For me a kicking half is the next critical addition, and clearly there is something in the rumour that Leeds are in for Hastings, for that reason.
I think hooker is an issue for 2020, to clean up our linkage a bit and take us into a more top-of-the-table proposition.
For survival I honestly think a quality half back gets us to safety this year. Our pack has been establishing enough field position recently, Ava's made a difference.
I'm tearing my hair out watching the effort some of the boys are putting in, and then we dish up some level of stupid play to stuff it up and put us on the back foot again. We just cannot apply any consistent pressure with this combination.
We're also creating zero space for our strike players, and so we give the ball to Newman, Hurrell or Walker and ask them to beat four or five SL defenders - really not playing as a unit. If you can position Hurrell with a 1:1 in the final 10 metres it would be a try most times, but we're asking him to run through entire teams from within our own half - it's really annoying me!

Exactly Gotcha. The positions of 6 7 and 9 and vital to any team and we are dreadful in all 3. Resolve those positions and we still arent there but we will be a vastly improved team. All 3 must be addressed this off season as priority.

Think most are watching the worst team in the league tonight. Are Leeds signing anyone to organise the team on the field anytime soon? Because they are in desperate need of it.

We will see. The worst team will be bottom at the end of the season and the way London have gone this season fair play i say. I just hope if they are going 14 next season and no relegation they announce it now because i for one would not want us to be saved because the RFL don't want to lose Leeds as we would get fans like yourself going on forever and a day.

In answer to the original question, it's a NO for me...

However....

I firmly believe Sinfield would still be a better option than Myler or Sutcliffe. If we break the role down into specific areas and rate the 3 of them;
Organising/game management - Sinfield is the best of the 3 by a million miles
Passing - Sinfield is the best of the 3
Long kicking - Sinfield is the best of the 3
Short kicking - Sinfield is the best of the 3
Leadership - Sinfield is the best of the 3
Defence - Sinfield is the best of the 3, though lack of pace/mobility would hamper him
Taking on the line - Sutcliffe the best, but hardly does it and isn't exactly dangerous, Myler has zero threat, Sinfields pace and age would hamper him
Pace - Sinfield is probably the worst, but as above, the other 2 aren't running it anyway

We'd be a better team with Sinfield playing, even at his age and pace- but he still shouldn't do it.

And the Supporter of the Year award goes to...

The rot has started. The travelling support to saints was the smallest I've ever seen. Supporters are now voting with their feet and some have already called it a day. The Catalan crowd will be an interesting indicator of how many fans are sticking with the club. An half empty, hollow HQ will bring Gawwy's retirement forward.

Easiest thing in the world is to support a winning team. It's now when fans are needed.

Weve a lot of fans who have only known success and cant take losing.

Did anyone see that idiot last night walking over to Saints fans through barrier tape looking for a fight? What a prick!!! But at least he turned up I suppose.

People who think we would be missed if we went down cos of our crowds are kidding themselves. Our away support is pathetic and has been all season.

Why hasn’t a statement of intent been released? Like what our plans are, recruitment etc, because relegation is huge possibility now and like it has been said we as a huge club cannot afford that, it would cripple us and it would take decades to recover. Our management is damn right terrible as well as most of our players.

Phil Caplan is tweeting telling us to expect activity in the transfer market this weekend.

No need to panic guys.....I’ve been told from a reliable source within the clubs who our new HB is going to be. He will be in place for the Cas away game.

It’s:









































Ablett on his return from injury....cannot be any worse than Sutcliffe



I’ll get my coat

Lets bloody hope so... fingers crossed all. They need to get their damn act together quickly

You expect club to announce its recruitment plans?

When club has things to announce it will.

Agreed, this is why I think he should return, if the rumoured half back transfer doesn’t come off.

Dearie Me - What nonsense - Call Lewis Jones (even @ 8icon_cool.gif

You've signed Rob Lui from us. He's been great for us but imt not too sure of he's the sort of hot and cold player that you need. I'm not pulling him down because he's leaving us he's been class for us at times but Hastings was definitely the sort of one you need.

Thing is as much as we’d like Hastings there’s not much we can do if he doesn’t want to come so if he doesn’t were not left with many options for an immediate signing

If true, and I'm really hoping it's not, then it's a poor signing.

I think he is a decent enough player but as you say, not at all what we really need.

There’s too much noise surrounding it for it not to be true IMO

Christ.

If it is true and we go down then I'm afraid that's Sinny done.

Correct. Just what ive said on the Transfer thread

And that's fair enough, you can't make players come to the club.

It's a hell of a gamble though.

Every transfer is a gamble. Ive seen plenty of highlights from Salford this year and Lui always looks v good. Extremely creative and full of confidence.

At the risk of having the same conversation on two threads, I hope you are right.

What you need is Jake Trueman and Luke Gale as your halves, get rid of Lolohea and Myler and also re-sign Jordan Lilley to be the understudy to Gale.