As an outsider I don't think Furner is the problem as such. When McDermott left didn't he mutter something about if you think its bad now? Reading between the lines which is all I can do what he was saying is that the club as a whole has lost its way with too many people doing jobs they are not equipped to do or alternatively an old boys network has developed.

Happens all the time after clubs have a glory period, happened to Wigan post Linsey to a degree. Happened twice at Man U and at Liverpool to name just a few.

I don't know why because as noted history proves otherwise but these clubs fall back on ex-players from the glory years somehow believing the magic will rub off. It doesn't because it can't Kevin Sinfield is your most obvious example. He was a great player and in time may become a great administrator but for now he's utterly out of his depth. Worse still he's a one club man and thus probably only knows one way and when that way isn't working he simply has no plan B.

Sometimes a new brush and one that simply cannot be argued with, a coach who can change the culture. This sadly can't be done with someone like Sinfield and Peacock (is he back with you?) who are inexperienced and trying to make their names, certainly not if they are involved in the recruitment and sit alongside the Coach in the management structure, its simply a personality clash in the making.

Leeds will need to splash the cash on an unimpeachable Coach who is answerable only to the CEO and sadly he will almost certainly need to be an Aussie. Thats how I see it, please excuse me if I've got Sinfield's and others position in this all wrong.

So Watkins and Hall were on more than 150K ? and Sir Kev was wrong when he said we had not had Marquee players before this season ?

Where has Sinfield named players he wanted to move on?

Yes, and Yes, if you want to put it like that. Or you can simply look at it for what it is, a play on words. It is the first time we have Marquee overseas players, it isn't the first time we have used the Marquee player rule on the cap, or at least according to Hetherington previously it wasn't.

From what I recall Pete Smith wrote an article in the YEP very early on in the season, possibly even pre-season with a list of players that it was understood from Sir Kev were available for immediate release if they could find another club

Players we could all have named liked Walters, Mullalley, Ormondroyd were on it but then there were the likes of Golding, Cuthbo and Parcell, although Cuthbo came out pretty quickly on social media to say he knew nothing of being told he was surplus to requirements.

Furner in?