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I've always taken any pronouncements from Darth with a pinch of salt, but recently, well there isn't enough salt to cover it.

Close working relationships with NRL teams.

Players definitely "not" leaving.

Ducking out of planning meetings with the council.

Southstands last game ever! Every other week.

What on earth is going on?

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Soon we will be dancing the Fandango FROM 2004,TO DO WHAT THIS CLUB'S DONE,IF THATS NOT GREATNESS THEN I DONT KNOW WHAT IS. JAMIE PEACOCK:



Nay I don't know either .We never get the full story as regards the south stand all we've heard is from GH nothing from LCC planning committee . Is it down to not being granted or some other reason? The spin doctor for Segayaro spun a great line about why he wanted to stay at Leeds and how much he loved the British game ,it suited his style

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I wish i could tell you.

One thing is for certain, there are far more questions than answers at the minute and the plot could well thicken a great deal in the not too distant future, a start next season anything like resembling this the CEO will have some major decisions to make, ones that could majorly impact the club for a few years to come.

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Quote: Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino "I've always taken any pronouncements from Darth with a pinch of salt, but recently, well there isn't enough salt to cover it.

Close working relationships with NRL teams.

Players definitely "not" leaving.

Ducking out of planning meetings with the council.

Southstands last game ever! Every other week.

What on earth is going on?'"


I posted something similar on another thread........


If recent reports from Gary and the club regarding the ground redevelopment and that the Boxing day game was the Last ever game for the current south stand before it was bull dozed



IMO the outcome of both of these issues will no doubt paint Mr Hetherington as someone who's word cannot be trusted any longer
I foresee that he could be in for a rough time in 2017 IF things dont go well on the field

I expect that an undisclosed transfer fee will be paid to the club for Chicko's release,but as a way of compensation,that a ground breaking club partnership between the Rhinos and the Sharks will also be announced

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There is no truth any more, only opinion. FWIW without major surgery we are looking at up to 5 years of transition...

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The last 12mths have been woeful on/off the field from the failure to recruit the right quality for 2016 throw in the 101 excuses during the season along with the lies we've heard since & it does raise serious ?'s about how the Club has been run following a history making 2015.
We all know GH has plenty of previous denying interest in players before actually signing them but throw in the Hardaker & Segeyaro denials when many had heard/knew already both wanted out its taking the p!$$ somewhat imo.
Even now all this posturing is wasting time get rid of JS he simply doesn't want to be here.
I think its a huge 12mths for the CEO & Coach time will tell if either can stop the farce & get us back on track but i am losing faith in GH & wrt Mc.D stick a fork in him he's done.

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I think we'll look back on 2016 as a disaster in more ways than one. the season itself was dreadful, but the fact that we didn't even start looking properly at recruitment in key positions is absolutely ridiculously poor planning. We look like having gone from an international full back and international quality at hooker, with question marks over halfbacks, to question marks over 1,6, 7 and 9. Never mind long-term I'd say that's rubbish in the short term.

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I stated on the thread about the ground redevelopment that I thought GH had reached his level of incompetence, this is just another issue in a growing list that suggests the CEO is out of depth and needs to be pensioned off for the good of the long term future of the club

He just sounds more silly with every pronouncement

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Gotta be honest GH is way out of depth....i mean other than helping save the club, being CEO over 7 SL titles, 3 challenge cups, 3 wcc, turning a debt making business into a million pound profit making business, forming an outstanding foundation which benefits thousands of people in the city, building the carnegie stand what has he done for us???

Seriously guys some of these comments are ridiculous.

Trust GH we will come thru this. May take a year or 2 but weve talented kids coming thru and they need to be given a chance which the club is doing.

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Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "Gotta be honest GH is way out of depth....i mean other than helping save the club, being CEO over 7 SL titles, 3 challenge cups, 3 wcc, turning a debt making business into a million pound profit making business, forming an outstanding foundation which benefits thousands of people in the city, building the carnegie stand what has he done for us???

