Pace can be worked on. Luke Gale has developed enough to be dangerous. He never had it when he was younger.

I just don't see Lilleys future at Leeds at all.

I'd like to see Joe Mellor at Leeds.

To compare Lilley with Sinfield is a mistake. No disrespect to Lilley but he isnt in the same league.

I agree, and hope somebody is being lined up but there is also the chance they are waiting to see what happens with McGuire. I personally think he should/needs to call time after this year but have a feeling he may carry on.

Me too.

I'm not sure what he would bring to the team that we don't already have. If we're going to be targetting players under contract then they either need to have qualities we desperately need or be massive improvements on what we've already got.

Mellor is now 26 and still hasn't lived up to his early hype. He is not the quality we should be looking at if we're looking to stay at the top end of the table.

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The omens seem to be that GH/BMcD are looking to use the Maguire/Moon partnership next year in the hope that either Lilley/Sutcliffe would improve sufficiently to save them money but for me I cant see either of them dominating a half back position.

I don't think Lilley is gona get the chance to be honest. Do we know if he signed that new deal last year or what?

We needed a replacement for Sinfield when he retired in 2015. Now almost 2 years on none of the youngsters have shown they have what it takes to step up as an organizer so IMO we need a marquee signing if possible or at least a Dunemann type player to bring on the next generation. But we do need to sign an organizer now.

A lot will depend on how this season finishes as to what GH can get away with. Top 4 and will be able to justify no more signings - outside of the top 4 makes that harder to explain.

That's the risk waiting though, as alluded to earlier we end up dipping in the bargain bin if we wait till September to see where we end up before acting as most OOC players are tied up by then.

It's not a risk, it's stupidity. We are where we are because of two reasons, one the hooker we got lucky with, and two the oppossition have fallen away badly. The oppossition sort themselves out for next year, Saints probably already have, and we are back to where the majority expected. The current position of the halfs wasn't good enough before the season started, and that doesn't change whether we fnish top four or not this year, it still isn't good enough.

Like i said earlier, i think a lot depends on what McGuire does. As of yet there is no news, so.....