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| You are dead right Cheeky. Think people are focusing on signings that was successful rather than massive announcements.
Players like Ellis and Donald was good players but id argue Brett Ferres was more of a major signing at the time.
Gallagher was real news when he signed. Front and back page news actually. Leeds got more headlines for that than when Ellery signed which seems bloody laughable now.
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| BRETT FERRIS
You are having a laugh , he was past his best when he joined us and it is a matter of opinion how good he ever was , probably only ever had 1 good season
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| Quote: Fantastic Mr Catpiss "as an oppo fan, lauititi was amazing that you got him so early in his career, that really did seem to come out of nowhere.
And whilst on field it didn't pan out too well, i'm sure i remember ben walker's signing as being a big thing at that time.'"
Issue with Ali when he came over was there huge speculation he might stick around that long and only stay a year or two
What a find he was
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| Quote: ploinerrhino "BRETT FERRIS
Were not talking about how good a signing he was though are we? Were talking about groundbreaking signings. People are saying Ellis and similar but at the time they wasnt mega massive signings albeit Ellis was a very very good signing.
Im not saying Ferres was a groundbreaking signing but at the time he was a bigger announcement than some are mentioning.
Dont confuse groundbreaking with successful. As Cheeky says probably the most groundbreaking signing in the last 40 years was John Gallagher and look how that worked out.
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| Ferris was not Ground breaking full stop and i am not talking about if he was successful or not . He did not capture the imagination of anyone i knew at the time .
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| Ferris was a big signing at the time, he was coming off being pretty much player of the series for England vs the Kiwis and Leeds couldn't believe their luck in being able to bring him in, totally unexpectedly.
How he (or other flops like Gallagher and arguably Adamson, Eastwood etc) performed doesn't affect how they were perceived at the time.
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| wasn't keith rayne a record fee at 45k , offiah biggest at widnes , davies the one that never was , biggest miss robinson
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| It's clear which people read all of a topic before commenting.
It's true that signings like Ferres, Eastwood and Gallagher were bigger hype than Ellis etc, so would be more suitable for this list.
I even think the Achurch signing had more razzmatazz attached to it!
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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.
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| Ferres was one of those signings we have had over the years and I'm going back a long way . Arrive at Headingley and " I'm here I've made it " mission accomplished, but forgot they had to play
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| Quote: lionarmour87 "Ferres was one of those signings we have had over the years and I'm going back a long way . Arrive at Headingley and " I'm here I've made it " mission accomplished, but forgot they had to play'"
Think fact he couldnt train for 3 years but still played didnt help but people dont want to hear that.
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| Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "Think fact he couldnt train for 3 years but still played didnt help but people dont want to hear that.'"
Shouldve got rid either way. Waste of cap space with awful attitude
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| Quote: Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! "Think fact he couldnt train for 3 years but still played didnt help but people dont want to hear that.'"
Yeah things certainly went against him. Far from our worst player during his sori at Headingly. Just never lived up to high expectations we all had...
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| Let’s not forget Ferres was captain of us at one point
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| Cliff Lyons was probably one of the most anticipated arrivals I can remember along with Eric Grothe and Andrew Ettinghausen
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| Whilst Ferris was a big signing, Gaz Ellis got more of a fanfare on arrival. Leeds and Bradford had been chasing him between them for a long time before we finally got him. His welcome on the field on the Boxing Day game was huge.
I wonder where his career would have gone had he signed for the Bulls instead.
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