It will be interesting to see if transfer fees are even needed. If players are on big (comparative to the club's finances) contracts then they may look to offload them to balance the books.

Dangerous game of course to shed some of your better players but could be necessary for some.

I’m hoping we’ve enough wealth behind us to come out the other side in good health and have the ability to kick on.

I’d be surprised if at least 1 or 2 Super League clubs don’t go into administration, there could well be players available on bargain deals, I expect Hetherington will leave some room in our budget/salary cap for this.

He didn't before.

Though he never silenced the rumours that we always had something in reserve for a player "mid season" the other years disaster proved we didn't.

The RFL has relaxed penalties for going into Administration - this says to me they know a few will be in trouble

I would suggest most clubs will be in real danger of going under and it will be a tough few years post Covid-19 as well.

Not to be doom and gloom but most RL sides have struggled in normal times so it's difficult to see most coming out the other side. Let's hope I am wrong.

I think in Gary Hetherington we are lucky to have someone in charge who gets how precarious a position SL is in and won’t just spend money we cannot afford on big signings beyond our budget. I think there will be some movement especially if some of the off contract players get better offers elsewhere. Possibly from SL or possibly the NRL. One thing is certain there will be plenty of players looking for offers and most will be getting offers below their expectations. But they will probably eventually have to take what’s on offer or retire!

The best thing that ever happened to Leeds was GH walking thru the gates with Mr Caddick. Trust them completely to keep the club financially safe however i do hope they inject some cash into the company to help it through the dark times to come.

Rhyse Martin, Ava Seumanufagai, Rob Lui were all signed mid season

Agreed, some out there complain about GH’s penny pinching but he and PC have steered the club through its most successful period and I for one have trust in them and whatever path they take.
GH will let Kevin get on with his job albeit within a somewhat tighter budget.y

To be fair here, I think some have a reality of the situation more than others perhaps. There is absolutely no doubt, and I challenge you to find anyone, who would argue on the job Hetherington and Caddick did for this club. It was heading for the crap heap, and needed them more than they needed us. More so what Hetherington actually brought to the whole game and super league through an extended period, is massively undervalued.

That said, you would have to be incredibly naive to actually think that Hetherington is doing the same job now, with the same forward thinking outlook that he had prior to 2015. Since then Caddick doesn't have the same holding in the club, he was paid for his holding due to wanting to sell the club in entirety at that point and Hetherington wanting to keep hold. Hetherington since then is looking at his own position first and foremost, and who can blame him. He has to protect that asset and ensure he gets the return he was hoping for when the time comes. He has lost the Union side in a complete mess. He without doubt is penny pinching now to protect his income. He is lucky that the Covid situation dictates that outlook to a degree, and rightly so, but lets not kid ourselves that Hetherington of 2020 would do the same things as Hetherington of year 2000. They are miles apart.