Having seen King's 3 games so far, I would be surprised if he were a major target as a starting 9 for Leeds. He has been very good for Fev, but hasn't been ripping teams apart, which Parcell unquestionably would do in the Championship, as would Dwyer on one of his good days. King was released by the team that finished bottom in the NRL and wasn't picked up by any other NRL teams. Don't get me wrong, he's a good player, and already has a cult following at Fev, but he's not the type of standout overseas player you guys would normally take imo.

On love rugby league we've been linked with Danny Levi from the Knights as Parcells replacement.

I’d rather have him than King I think...in fact IF Parcel is off and IF we are looking for another front line hooker I’d rather take another punt on the ‘traitor’ than sign King.

Agreed on that - our 3 latest overseas signings all have a history of getting out of shape, throw in a couple of existing squad members who have shown a tendancy to be lardy and its a slippery slope. But.... Kasiano would be good in isolation.

Feel your pain on Blackmore and there have been plenty of others with similar traits. His daughter was an interesting character though

I still wouldn't be surprised if we signed Ikahihifo as I was told that he was our first choice replacement for Garbutt during the off season (unless we have moved on from him and with better players lined up?)

Kasiano would be a good signing if he came with the right mindset and that he knew that his NRL days were done.

IMO our side would have a far more balanced look to it with Ikahihifo or Kasiano in it and it would also give us what we are currently lacking up front in order for us to be vying for the top 4 and silverware (other than a favourable CC draw) this year

I would love George Burgess as our meter munching prop for 2020 if we had to wait for the right guy

By Buderus whose last tip for us worked out well.

(shudders)

who was that, i forget, remind us please.

Agreed Burgess would be good for us. Another prop I've always liked is JWH. He has family in the area and has pretty much achieved everything in the NRL. Also, and I think this is increasingly important actually, the guy has a personality.

You'd probably want to have a better salary-balanced squad down the line, but it'll take a few years for our young lads to mature properly into first grade and we can afford one or two more high-profile professionals to provide a structure in the process.

For me, if we can feasibly make it happen, I'd like to see us secure a real top-line player who as at or very near international level. It's especially relevant at prop because we all know we lack punch there, and because we have Oledzski, Dupree, Holroyd all coming through together, any or all or whom could develop into full England internationals in due course.

Apparently Souths have now come out and said that George will still be there in their 2019 season.

Ben Cross

damn it had to ask, just has i had removed it from my memory.

Ben cross was a funny one though because on paper he was a good solid signing, but he ended up just being gash. cannot remember many saying "what we signed him for"

Ben Cross didn't just imitate an NRL grade prop whilst he was with us as he then went on to dupe Wigan and Widnes too