Seriously guys some of these comments are ridiculous.

Trust GH we will come thru this. May take a year or 2 but weve talented kids coming thru and they need to be given a chance which the club is doing.'"


Nobody is disputing what he has done in the past it is what he might do in the future - this is a club that is going backwards. The squad is as weak as it has been for years I would hazard guess that the likes of Leigh, Castleford, Catalans and Hull will be closer to the cap than Leeds. Under investment in the product you are selling gives your competitors the opportunity to leave you behind.

It would not take much for a £1m profit business to turn into £1m loss business and as the refurbishment of the stand has shown the club is hardly awash with reserves. It is very unlikely the club with have the success on the field and the revenue it brings for the foreseeable future so the chances of a downward spiral are greater than a period of sustained growth.

We might have some talented kids but none are as good as the kids that sustained the team through the golden period - I don't see another Kevin Sinfield, Danny McGuire, Ablett, Hall or Watkins. Let's be honest we have a huge problem at hooker now and no youngster even on the horizon in that position. I would suggest signing the likes of Ormondroyd and Aston would suggest the talent coming through isn't of a suitable quality at the moment?

Something just isn't right?

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So hes out of his depth because we might go backwards???? Ever thought we might go forward too???

Lets just not panic and trust in the best CEO weve ever had.

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"The post-truth according to Gaz H" would have been a more appropriate thread title.

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Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "Gotta be honest GH is way out of depth....i mean other than helping save the club, being CEO over 7 SL titles, 3 challenge cups, 3 wcc, turning a debt making business into a million pound profit making business, forming an outstanding foundation which benefits thousands of people in the city, building the carnegie stand what has he done for us???

Seriously guys some of these comments are ridiculous.

Trust GH we will come thru this. May take a year or 2 but weve talented kids coming thru and they need to be given a chance which the club is doing.'"



I'm not bagging GH here, as the guy really did build a successful career, but the key word in your post above is "helping". People get too lost in the roles of people, and simply forget about the absolute main reason we were saved, and that was Caddick. If anybody seriously believes Hetherington could have done any of what we did on his own then they seriously do not know anything about either indidvidual.

That said, the rugby opertaion of the club was down to Hetherington as he had the knowledge in that area and expertise, and built his team. Without Caddick though, he couldn't have done any of it. Trouble is his ideas have run there course, and it needs younger minds.

The way the club is going now, is exactly what people have forseen on here for the last few years, it was so blindinly obvious. But whilst any club management, and that is any club, can continue to take advantage of gullible supporters this is what happens. I bet they never expected the wrong choices though to have such an effect.

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Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "So hes out of his depth because we might go backwards???? Ever thought we might go forward too???

Lets just not panic and trust in the best CEO weve ever had.'"


The recent history would suggest the club is going backwards - one GF in 4 years compared to 3 in the previous 4 years - how do you suggest you turn it around? The club doesn't appear to have the ability to fund the borrowing to develop its place of business?

The very essence of the product i.e. the team is weaker than it has been for years and the quality of academy product coming through is also at a very low point. It now appears to going into the forthcoming season with a hooker of any quality/experience - one of the two most important position in the modern game.

As for 2016 - the less said about that the better

So I am unclear from this way you think GH will turn it around?

The only way this will give a positive outcome is if other teams slow faster than Leeds?

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Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "So hes out of his depth because we might go backwards???? Ever thought we might go forward too???

Lets just not panic and trust in the best CEO weve ever had.'"

Given where we are & what we've just gone through in 2016 id say there's more chance of abject failure than success.
Also yes GH has played a huge role in our success building a Trophy rich legacy but the brutal honesty is that formula hasn't worked/needs adjusting now.
I aren't demanding or expecting Trophy wins but this Club should be top 4 minimum & the recruitment etc since 2015 has fallen way short of previous standards.
Now yes the transition was always going to happen & certainly never gonna be easy but lets get this right you don't run a Rolls Royce smoothly for over a decade then start buying parts from the scrappers & expect the same pristine ride.

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