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Quote: Brodie123 "I see both sides of the argument, both sides are correct, no one more than me has moaned about the length of time it has taken to rebuild the team. Simply pinning the blame on the rebuild of the stadium is not acceptable, neither is pinning the blame on Sinfield is acceptable, however what is acceptable is some of the decisions that have been made over the years has been horrendous. When the plan to develop the stadium there should have been a plan a place that would not have affected the playing side of the club. Money was duly raised at a time when interest rates where never so low and raising capital was easy. I know because I raise corporate capital.
We have a rich owner in Caddick, make no bones about it he is a well off man, yet for some reason we allowed the playing side of the team to suffer at the expense of the ground development and that is wrong. It simply should have been planned better.
The decision on recruitment was poor, we never replaced any of the golden team on a like off like basis and unlike Wigan or Saints who lose players every year to the NRL they simply pick up replacements and they slot into the team. Why did that not happen here at Headingley, GH has a lot to answer for, with trying to build a team on the cheap, and hope the coach could improve them. McDermott he had to go, make shift coach in Agar is now in charge, he has done well but now we are so far behind the other teams, our rebuilding is again open to question.
We appointed a director of Rugby, now we have 3 big wages to pay, yet we are not yet at the level of Saints or Wigan, still we are giving new contracts to players who people on here say they are not good enough.
What the three guys at the top are not doing is saying how can we catch up Wigan and Saints and how long will it take.
I don’t see a plan that is open to scrutiny, a plan that is good enough, and still more quality recruitment is needed.
I don’t mind being in the bottom half of the table if I see improvement, but I will be surprised if we finish in the top six, if we don’t what will people on here be saying. The time is right to change the plan and move this club forward'"

serious good post , Throw in long and chev and a lot of cooks no broth. Caddick originally saved the ground and guarantored initial rebuilds but i've also had the feeling he recouped with building contracts around leeds through his involvement, sts is good example of maintaining entertaining rugby regardless who they replace