You are me from 2006 and i claim my cake.

OK maybe GH didnt see the problems that arose with Eastwood, but recent past events show that Bedsy was the last decent import we brought in, and that was 2 years ago. If we cannot find any quality replacements, my point was that there's no real benefit in just filling our salary cap/quota with any old player that comes along.

Yawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Am hearing rumours that we are signing Richard Moore!!! If so.............oh dear!

Regarding potential signings some clubs dont even know who is coach yet

Wasn't Keith supposed to be going to Wakey the week before Kear left ? Now Morgan going too from KR who knows what they had in mind regards signings, GH could just be waiting to bullet BMC and JL and let a new coch make his own signings :-p You can only hope

Regarding potential signings do people not think it would be a good idea to post their opinion on the rumours/2012 squad thread? Just a thought like.

I agree.


Regards,
Lee 0.83 Smith.

In youth development costs - I would suggest more than any transfer fees.

I am not for one minute suggesting the club should pay any transfer fees - I doubt Saints paid any transfer fees for their imports, I bet Wigan didn't pay Melbourne a penny for Hoffman, Lima and Finch.

As you said you don't have to pay big transfer fees to build championship winning sides

You, as ever, paint such a bleak financial picture of a succesfully run Grade A Licence SL club.

Is the finance for the stand not in place, including a thumping great cash contribution from the club?
How are the Rhinos funding a RU side that is slashing and burning its costs and seems to have settled for life within its income and outside the Premiership?
What is the trend on season tickets over the last 3 years, and how does this compare to other clubs?
Which owner has no liquidity and how is this relevant to a club with the biggest turnover in the game?

To answer your questions

The finance will be in place for the stand but it needs to be paid for - i.e. interest - given a capacity of 12k max during renovation revenue will be down
Last year the Rhinos loaned the Tykes 1.7m - that was with premiership income with a cheap squad!! In the lower division a squad of 30 will not be self funding.
Season ticket sales have fallen over the past three years - given the economic situation I doubt that is likely to see anything but a continuation
Caddick is commercial property developer - do you see much commercial property development going on? logic suggests he will not have the liquidity he once had.

So go on you paint your rosy picture - I prefer a realistic view

Woah! That's all you're basing your accusations that Mr Caddick is not liquid on?

Bit of a leap isn't it? I'm sure it's very likely that turnover is down, but that doesn't necessarily translate to instant cash-flow problems does it?

I've applauded Richard Moore for his efforts against us this season. He has been more than a handful. Great aggression with ball in hand. Seems to be displaying the signs of the potential from a few years ago. His health issues won't have helped him. Is he a player that would make that much added value? Probably not. But is he a better prop than the ones we let go (Cross/Biff) ? Yes.