Hopefully will get ahead of Welham who is dire when it counts and is without doubt not a top 4 player..

Looks like a pretty good signing to me, would doubt he'll be on big money and if Friday showed us anything it was we are very light in the backs in we pick up an injury. Add to that the fact that Webster looks permanently on the verge of pulling up injured and Chev is gone for at least next season (i would assume) then a right centre seems the obvious choice. Afterall what cover do we have there, cockayne??

We need to strenghten the squad and need to do it with young English players, whether ratu fulfils his potential we will see but at least the potential is there.

We need to add an impact prop (or two) to our playing staff now and then I see the recruitment more or less done.

Yeah definitely mate.

Just how do you attract these marque players

Not the Hitlerington style, you should know that

We work on the opposite mentality to your team, we sign potential young english players and give them room to develop, your lot sign players that had potential, usually in the early nineties and let them graze in the KC retirement home.

By the sounds of some of the comments seems a decent prospect and I'm sure working with JM and the team will be of a big benefit to him.

I seem to remember a few articles about him in RL Express.

Strange signing, I expected Rovers to sign a more proven player. Been around the Leeds set up for a while and seen bits and pieces of him but it's all just potential at the minute. Gibson was more highly rated and he has not ended up the player people thought.

Rat Who?

short term UK trained quota fix, nothing more.

Really?, i bet your well chuffed you got rid of the England full back then eh Stanley

No. he's just stating what happened

Wonder why Jusin has decided to sign a player a lot of Leeds fans seem to see as a very exciting youngster when he could have picked up an experienced, proven S.L. player like Thorman...for instance.

If we'd have signed a more established player it'd have been a 'kick in the teeth' for Welham, I'm sure. We go for youth and potential (Hodgson, Cook and Ratu) and it demonstrates a lack of ambition rather than perhaps an investment.



Stan - choose your own angle for your trolling and run with it. You've been doing it for a while now, you should have more confidence in your ability.



On de-registering Chev, do we really think we are, or would want to be in the current economic climate, bumping our heads against the salary cap ceiling? I don't know, but I suspect that all but 3 or 4 teams are limited more by [imoney[/i than the cap - O/T This is the massive hole in all of Smokey's anti-cap arguments. Unless there is an insurance payment (resulting from a poor prognosis, so not something to hope for), a de-registered Walker would still be fully paid. If we are at the cap it makes sense, otherwise it doesn't.

Welcome to Michael Ratu - another promising young British squad member.

Mild Rover, it's not exactly a shock that you've had to go out and sign talented youngsters. The quota rules mean you need them and your not exactly producing any

and Big Spender, because Hull produce there own they only need to sign the odd ones with REAL potential i.e Briscoe brothers and Turner

Neither are Hull judging by all those released recently

that just shows there producing too many

Bit like Leeds we produce but have to let them go

corrected for accuracy

Most of Leeds products end up in SL, whereas (barring the odd exception

), Hull's produce end up down the divisions

We will have 3 of our ex home grown players in your squad next year.

That is more SL players than you have produced in the last 10 years

Unless you can add to Wilkin and Whelham. Though whelham can still end up in a lower division using your logic

Yes Dixon has done well

...and Liam Higgins.

Brisc only wanted £5000 a year more....Fact ! Hardly greedy .

Willa is right we produce some very good youngsters, however some have to be shipped for their own developments/chances.. generally it is a gamble who to let go or keep, plus the decision is reached by who is contracted and for how long in the senior squad.

I am more than happy with our young prospects at fc.