Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:30 am  

leedsnsouths wrote:

Any proof of us spending more?
We clearly wasted it didnt we, considering we had one or two stars and your team was made up of internationals
If you were spending less than us then what explains your decline in the 2000s to the point you looked like being relegated at one point until you signed a load of aussies?

they only became internationals because they played for us...I never saw Leeds sign an international...

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 1:57 am  

Pieman wrote:

they only became internationals because they played for us...I never saw Leeds sign an international...

What?
You obviously paid them more, why would all those internationals stay at Wigan if they could be apparently paid more elsewhere?

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 7:10 am  

Cherry_Warrior wrote:

Didn't Leeds offer us an outrageous 1m for Ellery Hanley?

Were Leeds the first full time side?

Genuine questions

Don't know and Yes, Leeds were the first team to go completely professional.

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:10 am  

I think Moon being missing for them is a huge loss. In my opinion he's the best centre in SL, certainly attacking. Him and Hall can be lethal usually with McGuire setting up everything.

Any team is bound to struggle with such key players missing. Luckily our backline is doing OK for injuries (other than Sam obviously)

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:27 am  

leedsnsouths wrote:

Any proof of us spending more?
We clearly wasted it didnt we, considering we had one or two stars and your team was made up of internationals
If you were spending less than us then what explains your decline in the 2000s to the point you looked like being relegated at one point until you signed a load of aussies?

Doubt you were old enough to be watching Leeds back then so you probably don't remember anyway. Trust me Leeds spent fortunes but they couldn't knock Wigan off their perch because we produced far better players to play alongside our signings.

As for us signing a load of Aussies in the 2000's, we must have taught you guys a thing or two because as the old guard retires it seems as though they're replaced with lads from down under. What you running with this year? 6 or 7? Far too many for a club the size of Leeds. Some could call it trying to buy success

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:00 pm  

Offered a million for Hanley

you actually bought all the stars and paid them more ,

we bought all the ones on the way out and paid them too much , still at least we still have our ground .

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:35 pm  

Another d1ck measuring contest

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:39 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

Offered a million for Hanley

you actually bought all the stars and paid them more ,

we bought all the ones on the way out and paid them too much , still at least we still have our ground .

Who did we sign that were really proven?.... Hanley, Offiah and Connolly? Every top club signs good players to stay at the top. You were full time and had money you could have gone for them too. Truth is, they all wanted to play for the greatest club in the history of English Rugby League. The Ferrari, the top of the tree, The Manchester United of RL, no matter how bad an era they have everyone still wants to go there.

You had Dean Bell and got rid of him before we made him a superstar. Tuigamala, Botica were unknowns. Henry Paul came from Auckland in exchange for Andy Platt and the rest came from our youth team. Envy would call it buying success.

Oh and we have our own ground too, actually we have 2. We have a 25,000 seated capacity stadium with a very long lease on it and a stadium we train in. "but you can't develop your stadium like we can and have to alternate with football matches" is your next line. True but we don't need to waste money on stadium costs like you are about to do and the football situation is a minor inconvenience for now.

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:51 pm  

Another thread devolves into arguing.

There were some good points brought up though. I agree with you that we will miss Moon massively, I agree that at the minute are squad has a few too many Aussies. I'm hoping like you, the Aussies are just a stop gap, trying to keep us competitive while we wait for some of our younger guys to come through/good.

I'm looking forward to a good game, between two clubs who instead of looking to get one up on each other should be looked on as an example of what and where other clubs want to be.

Re: Leeds game : Thu Mar 10, 2016 4:50 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Doubt you were old enough to be watching Leeds back then so you probably don't remember anyway. Trust me Leeds spent fortunes but they couldn't knock Wigan off their perch because we produced far better players to play alongside our signings.

Argh, remember those days well.Yes you are right, Leeds brought in Dougie Laughton from Widnes and gave him a war chest to take us to the top. As well as the 250k paid for Hanley from yourselves he he raided his old club for the likes Tait, Eyres, Howard, Faimalo and old has been Mike O'Neill.Kevin Iro came in as well as Craig Innes from the All blacks (and we had already wasted a kings ransom on John Gallagher 'the worlds best rugby player' before Laughton came in!) many others too, as well as top dollar to the likes of Schoey still in his pomp we were shelling out some right cash around that time it can't be disputed.

The problem was, and not just for ourselves but the other clubs at that time, by 1990/91 you had built such a quality and settled side there was little to no chance of anyone stopping you. Infact, the 250k we gave you for Hanley gave you the cash to put the final piece in the jigsaw and signing Offiah.