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| I'm not sure I would phrase it as we have up to early on Sutcliffe but I'm not sure we set him up to succeed at half.
Last year we lost Sinfield and Peacock the best organiser and playmaker in SL history and the best prop and biggest pack leader in SL history imo, Our MoS fullback disappeared up his own ar5e for whatever reason, our strike ball handling centre developed a bad case of the dropsies for the entire year our new hooker was a complete bust, our scrum half couldn't get on the field and we somehow ended up with the scapegoats being our hooker/scrum half because he wasn't able to be hooker and scrum half at the same time and a 21 year old stand off.
I think it's testament to Sutcliffe that at 22 he has a hundred appearances has won trophies has come through injuries and has at times looked natural at fullback, centre, stand off and loose forward. 4 of the most technical and difficult positions in the game. As I said before, get us a top organiser for 3 or so years and I'm happy committing to Sutcliffe at stand off.
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| Quote: nottinghamtiger "Told at the Cas game yesterday that Ritchie Myler will be joining Leeds for 2018.'"
Told you weeks ago. Good signing for Leeds.
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| That's one. Just need another now.
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| I understand the reservations about Myler, but I think its as much about signalling that the time has come for a change in direction as signing him as a player.
We don't have halfbacks of the required quality for next year, but can we afford to wait for one or more of our untried players to make the grade? If they were given a go and didn't make the grade, that would be a third year in a row of 'transition' and a lot of us would be up in arms about why changes hadn't been made. At least signing Myler suggests GH has a sense of urgency about the need to shake things up.
Whilst the Sinfield era was marked by a huge amount of stability across the squad, it was also marked by several major signings along the way. In recent years the stability has remained but we've stopped signing anyone of note. IMO if we didn't start to look externally to fill key positions now, we may end up having to replace large numbers of players en masse, which historically has generally been a disaster.
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| Correct, however, it remains to be seen if we can buck the recent trend of signing expensive gash from Aus.
Surely we must have a decent scouting network in the UK to spot some of the rough diamonds that have appeared in SL (Walmsley, McMeeken, Hill) or is it that we just wont shell out the £££?
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| What's happened to your under 21's you are classed as having one of the best in SL. Nobody coming threw?
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