Re: Player | Luke Gale : Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:12 pm  

Credit to Gale for his piece in the YEP, but I must say, I think a bit less of him than I did before this saga. It's a real shame this happened, as we can all see how the spirit and togetherness in the squad has grown in recent months, and that's despite a disrupted schedule. Let's hope Gale can use this episode as motivation and can repay his teammates, the club and its supporters with some top-level performances.

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:14 pm  

Gale is still a good player, I’m not unhappy with him starting at 7 for us.

Really when he’s got the best deal at Leeds he is likely to find at his age, he has a big incentive to stay put and get on with it. Plus I do think he cares about the club and playing here.

Still interested to know if we are going to land any more players. We’re not far off but I’m not sure we are as good as we could be going into next year still.

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:09 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

Still interested to know if we are going to land any more players. We’re not far off but I’m not sure we are as good as we could be going into next year still.

It’s possible to read GH’s comments on Sinfield leaving and take a view that recruitment for next year has been done. Hope not but time
Will tell.

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:23 pm  

Mark Laurie wrote:

It’s possible to read GH’s comments on Sinfield leaving and take a view that recruitment for next year has been done. Hope not but time
Will tell.

I’m not sure we are - it will depend on retention too.

If we don’t end up retaining Martin and/or Hurrell that is a right chunk of cap ans quota spots. Can’t see us not making more additions in that context.

It will depend who becomes available and in which key positions we might want t to strengthen in.

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:35 pm  

Personally ill be happy to go as we are, I don’t think we’ve actually seen what this squad can do for one reason or another if Hurrell and Martin get extensions id be happy with the squad, when we add in Bentley and Sexer plus a fit Walker snd Broadbent i think we’ve got a squad capable of doing something

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:38 pm  

I think the statement from GH about our recruitment/squad for 2022 being sorted simply means we’ve retained the OOC players we want to but have yet to formally announce them and that anyone new coming in (ie Austin) has already been signed but again is just waiting to be officially announced, so our business is all done, just that some of it is yet to be released to the public

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:17 am  

snowie wrote:

Come on you should of been used to it with Sinfield and Maguire

Spot on.

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:52 am  

I don`t think Gale will be with you next season, wherever he is, he wants to be the centre of attention, sometimes that goes for him as it has done over the last few years, sometimes it doesn`t.

I fully expect him to be at Wakefield next year.

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:23 am  

homme vaste wrote:

I don`t think Gale will be with you next season, wherever he is, he wants to be the centre of attention, sometimes that goes for him as it has done over the last few years, sometimes it doesn`t.

I fully expect him to be at Wakefield next year.

Is that it then ?

Re: Player | Luke Gale : Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:08 pm  

I have to say a HB combo of Austin and Sezer looks more complementary than Gale and Sezer, but both are an upgrade on what we've had available this year.

Gale is a bit up and down for me - I do like him but he has some rubbish in his game too and always has. What I will say that he's linked in well with Mellor, Sutcliffe and Myler on that left hand side at times and that's a pretty potent combination.