its a good break for him he might get a better contract with first time

He's still got 2/3yrs left on his current one!!

It was a question rather than a statement.



Difficult for him to show when his first grade opportunities at Leeds are so limited.

Perhaps had Leeds not busted the import quota for 2010 by re-signing Donald we'd have seen. As it is will Leeds now lose Broughton and if they do.... for what?

Then you'd be wrong to question me



He's had plenty of opportunities to show what he's got at 1st grade level on loan with Hull and when their 1st choice wingers were fit (and their first choice wingers aren't as good as ours) he was dropped.

Leeds haven't busted any quota. They've abiding by the RFL regulations in order to obtain the best possible players they can in their quest to win everything. You know, like you were complaining they weren't doing this year.

If we lose Broughton its' because he wasn't good enough to dislodge the incumbents or patient enough to wait his opportunity wit us. I can live with that. We've lost better players.

While I expect Leeds to give 100% in all aspects of running the club to be as successful as it can be, I stop well short of wishing them to exercise loopholes left by the RFL.

Leeds have managed to get by without breaking the spirit of the quotas set in the past and still remain competitive despite doing so.

I enjoy it when people throw the 'cheat' jibe at other clubs because it's something that can't be thrown back at Leeds. Those jibes will be lessoned for me in 2010 with Leeds operating at seven overseas trained where the limit is set at six.

Have we broke ANY rules?????????

Not officially, but as tvoc says we have broken the 'spirit' of the rules by having more overseas players than we should, but have just used loopholes to get round it.

I think we have enough "spirit" in the bank due to our youth development!

Oh absolutely, its slightly disappointing that we have to rely on foreign imports but Im not that worked up about it, we're no way near as bad as other "big" clubs.

Leeds probably only have three players counting on the overseas trained quota at present (Buderus, Eastwood and Delaney) allowing them to bring in a further three and still not break the RFL's limit of six.

The type of situation Leeds fans will have mocked a Bradford or a Wigan or a Wakefield over in the past.

Leeds should have remained above using such tactics.

Any future success will now be tarnished as a result.

I agree but i don't have any problem with it as it stands either tbh!
GH and the Coaching staff have seen this as the best way to go this year so i'm happy to back their judgement!
FWIW I'd be surprised if donald and buderus stay beyond this year anyway so that's 2 overseas stars off the quota!