Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:16 pm  

he's lots of things. where should I begin.....

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:02 am  

Irritating would be a great start.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:49 am  

Oli Pratt rumoured to have signed for us at Hull.

Shame about Eseh, would have been good to have him and Ese'Ese in the front row!

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:28 am  

Waqa Blake?

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:17 am  

christopher wrote:

Waqa Blake?

Also rumoured to be joining Saints to replace Hopoate

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:31 am  

Virtuous circles.. you get success and a strong squad together, more good players want to join that environment and you also don’t have to pay over the odds…

Where Leeds were about 10 years ago..

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 12:47 pm  

Smith confirms in latest YEP article that “we’ve got 4 players who are no longer with us”, this MacDonald has left the club.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 12:54 pm  

I don't think we can or should try to stop Macdonald playing in Australia. But I think we have every right to block any attempt for him to go back to any team in England without a fee. He may get a gig for next season, but he's not a superstar in the NRL, and I doubt he'll get anything beyond a year. Its quite possible he'll play most of the season in reserve grade somewhere. He may come to regret walking away from the sort of deal Leeds offered.

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 12:55 pm  

batleyrhino wrote:

Smith confirms in latest YEP article that “we’ve got 4 players who are no longer with us”, this MacDonald has left the club.

I think to be fair that was fairly obvious, I think they are just sorting out contractual stuff hence no announcement

Re: Transfer Talk / Rumour thread V4 : Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:02 pm  

Once were Loiners wrote:

I don't think we can or should try to stop Macdonald playing in Australia. But I think we have every right to block any attempt for him to go back to any team in England without a fee. He may get a gig for next season, but he's not a superstar in the NRL, and I doubt he'll get anything beyond a year. Its quite possible he'll play most of the season in reserve grade somewhere. He may come to regret walking away from the sort of deal Leeds offered.

While legally there may be nothing we can do, if we could then we should. He was happy to sign a 4 year deal with all of the security that gave him. If roles were reversed and it was the club saying "sorry, we've changed our minds", I'm fairly sure he'd be pointing to his contract.