How do Leeds loan him from Wasps? He is playing a different sport

Does this mean that, for arguments sake, we could loan Jermaine Beckford from Utd and stick him on the wing?

If Leeds Utd were willing to loan him out.

Get mariusz pudzianowski in on loan to bulk up the forwards.

Good thread this.

Strange you should mention him, he's in the UK soon, and has played RU before. Fights MMA now.

Why not Glen Ross?

He wouldnt count on the quota because hes British

He may need to bulk up abit though

Strange how so few people picked up on this embarrassing comment , classless indeed .

BM made a comment in the programme about trying to recruit players to cover our injury situation but it was not easy with the Salary cap. Even if Lee Smith is available and willing to return he would not be a cheap option if we are talking about a season long loan.

I was going to give coach McClennan the benefit of the doubt (in that he was referring to Leeds having a poor run of form and he hoped others would suffer similar dip in form at some point over the course of the season) but he does specifically refer to Leeds' injury woes.

I thought you could exclude long term injured players from the SC for exactly this reason?

I hear its a loan move but can be permenant at the end of the season, dependent on whether Scott Donald gets a new deal or not.

I am not sure of the rules regarding injured players but BM wrote in the programme
"Whilst we are exploring all avenues to get us through this period of injuries, fans must also remember that this has to be done within the confines of the cap"
This was written after Watkins' season ending injury so gives the impression that regardless of our long term injuries we don't have much room to manouvre.
May also be a factor in the decision not to recall BJB.

That could well be true as Jones-Bishop is presumably outside Leeds' 1-25 1st grade squad at the start of the 2010 season.

That being the case I just wish coach McClennan could have levelled with the supporters last week rather than using the 'Jones-Bishop is primarily a full-back' line.

Scotty (imo) will want to return to OZ next season

Why will Scott Donald want to return to Oz? Even if not with Leeds, he'll get a much bigger pay packet in SL than he'd be offered in the NRL.

To retire gracefully?

He'll be 31 before next season starts, he has a young family, he's in re-hab now after a shoulder reconstruction, he's probably achieved as much out of the game as he's likely to. Perhaps he'd count on the overseas trained quota (I'm not sure how that works) if he left Leeds but stayed in SL, which may make finding another club over here more difficult as the quota (supposedly) reduces to 5 in 2011.