are superior right wingers to Donald.

posted this earlier!!!!!
For everyone that hopes donald will be switched back to the left

Scott has really strengthened our right side defence this season and we have been working on getting quality ball to give him opportunities to score. With Ryan Hall going well down the left, it means we have got plenty of options there.
mclennan Is keeping him there!

He's along way to go until he can knit fog as good as Richie.

Was Hall not going well down the right at the back end of last season anyway?

If you look at the last 12 Leeds games of the 2008 season you'll find:

Right Wing -

Smith 6 Games, 5 Tries
Hall 5 Games, 6 Tries
Jones-Bishop 1 Game, 0 Tries

Total down the right flank 11 Tries

Left Wing -

Donald 9 Games, 4 Tries
Smith 1 Game, 0 Tries
Tansey 1 Game, 0 Tries
Gibson 1 Game, 1 Try


Total down the left flank 5 Tries

In scoring terms the right with Smith and Hall operating there was more than twice as productive as the left with Donald.

Did McClennan move the most potent attacking winger (over the back end of the season) over to play outside Leeds' goto centre?

Perhaps he has strengthened our right hand side defence, I'm not sure, the only times we've really been tested all season we've come up short. I'd rather focus on going forward than going back, get your best attacking players in their best positions. But that's just me. If Donald saves 2 tries in the grand final (playing on the right) and we win 1-0 I'll be delighted.

Could you point more vociferously as I can't recall which sage like genius posted that.

i remember reading someone said they heard from someone who knew someone ect, that Scott Donalds wife said he planned to retire and go home and bring his kids up aussie style.
i cant remember who posted it . it was one of a few spelulative comments that seem to come up every time a players contract is coming to an end