Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:43 am  

It ticks the boxes doesn’t it? Leeds lad, prodigal son, dispensation for coming through academy and being England player, doesn’t count on quota and better than Myler.

Whether he’ll stay fit I don’t know. We’d have other options next year so if it fell through I wouldn’t be too gutted. You could argue it would make more sense to run with Myler and McLelland for one more year, see how McLelland is developing and then we’d be free to sign a top Aussie 7 with cap and quota available in 2021z

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:50 am  

If Gale does sign what next then for Myler,will he see out his contract or look for another SL club?

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:53 am  

fanstanningley wrote:

If Gale does sign what next then for Myler,will he see out his contract or look for another SL club?

I'd take anyone at Cas at the moment over fatty Ellis.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 8:04 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

It ticks the boxes doesn’t it? Leeds lad, prodigal son, dispensation for coming through academy and being England player, doesn’t count on quota and better than Myler.

Whether he’ll stay fit I don’t know. We’d have other options next year so if it fell through I wouldn’t be too gutted. You could argue it would make more sense to run with Myler and McLelland for one more year, see how McLelland is developing and then we’d be free to sign a top Aussie 7 with cap and quota available in 2021z

Agree with that. Gale is considerably better that Myler in every way. Good signing if it's TRUE.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 8:20 am  

One thing Gale would give us is some organisation. He’ll get people in the right places - and if he can bring a bit of “Cas” halfback play to Leeds that would be great.

I’d prefer Sezer but Gale is progress for us if fit so I’d take it.

I see all the stars aligning for the year after next the more I think about it. Johnson, Dupree, Holroyd, Oledzki 18 months down the line are different propositions and could really make a contribution. I’d also expect Walters and Trout to be thereabouts, and Broadbent / Newman centre partnership I could live with.

We have a couple of bolters coming through the junior ranks: it’s just getting the right pieces in the puzzle together at the same time. The young lads have a heck of a lot of improvement in them.

I’m very happy with the talent coming through in the forwards, especially in the back row.

Still think we need a big, direct, aggressive prop in the JWH mould to partner Ava and that would be a priority for me - hate to say it but Peteru may be the swap there. We could wait for 2021 for the right player though.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:35 am  

Gale had been injured for two years, goes missing in big games and can only play behind a dominant pack.

Do we want an aging crock? No thanks.

Big game mentality may not be an issues for us for a couple of years so may not be an issues.

Our pack needs work, not sure gale can hobble around behind it.

In all seriousness, he is a big risk for me and we are not in a position to take risks.

This before you even get to what you do with myler.

For me let's get the pack sorted leaving room for the development of our excellent crop of youngsters coming. Get Myler off next season and replace with quality.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:50 am  

Fallon wrote:

Gale had been injured for two years, goes missing in big games and can only play behind a dominant pack.

Do we want an aging crock? No thanks.

Big game mentality may not be an issues for us for a couple of years so may not be an issues.

Our pack needs work, not sure gale can hobble around behind it.

In all seriousness, he is a big risk for me and we are not in a position to take risks.

This before you even get to what you do with myler.

For me let's get the pack sorted leaving room for the development of our excellent crop of youngsters coming. Get Myler off next season and replace with quality.

If we can swap Gale for Myler relatively cost-effectively I’d be up for it.

Committing our usual generous salary over 3 years for players past their best would be stupid though.

It all depends on the terms for me. Would prefer to see McLelland given a chance to replace Myler on merit if possible.

Agree about the pack. 8 and 9 needs sorting - whether internally through Johnson and Holroyd (or others), or externally.

Question is more about timing. I don’t think this squad will really do anything until the players are at peak, and we are several years off that for the young lads. With that in mind I’d be tempted to manage this next year or two, put the structures and culture in place, keep some powder dry and be patient. We will know much more about gaps and weaknesses in this developing team at the end of next season - what we need is spare cap and quota spots to address those gaps around the core youth.

We have to stop spending over the odds plastering over cracks for the short term, and we need to stop giving long contracts out and getting it wrong. Golding, Sutcliffe, Singleton. JJB, Ablett, Cuthbo, Peteru, Myler, Ferres in hindsight have all been given longer contracts than performances / health deserved. I’d add Lui to that. Tui and Parcell have been cut short also.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:07 am  

I hope to God we don't sign Luke Gale.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:19 am  

Just received the prices for next season, to say we have had 3 poor years out of the last 4 seasons, the prices for next year are disappointing, not looking forward to the dreaded call from Rob Oates LOL.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour Thread V2 : Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:20 am  

we could sign the best half back in world rugby and dwyer would still kill 90% of moves