Cuthbo is a good signing.
Wayne Bennett doesn't seem to like his style and has tried to stop him offloading, but he averages 30 tackles and 136 metres this year in the NRL.
Newcastle fans think he is very under rated.

glad to see we have signed a prop which should cover the loss of kylie for next season.

not seen too much of him play but at 29 hopefully he will still have a few good years to give.I will reserve judgment till next season gets into full swing but im happy to see our problem area is being addressed.

Good signing. And he doesn't count on overseas quota neither which is even better.

Be interesting to see who stays as GH has said the "whole squad" are signed up for 2015 which I hope is wrong because imo 2/3 can and should be moved on.

Returning to the rumours re. Clarke...............The story I have heard is that Warrington have paid money up front for him, on the basis that he would join them for 2015. It now appears that he does not want to move house or travel along the M62. So Warrington (who have no financial difficulties) have reluctantly agreed & have asked for their money back. Problem is that Cas. have already spent the money & so they are having to sell him to another Yorkshire team to raise the money !!!

Looks like the operation GH authorised has been successful.

Now all he needs to is tie up all the loose ends, he can't afford to have someone pull on one and unravel the whole thing.

FW- Eh are you suggesting GH is some kind of evil genius lol?

Kirke and Bailey?

Given Kylie is retiring and with the young forwards coming through I don't expect much change. Although Kirke isn't particularly popular it's clear McDermott likes him and I would estimate his salary is fairly low. I guess the question would be could we get better with his wages?

Kylie hasn't decided yet. He's on a one year rolling contract so if he wants to go around one more year he will and to be fair on his form SO FAR this season, I'd have little complaint if he went round one more time.

IMO time to move Bailey on though for sure

Fair dos I thought he was retiring. I agree on Bailey.

If the Clark one does happen, IF, it's shows just what a bit of patience can do. Year upon year now all I've heard is "worried", "worried", "worried" when it comes to our front row.

By the start of 2016 we could have a line up of

8 - Cuthbertson
9 - Clark
10 - Singleton

14 - R.Ward
15 - Baldwinson
16 - Mulhern

According to Pete Smith on twitter Kirke has another year to run in 2015 for me I'd release him ,Bailey & Clarkson.
Foster ,Yates(if he makes an impact) Cuthbertson ,Achurch ,JP ,Singleton,Delaney,JJb ,Baldwinson ,Tonks ,Ablett and S.Ward is a decent Pack and balances youth and experience add in the possibility of Mulhern and Grange getting retained but maybe season long loans in the Championship it looks pretty good for the future.
Printer-Our FR is still weak should we lose kylie or JP or worse still both
for a long period of time given how average the likes of Bailey & Kirke have been.
Plus Kylie started last year strong but ran out of steam in the final couple of months.

Clarkson is contracted till 2016 and is still young enough to improve his recent performances have shown he still has something to offer.

Leeds should sign mark sneyd and begin to phase mcguire out.

No need, IMO.

Half-back is position where Leeds are stacked with talent in the junior grades which is going to be falling over itself for first team opportunities in the next 18-24 months.

Sneyd's going ok at Cas, but I'd want to see him do it for more than half a season before touting him as some great prospect.