You’d hope there’s still another prop to come in there, a heavy duty ball carrying prop. If I was writing dream scenarios I’d like a hard running / offloading back rower to do some damage wider too, but that can wait for now.

To think a few months back we were wanting to throw a deal at Austin.

RS and GH’s plan of waiting looks to have paid off.

1. L.Miller
2. D.Fusitu'a
3. H.Newman
4. P.Momirovski
5. A.Handley
6. B.Croft
7. M.Frawley
8. M.Oledzki
9. A.Ackers
10. T.Holroyd
11. J.Bentley
12. R.Martin
13. C.Smith
14. J.O'Connor
15. S.Lisone
16. R.Myler
17. J.Sangare
18. J.Mcdonnell
19. M.Goudemond
20. M.Gannon
21. C.Johnson
22. D.Olpherts
23. L.Roberts
24. J.Sinfield
25. J.Donaldson
26. L.Ruan
27. T.Warren
28. M.Simpson
29. K.Hudson
30. A.Edgell
31. R.Lumb
32. T.Nicholson- Watton
33. J.Smith

FB- L.Miller, R.Myler, A.Edgell, R.Lumb

W- D.Fusitu'a, A.Handley, D.Olpherts

C- H.Newman, P.Momirovski, L.Roberts, M.Simpson, J.Smith

HLF- B.Croft, M.Frawley, J.Sinfield

PROP- M.Oledzki, T.Holroyd, S.Lisone, J.Sangare, M.Goudemond, K.Hudson, T.Nicholson-Watton

HOK- A.Ackers, J.O'Connor, C.Johnson

BR- J.Bentley, R.Martin, J.Mcdonnell, M.Gannon, L.Ruan, T.Warren.

LF- C.Smith, J.Donaldson

So finally with Croft being officially announced after being in the pipeline for sometime now, plus the addition of Ackers the senior Hooker we have been wanting to add our 2024 squad is almost complete.

Just Kieran Hudson yet to be officially announced but that deal is also done he's been in the clubs kirkstall training ground last couple of weeks to continue his rehab on his achilles injury.

Our squad is pretty much complete with Rohan very happy with who he's been able to bring in and as you can imagine with the big signings we've just announced this morning we don't have a lot of cap space left, however the club is still in the market for a middle if one becomes available but that will probably only happen if we lose another 1 or 2 players.

3 years for both is perfect too. I'll say it quietly but I do also feel sorry for the Salford fans, selling off all their best assets when they've been asked for so much by their club.

I actually feel sorry for Salford fans too, they were asked to give the club money by getting themselves into debt, and then they sell their best two players, we think we have it bad as Leeds fans but they are being put through the ringer at the moment.

3 with Dupree as well.

I don’t think Salford have finished selling yet. They will need to add players and that might involve letting other players go.
Well it’s only a few weeks ago that the majority of oysters on here were moaning and saying GH should retire RS should be replaced we have no idea what we are doing etc. How things change!
Looking forward to next season with or without another prop or big line busting 2nd rower? I for one certainly am. Will we win anything? Possibly but even if we don’t we will be in a much better place.

Whoops predicted text oysters should’ve been posters

So, now that the two incomings are confirmed, it's been the biggest off season recruitment drive for years by Leeds. Gary has done a brilliant job so far, and may not yet have finished. Clearly the £300k shortfall in central funding has created an opportunity to bring in Croft and Ackers, and Gary will have known about that for quite sometime, probably the reason for the "list behind the list" comment.

If we can add a big experienced prop, Burgess or Sutton would be ideal, then it's as much as even I could have asked for.

There's no reason why we shouldn't be back in the top 4 next season now, and with luck with injuries who knows how far we can go.

Really looking forward to the new season with interest again. Excellent work Gary, over to you Rohan.

I’m not actually bothered about winning silverware TBH, I just want a season without major drama, play some good entertaining RL and be up there competing rather than fire fighting in the bottom half.

I want to go to the games especially against the ‘bigger’ teams thinking we are in level terms with them not hoping for a plucky win, and I want to see some intelligence on the pitch, weve been the dumbest team in the league for a few years imo, and it’s simply been down to the imbalances in the squad.

How many have we brought in that were under contract?

Miller, Mom, Ackers and Croft?

Pretty good going and shows that olayers do want to come to us despite what some think.

It’s also interesting to read comments by Saints fans, they think they are well behind in recruiting and clubs like us and Wigan are way ahead for the next few years.