No id like a top signing like Agar promised or Merrin wouldn't leave. So far we've signed Rhys Evans. Nothing been mentioned on Martins passort for the last month so I'd expect the much covered 22 shirt to he vacant a while we continue to cut costs.

Don’t think Agar ‘promised’ any such thing.

His hands are tied with regards to an OS signing until Martins passport is sorted, what do you actually want them to do?

We’ve also signed Prior, Mellor and Leeming.

To be fair I'm sure his words were something along the lines of "We certainly won't be letting him go until we have a suitable replacement"

What were they to do, keep him against his wishes, a signing may have fallen through or they felt a suitable replacement was from within the squad i.e Smith

Come on Chris you know full well Agar has said many times that we had a replacement lined up & had numerous options we were talking to.
Granted im sure he said it may not be the same position as Merrin but a replacement was promised.
The Martin passport thing came later once again big starements re-recruitment have been made & not carried out.
Of course Rhys Evans was a must its not like we have young lads who deserve a shot over a 27yr old has been with "experience".

I think what they were to do was acknowledge exactly the point you've made which would have been a perfectly sensible response rather than categorically stating they wouldn't release him unless a replacement was lined up, fail to complete the deal and then let him go anyway making themselves look a bit foolish. There was no reason for them to say that and noone would have argued if they hadn't. Because they chose to say that they now look daft because as things stand we're starting the season weeks later without a replacement in place

Keeping Merrin that would have been great for team moral.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... 9701048200 Looks like Latu chose Wire over us, we don't seem to attract the Overseas players were in for enough wheather we don't meet their wage demands or they might not see us a Title contending club anymore

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... 9701048200 Looks like Latu chose Wire over us, we don't seem to attract the Overseas players were in for enough wheather we don't meet their wage demands or they might not see us a Title contending club anymore

Money money money.

Agars words he won't leave without a like for like replacement and we won't be left short for sure we're his words.

How do we know they don't have someone lined up subject to the passport? Seems like that is holding everything up at the moment.

They may have even lost out on someone due to the waiting. I think Agar is pretty transparent, and wouldn't have said we would arrange replacement even if it hasn't come off.

I don't ever remember Agar saying we had a replacement for Merrin lined up. I do remember Agar saying Prior wasn't Merrins replacement.

No more signings before season starts and Martin and the passport thing has not yet been sorted. This is still ongoing, these Pacific islands don't do everything at 100 miles per hour, they have quality of life not quantity.
Look at the start of last season and look at the squad now, a huge improvement on last year. We may not win anything but I expect us to play a lot better and be closer to the likes of Saints and Wire. Its best to have cap space available as opposed to having an empty wallet when possible signings become available. Lets see where we are after the first half dozen games then we can start to kick come LOL.

Leeds could be using Martin’s visa as an excuse not to sign anyone. He may have already obtained it but easier for Leeds to say he has yet to receive it to give them more time to make a signing.

Sam Burgess is in the UK